2 Kings 1 is the first chapter of the second part of the Books of Kings in the Hebrew Bible or the Second Book of Kings in the Old Testament of the Christian Bible. The book is a compilation of variou
The pages containing the Books of Kings (1 & 2 Kings) Leningrad Codex (1008 CE).
King Ahaziah lies sick after having fallen through an upper window: Elijah foretells his death. Drawing by H.P. Bone (1809?).
Elijah Destroys the Messengers of Ahaziah (2 Kings 1:3–14), in: Doré's English Bible (1866).
Elijah was a prophet and miracle worker who lived in the northern kingdom of Israel during the reign of King Ahab, according to the Books of Kings in the Hebrew Bible.
2 Kings 1
…the seventh century BCE, with a supplement added in the sixth century BCE. This chapter focuses on Ahaziah of Israel, the son of Ahab, and the acts of Elijah the prophet who rebuked the king and prophesied the king's death. This chapter was originally written in the Hebrew language and since the 16th century…
Elijah Fed by the Raven by Giovanni Girolamo Savoldo, c. 1510
Elijah in the wilderness, by Washington Allston
Elijah reviving the Son of the Widow of Zarephath by Louis Hersent
Elijah's offering is consumed by fire from heaven in a stained glass window at St. Matthew's German Evangelical Lutheran Church in Charleston, South Carolina.