Elijah was one of the most important prophets of Yahweh. Elijah prophesied during the reigns of several kings of Israel and Judah, including King Ahab.
* Hundreds of years later, Elijah, along with Moses, appeared with Jesus on a mountain, and they talked together about Jesus' coming suffering and death in Jerusalem.
__*[19:02](en/tn/obs/help/19/02)__ __Elijah__ was a prophet when Ahab was king over the kingdom of Israel.
__*[19:02](en/tn/obs/help/19/02)__ __Elijah__ said to Ahab, "There will be no rain or dew in the kingdom of Israel until I say so."
__*[19:03](en/tn/obs/help/19/03)__ God told __Elijah__ to go to a stream in the wilderness to hide from Ahab who wanted to kill him. Every morning and every evening, birds would bring him bread and meat.
__*[19:04](en/tn/obs/help/19/04)__ But they took care of __Elijah__, and God provided for them so that their flour jar and their bottle of oil never became empty.
__*[19:05](en/tn/obs/help/19/05)__ After three and a half years, God told __Elijah__ to return to the kingdom of Israel and speak with Ahab because he was going to send rain again.
__*[19:07](en/tn/obs/help/19/07)__ Then __Elijah__ said to the prophets of Baal, "Kill a bull and prepare it as a sacrifice, but do not light the fire."
__*[19:12](en/tn/obs/help/19/12)__ Then __Elijah__ said, "Do not let any of the prophets of Baal escape!"
__*[36:03](en/tn/obs/help/36/03)__ Then Moses and the prophet __Elijah__ appeared. These men had lived hundreds of years before this. They talked with Jesus about his death that would soon happen in Jerusalem.