ELIJAH, 1. The Tishbite, a Gileadite and prophet, called ELIAS in the

=>Persecuted by Ahab

1 Kings 17:2-7

2. And the word of the LORD came unto him, saying,

3. Get thee hence, and turn thee eastward, and hide thyself by the brook Cherith, that is before Jordan.

4. And it shall be, that thou shalt drink of the brook; and I have commanded the ravens to feed thee there.

5. So he went and did according unto the word of the LORD: for he went and dwelt by the brook Cherith, that is before Jordan.

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

7. And it came to pass after a while, that the brook dried up, because there had been no rain in the land.

1 Kings 18:7-10

7. And as Obadiah was in the way, behold, ELIJAH met him: and he knew him, and fell on his face, and said, Art thou that my lord ELIJAH?

8. And he answered him, I am: go, tell thy lord, Behold, ELIJAH is here.

9. And he said, What have I sinned, that thou wouldest deliver thy servant into the hand of Ahab, to slay me?

10. As the LORD thy God liveth, there is no nation or kingdom, whither my lord hath not sent to seek thee: and when they said, He is not there; he took an oath of the kingdom and nation, that they found thee not.