entities: ENT_ISR_ELIJAH

The core table — every entity in the database, spanning gods, angels, demons, aeons, prophets, saints, heroes, spirits, monsters, personified abstractions, cosmological realms, and ritual categories. Use category to filter by functional type (146 values: Underworld Deity, Hero, Adversarial Being, Revealer Figure, etc.). Use tradition to filter by tradition. The short_note column contains a scholarly description with source citations.

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entity_id canonical_name greek_name tradition entity_type category primary_domains tags cult_scope primary_period evidence_confidence review_status inclusion_basis earth_association_score chthonic_flag serpent_flag short_note entity_class
ENT_ISR_ELIJAH Elijah   Israelite Prophet / Fiery prophet Revealer Figure prophecy; fire; Baal confrontation; chariot ascent; eschatology; return       A           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) prophet

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