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1-2 Kings - ELIJAH


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27 free online Bible study commentary guides covering Elijah. They are for you to use for small groups, for individual Bible studies, or as Bible commentaries.

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An overview of kings: Jeroboam  to Ahab

1kings
12-17

Prayer of Elijah.  Confronting Ahab.  Sources of his strength (1 and 2)

1kings
17:1

Sources of his strength (3). Obedience

1kings
17:1-6

Trusting God. Drying brooks.

1kings
17:1-6

Trusting God. Prayer. Moving on

1kings
17:1-9

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

1kings
17:2-16

Living one day at a time.

1kings
17:8-16

Elijah raises a boy to life, Elijah told to meet Ahab.

1kings
17:17-24,
18:1

Elijah leaves safe harbour. Obadiah doesn't.

1kings
18:1-14

Servant of Yahweh : Yahweh is my God.

1kings
18:15-20

Elijah sends for Ahab and gives him instructions!

1kings
18:15-20

No fire.

1kings
18:21-29

No contest on Carmel.

1kings
18:30-37

Praying for rain.

1kings
18:38-46

The rain falls.

1kings
18:41-46

Elijah ran for his life. Depression

1kings
19:1-5

God’s gentle restoration. Big fish.

1kings
19:1-9

God draws our attention - 'Behold.'
His care for Elijah.

1kings
19:1-9

What are you doing here?.

1kings
19:9-11

Wind, earthquake, fire - a gentle whisper.

1kings
19:9-14

Elijah returns.

1kings
19, 20, 21

Naboth’s vineyard.

1kings
21

Ahab ignores the Lord - again.

1kings
22:21-29

Death of Ahab. Ahaziah

1kings
22:30-53, 2Kings 1:1-8

Ahaziah and three captains, each with 50 men. Jehoram.

2kings
1:1, 9-17

Elijah’s death.
Chariots of fire.

2kings
2:1-18

Various scripture references to Elijah in the rest of the Bible.

Various
verses

Elijah : And the Secret of his Power
by F B Meyer


About forty years ago an old book grabbed my attention. According to the flyleaf it had been given to someone in 1888. It was ‘Elijah : And the Secret of his Power’ by F B Meyer.


It was an amazing book, but the style of writing was archaic and hard to understand, so I set about re-writing it in modern English.


I failed, many years later I had got to the end, but I had lapsed into the thought patterns of the author, and it was far from modern.


Having retired, my wife and I moved to Devon and joined a Baptist Church. I was asked to lead a small Bible Study group and I found a new purpose in doing something with ‘Elijah’.


Over the years we have covered many books of the Bible and I have gradually adopted a style for my notes. It is these that are offered on this website, and Elijah is among them (Still with some ‘old’ phrases)!  

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