Elijah had just enjoyed one of the greatest victories in the Bible record. He follows it up with a great defeat.
Elijah was a prophet of God during the reign of Ahab; he is mentioned 99 times in the Bible. Nine is the number of fruit in the Bible and Elijah certainly had a fruitful ministry.
The ark of the covenant was brought from the city of David. Solomon’s Temple was on Mount Moriah and was located to the north of the city of David which is Zion – Zion was later used to refer to the entire city of Jerusalem and also to the heavenly abode of God.
Answer a fool according to his folly, and answer not a fool according to his folly. Is this a contradiction in the Bible?
Moses is dead. Joshua must accept the fact and take his role as leader of the Israelites.
