Timeline of the Bible · The Divided Kingdom
Elijah
Prophet · 918–896 BC
In the days of Ahab and Ahaziah
In the Days Of
- Ahab King of Israel · 918–897 BC · named in 1 Kings 17:1
- Ahaziah King of Israel · 897–896 BC · named in 2 Kings 1:2
The Years
- Began 918 BC
- As Ahab’s reign began
- Ended 896 BC
- “Elias was taken up into heaven in a fiery chariot”
The text first names him before Ahab (1 Kings 17:1) without a year, so his years here begin with Ahab’s reign.
Dated by Archbishop James Ussher’s Annals of the World (1658), quoted as printed, whose dates were printed in the margins of King James Bibles for two centuries.
