Ἠλίας
Elias, Elijah
Translated by Lee Fields19 Feb 2001Vetting: high6 revisions
Translation
[Elijah,] the prophet, lived during the reign of king Ahab. The son of Ahab was the most impious Ahaziah;1 [it was he] who submitted himself to the Fly idol which was in Ekron.2 Elijah the prophet met with them and reproached their idolatry.3 He was summoned by a captain of fifty4 and Elijah destroyed him with fire from heaven along with the fifty that were with him; and he did the same to a second.5 And the third6 knelt down and was saved and presented the prophet.7