Elijah's Journey and Flight
c. 870–850 BC
Elijah's journey from the confrontation with Ahab, through his stay at the Cherith and in Zarephath, to the contest on Carmel and the flight to Horeb (1 Kgs 17–19).
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Elijah’s Journey and Flight
c. 870–850 BC
Elijah's journey from the confrontation with Ahab, through his stay at the Cherith and in Zarephath, to the contest on Carmel and the flight to Horeb (1 Kgs 17–19).
Trip stops (8)
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Samaria
1 Kgs 17:1
Elijah announces the drought to King Ahab.
2
The brook Cherith
1 Kgs 17:2-6
Elijah hides east of the Jordan. The ravens bring him bread and meat.
3
Zarephath
1 Kgs 17:8-24
With the widow in Zarephath near Sidon. The flour and the oil do not run out, and her son is raised from the dead.
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Mount Carmel
1 Kgs 18:19-40
The contest with the 450 prophets of Baal. God sends fire from heaven.
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Jezreel
1 Kgs 18:45-46
Elijah runs ahead of Ahab's chariot to Jezreel. Jezebel threatens his life.
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Beersheba
1 Kgs 19:3
Elijah flees to Beersheba in Judah and leaves his servant behind.
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The broom tree in the wilderness
1 Kgs 19:4-8
A day's journey into the wilderness. Elijah asks to die, but an angel wakes him and gives him food and water.
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Horeb (the mountain of God)
1 Kgs 19:8-18
After a 40-day journey Elijah meets God – not in the wind, the earthquake or the fire, but in a still small voice.
More maps: The Prophets
- The Journeys of the Prophet Jeremiah
- Isaiah's Oracles against the Nations – Isa 13–23
- Amos' Oracles of Judgement – Amos 1–2