Elijah
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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.
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.
Ahab
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Ahab was a king of Israel, the son and successor of King Omri, and the husband of Jezebel of Sidon, according to the Hebrew Bible. He is depicted in the Bible as a Baal worshipper and is criticized fo
Elijah
…or אֵלִיָּה, ʾĒlīyyā, 'My God is Yahweh/YHWH') was a prophet and miracle worker who lived in the northern kingdom of Israel during the reign of King Ahab (9th century BC), according to the Books of Kings in the Hebrew Bible. In 1 Kings 18, Elijah defended the worship of the Hebrew deity Yahweh over that…
Shalmaneser III's (859–824 BC) Kurkh Monolith names King Ahab.
Death of Ahab, by Gustave Doré
Death of Ahab, from a 13th-century German manuscript