ELIJAH

IMPORTANT FACTS ABOUT ELIJAH

• Elijah means "My God is Yahweh"
• He opposed the false god by the name of Baal, and slew his prophets.
• He lived in the ninth century before Christ in the Northern Kingdom.
• He had a close attendant named Elisha who spent 8 years with him until he was listed unto heaven.
• Elisha spent 40 days and 40 nights at Mount Horeb, where God appeared to him in a whisper

MORE IMPORTANT FACTS

• He didn't die, he was sent up to heaven in a whirl wind
• His birthday is unknown.
• His hometown is Tishbe in Gilead.
• He was Catholic, and was a prophet.
• Named one of the most heroic and boldest prophets to ever live.

WORKS CITED

• biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2+Kings+2
• biblehub.com/2_kings/2-9.htm
• En.wikepedia.org/wiki/Elisha
• kingjamesbibleonline.org/bible-verses-about-elijah/
• christianity.about.com/od/oldtestament/a/JZ-prophet-elijah.htm