Quiz on the Prophet Elijah (10 Questions and Answers)

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Ten questions about Elijah: the drought, the ravens, the widow of Zarephath, Mount Carmel and his departure.

1. To whom did Elijah announce that it would not rain?
   Answer: King Ahab
   Elijah told Ahab there would be neither dew nor rain except at his word (1 Kings 17:1).
2. Who fed Elijah by the brook Cherith?
   Answer: Ravens
   God commanded the ravens to bring Elijah bread and meat (1 Kings 17:4-6).
3. To whom did God send Elijah at Zarephath?
   Answer: A widow
   God had commanded a widow woman of Zarephath to provide for him (1 Kings 17:9).
4. What never ran out at the widow's house?
   Answer: Flour and oil
   The jar of flour was not spent, and the jug of oil did not run dry (1 Kings 17:16).
5. Where did Elijah challenge the prophets of Baal?
   Answer: On Mount Carmel
   Elijah had Israel and the prophets of Baal gather at Mount Carmel (1 Kings 18:19-20).
6. How many prophets of Baal stood against Elijah?
   Answer: Four hundred fifty
   Elijah said he alone was left as a prophet of the Lord, against 450 prophets of Baal (1 Kings 18:22).
7. What happened when Elijah prayed at the altar?
   Answer: The fire of the Lord fell
   The fire of the Lord fell and consumed the offering, the wood, the stones, and the dust (1 Kings 18:38).
8. Under which tree did Elijah sit, discouraged?
   Answer: A broom tree
   In the wilderness, Elijah sat down under a broom tree and asked that he might die (1 Kings 19:4).
9. How did God speak to Elijah at Horeb?
   Answer: In a gentle whisper
   The Lord was not in the wind, the earthquake, or the fire, but in a gentle whisper (1 Kings 19:11-12).
10. How did Elijah leave the earth?
    Answer: He went up to heaven in a whirlwind
    The Lord took Elijah up to heaven in a whirlwind, and Elisha took up his cloak (2 Kings 2:1, 11-13).