Elijah
the most distinguished of the prophets of Israel, flourished in the 9th century B. c., during the reigns of Ahab and Ahaziah, and until the beginning of the reign of Jehoram, his special function being to denounce vengeance on the kings of Israel for their apostasy. He incurred the anger of Jezebel, wife of Ahab, for slaying the prophets of Baal, but escaped to Horeb, afterward returning to Samaria to denounce Ahab for the murder of Naboth. ELIOT Elijah at length ascended to heaven in a chariot of fire, Elisha his successor, being witness. See I Kings xvii. to xxi. and II Kings i. and ii. ican educator and author; born in Boston,