Hebrew prophet in the Northern Kingdom of Israel during the reign of King Ahab and Queen Jezebel. Elijah is depicted in 1 Kings as a zealous defender of Yahweh against Baal worship, performer of miracles, and a figure taken into heaven by a chariot of fire without dying.
Established the prophetic tradition in ancient Israel as a counterforce to royal power; his confrontation with the prophets of Baal on Mount Carmel became the archetype of prophetic witness and divine vindication.
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