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Do we have a biblical record of Elijah's parents?
1 Kings 17:1 - 24
ESV - 1 Now Elijah the Tishbite, of Tishbe in Gilead, said to Ahab, "As the Lord, the God of Israel, lives, before whom I stand, there shall be neither dew nor rain these years, except by my word. 2 And the word of the Lord came to him:
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Asked December 02 2023
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Warner Kirby
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Paula Fether
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Not that I've been able to find, and there doesn't seem to be any record in other literature either. The Kabbalists present some theories but they're pure speculation (and bad logic, among other things). All we know is that he was never portrayed as an angel or non-human. Enoch was the other person in scripture to never die, but he was "the seventh from Adam" so fully human.
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