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The Life of Elijah

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Life of Elijah

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Title	Address	Description
Tishbe	Unnamed Rd,، Jordan	Apparently from the village of Tisbe, south of the Sea of Galilee, since he was known as “Elijah the Tishbite.” 1 Kings 17:1
Samaria	Samaria	Predicted drought as God’s punishment; prophesied against kings Ahab and Ahaziah of Israel at capital city of Samaria in ninth century B.C. 1 Kings 17:1
Brook Cherith	Unnamed Road, Jordan	Miraculous feeding by ravens while in hiding around the Brook Cherith. 1 Kings 17:1-7
Zarephath	Unnamed Road, Lebanon	Worked miracles for a needy widow at Zarephath. 1 Kings 17:8-24
Mt. Carmel	Mount Carmel	Victorious over the prophets of Baal on Mt. Carmel. 1 Kings 18:20-40
Beersheba	Be'er Sheva, Israel	Fled to Beersheba and Mt. Horeb to escape the wrath of Queen Jezebel. 1 Kings 19:1-18
Abel Meholah	Unnamed Road, Jordan	Elisha selected as Elijah’s successor at Abel Meholah. 1 Kings 19:16-21
Gilgal	Jericho	Elijah taken up into heaven in the vicinity of Bethel and Gilgal. 2 Kings 2:1-12

Mount Carmel and Elijah’s flight to Beersheba

View towards the Mediterranean Sea from Mount Carmel (Hanay)

The Mount Carmel range (Hebrew ‘Kerem-El’ - ‘the Vineyard of God’) stretches inland from the Mediterranean coast at Haifa and runs south of the River Kishon and the Valley of Jezreel. It was one of the celebrated ‘high places’ where altars to the god Baal were commonplace and sacred wooden ‘Asherah poles’ (representing fruitful trees) were set up to worship the Sidonian fertility goddess, Asherah. Elijah challenged the prophets of Baal on their ‘home ground’ and claimed this ‘holy place’ for the one true God.

Today, visitors to Mount Carmel can look out across the River Kishon and towards the Mediterranean Sea from the Carmelite monastery at Daliyet el Carmel. Inside the chapel is a replica of the stone altar that Elijah built to make his sacrifice to God. Above the altar, Elijah is depicted praying beneath a locust bean (carob) tree.

Elijah’s Cave at the foot of Mount Carmel in modern-day Haifa is said by Jewish tradition to be the cave in which Elijah hid from King Ahab before fleeing south towards Beersheba. The fortified Monastery of Mar Elias, on a hilltop to the north of Bethlehem, is believed to mark another spot where Elijah rested during his southbound flight from Queen Jezebel.

Source: The Bible Journey