{"database": "deitydb", "table": "v_public_revealer_figures", "rows": [[91, "ENT_ISR_ELIJAH", "Elijah", "Israelite", "Revealer Figure", "prophecy; fire; Baal confrontation; chariot ascent; eschatology; return", "9th century BCE Israelite prophet; active during the reigns of Ahab (c. 869-850 BCE) and Ahaziah (c. 850-849 BCE) of the northern kingdom; 1 Kings 17-19, 21; 2 Kings 1-2; his name means \"My God is Yahweh\" ('Eli + Yahu); major episodes: drought and ravens (1 Kings 17), the contest with the Baal prophets on Mount Carmel (1 Kings 18), the theophany in the still small voice on Horeb (1 Kings 19), and the fiery chariot ascent to heaven (2 Kings 2:11); one of only two Hebrew Bible figures who do not die (alongside Enoch, Genesis 5:24), which becomes the basis for his eschatological return; Malachi 4:5 (Hebrew 3:23) explicitly prophesies \"I am sending you the prophet Elijah before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the LORD\"; this prophecy drives the New Testament identification of John the Baptist as Elijah returned (Matthew 11:14, 17:10-12; Luke 1:17) and his appearance at the Transfiguration (Matthew 17:3); Islamic reception as the prophet Ilyas (Quran 37:123-132)"]], "columns": ["rowid", "entity_id", "canonical_name", "tradition", "category", "primary_domains", "short_note"], "primary_keys": ["rowid"], "primary_key_values": ["91"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.8403900001212605, "source": "jebboone/deitydb", "source_url": "https://github.com/jebboone/deitydb", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT"}