and powerful prophet would be without character flaws and immune to satanic pitfalls. . Nevertheless, the rest of the story shows otherwise. When Queen Jezebel heard that Elijah had killed all of her prophets, she decreed the same fate for him. This reaction from the leadership of the land caused him to plunge from the peak of powerful prophetic performance into the pit of self-pity and pessimistic prayer. Elijah ran clear out of the land of Israel and fled to the wilderness. He