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1 Kings 18:
It will come as a surprise that a fit human can outrun almost any animal, including the horse, over a long enough distance.
I reproduce this quote from this the article "The Human Body is Built for Distance".
Over this distance, a fit Elijah could easily outrun, or at least stay ahead of the chariot pulled by horse(s). Thus, the factoid contained in 1 Kings 18:46 is quite credible, especially if the "hand of the Lord" strengthened him.
There is some indirect Bible evidence for this. In 2 Sam 18, news of the battlefront was dispatched, not by available horse & rider, but by a very fit (human) runner (V25, 26). This was also the case in 2 Chron 30:6, 10, Amos 2:14, 15, Est 3:13, 15, etc.
The following is from Dottard:
It will come as a surprise that a fit human can outrun almost any animal, including the horse, over a long enough distance.
I reproduce this quote from this the article "The Human Body is Built for Distance".
The distance from Mount Carmel to Jezreel is about 50 km (see Wikipedia: Tel Jezreel)
Over this distance, a fit Elijah could easily outrun, or at least stay ahead of the chariot pulled by horse(s). Thus, the factoid contained in 1 Kings 18:46 is quite credible, especially if the "hand of the Lord" strengthened him.
No teleportation is required.
There is some indirect Bible evidence for this. In 2 Sam 18, news of the battlefront was dispatched, not by available horse & rider, but by a very fit (human) runner (V25, 26). This was also the case in 2 Chron 30:6, 10, Amos 2:14, 15, Est 3:13, 15, etc.