Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'elijah' occurs 81 times in the standard works.

56 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'elijah' in the standard works and contain 69.1% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 26 minutes to read the entire list.

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1 Kgs. 17:22-18:2 (6 in 5 verses)


2 Kgs. 2:11-15 (5 in 5 verses)

 2:11 And it came to pass, as they still went on, and talked, that, behold, there appeared a chariot of fire, and horses of fire, and parted them both asunder; and Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven.

 2:12 And Elisha saw it, and he cried, My father, my father, the chariot of Israel, and the horsemen thereof. And he saw him no more: and he took hold of his own clothes, and rent them in two pieces.

 2:13 He took up also the mantle of Elijah that fell from him, and went back, and stood by the bank of Jordan;

 2:14 And he took the mantle of Elijah that fell from him, and smote the waters, and said, Where is the Lord God of Elijah? and when he also had smitten the waters, they parted hither and thither: and Elisha went over.

 2:15 And when the sons of the prophets which were to view at Jericho saw him, they said, The spirit of Elijah doth rest on Elisha. And they came to meet him, and bowed themselves to the ground before him.




1 Kgs. 18:40-42 (4 in 3 verses)

1 Kgs. 18:14-17 (4 in 4 verses)

2 Kgs. 1:17-2:2 (4 in 4 verses)

2 Kgs. 2:1-4 (4 in 4 verses)

1 Kgs. 18:7-8 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 18:46-19:2 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Kgs. 19:19-21 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Kgs. 19:13 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 133:55 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 17:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 18:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 18:30-31 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 1:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 1:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 2:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 110:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 138:46-47 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 69 0 69
1 Kgs. 42 0 42
2 Kgs. 24 0 24
2 Chr. 1 0 1
Ezra 1 0 1
Mal. 1 0 1
NT 0 0 0
BM 1 0 1
DC 10 0 10
PGP 1 0 1
TOTAL 81 0 81

2 Kgs. 1:3
But the angel of the Lord said to Elijah the Tishbite, Arise, go up to meet the messengers of the king of Samaria, and say unto them, Is it not because there is not a God in Israel, that ye go to inquire of Baal-zebub the god of Ekron?

2 Kgs. 1:4
Now therefore thus saith the Lord, Thou shalt not come down from that bed on which thou art gone up, but shalt surely die. And Elijah departed.

2 Kgs. 1:8
And they answered him, He was an hairy man, and girt with a girdle of leather about his loins. And he said, It is Elijah the Tishbite.

2 Kgs. 1:10
And Elijah answered and said to the captain of fifty, If I be a man of God, then let fire come down from heaven, and consume thee and thy fifty. And there came down fire from heaven, and consumed him and his fifty.

2 Kgs. 1:12
And Elijah answered and said unto them, If I be a man of God, let fire come down from heaven, and consume thee and thy fifty. And the fire of God came down from heaven, and consumed him and his fifty.

2 Kgs. 1:13
And he sent again a captain of the third fifty with his fifty. And the third captain of fifty went up, and came and fell on his knees before Elijah, and besought him, and said unto him, O man of God, I pray thee, let my life, and the life of these fifty thy servants, be precious in thy sight.

2 Kgs. 1:15
And the angel of the Lord said unto Elijah, Go down with him: be not afraid of him. And he arose, and went down with him unto the king.

2 Kgs. 1:17
So he died according to the word of the Lord which Elijah had spoken. And Jehoram reigned in his stead in the second year of Jehoram the son of Jehoshaphat king of Judah; because he had no son.

2 Kgs. 2:1
And it came to pass, when the Lord would take up Elijah into heaven by a whirlwind, that Elijah went with Elisha from Gilgal.

2 Kgs. 2:2
And Elijah said unto Elisha, Tarry here, I pray thee; for the Lord hath sent me to Beth-el. And Elisha said unto him, As the Lord liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. So they went down to Beth-el.

2 Kgs. 2:4
And Elijah said unto him, Elisha, tarry here, I pray thee; for the Lord hath sent me to Jericho. And he said, As the Lord liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. So they came to Jericho.

2 Kgs. 2:6
And Elijah said unto him, Tarry, I pray thee, here; for the Lord hath sent me to Jordan. And he said, As the Lord liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. And they two went on.

2 Kgs. 2:8
And Elijah took his mantle, and wrapped it together, and smote the waters, and they were divided hither and thither, so that they two went over on dry ground.

2 Kgs. 2:9
And it came to pass, when they were gone over, that Elijah said unto Elisha, Ask what I shall do for thee, before I be taken away from thee. And Elisha said, I pray thee, let a double portion of thy spirit be upon me.

2 Kgs. 2:11
And it came to pass, as they still went on, and talked, that, behold, there appeared a chariot of fire, and horses of fire, and parted them both asunder; and Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven.

2 Kgs. 2:13
He took up also the mantle of Elijah that fell from him, and went back, and stood by the bank of Jordan;

2 Kgs. 2:14
And he took the mantle of Elijah that fell from him, and smote the waters, and said, Where is the Lord God of Elijah? and when he also had smitten the waters, they parted hither and thither: and Elisha went over.

2 Kgs. 2:15
And when the sons of the prophets which were to view at Jericho saw him, they said, The spirit of Elijah doth rest on Elisha. And they came to meet him, and bowed themselves to the ground before him.

2 Kgs. 3:11
But Jehoshaphat said, Is there not here a prophet of the Lord, that we may inquire of the Lord by him? And one of the king of Israel's servants answered and said, Here is Elisha the son of Shaphat, which poured water on the hands of Elijah.

2 Kgs. 9:36
Wherefore they came again, and told him. And he said, This is the word of the Lord, which he spake by his servant Elijah the Tishbite, saying, In the portion of Jezreel shall dogs eat the flesh of Jezebel:

2 Kgs. 10:10
Know now that there shall fall unto the earth nothing of the word of the Lord, which the Lord spake concerning the house of Ahab: for the Lord hath done that which he spake by his servant Elijah.

2 Kgs. 10:17
And when he came to Samaria, he slew all that remained unto Ahab in Samaria, till he had destroyed him, according to the saying of the Lord, which he spake to Elijah.