Elijah is introduced as a Tishbite from Gilead (I Kings 17:1). He breaks on the scene as the “trouble-maker of Israel” and its King Ahab (I Kings 18:17). To him is attributed the power to stop the rain, creating drought. He was also thought to have the ability to call down fire from heaven. King Ahab saw him as a powerful and personal enemy, and was always seeking Elijah’s life.
