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Tel
Mar Elias (Arabic form of Elijah) is associated with the prophet Elijah. The
ruins of a village known as Listib is close by. Some scholars believe that
Listib is the place formerly known as Tishbi, hence, Elijah the Tishbite. “Now Elijah the
Tishbite, from Tishbe in Gilead…” (1st
Kings 17:1). Two Byzantine churches were built on top of the tel (hilltop).
Tel
Mar Elias is not far from the Wadi Al Kharrar (Bethany beyond the Jordan) where
some believe Elijah ascended into heaven in a fiery chariot.
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