Elijah Quotes

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Elijah (Hebrew: אֱלִיָּהוּ, Eliyahu, meaning "My God is Yahweh") or Elias (/ɨˈlaɪ.əs/; Greek: Ηλίας, Elías; Arabic:إلياس, Ilyās) was a prophet and a wonder-worker in the northern kingdom of Israel during the reign of Ahab (9th century BC). In the Books of Kings he is said to have promoted the worship of Yahweh against idolatries involving the Canaanite Baal, to have raised the dead, brought fire down from the sky, and to have been taken into the heavens in a whirlwind, either accompanied by a chariot and horses of flame or riding in it.

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Now by this I know that thou art a man of God, and that the word of the Lord in thy mouth is truth.

The ravens brought him bread and flesh in the morning, and bread and flesh in the evening; and he drank of the brook.

As the Lord God of Israel liveth, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to my word.

My father, my father, the chariot of Israel, and the horsemen thereof.

The children of Israel have...slain thy prophets with the sword.

Thou hast asked a hard thing: nevertheless, if thou see me when I am taken from thee, it shall be so unto thee; but if not, it shall not be so.

Lord God of Abraham, Isaac, and of Israel, let it be known this day that thou art God in Israel, and that I am thy servant, and that I have done all these things at thy word.

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