This is a fragment from a Ugaritic epic called Kirta (as translated in Stories from Ancient Canaan):
El has heard your speech--it is like El's:
You are wise, like the Bull, the Kind One.
Call to Ilisha, the herald god,
Ilisha, the herald of Baal's house,
and his wives, the herald goddesses...
At Ugarit, Ilisha was the "herald of Baal's house." In the worship of the visionary men, Elijah preceded the Lord as Dawn and called those who waited for him in darkness to make straight his paths. Elijah (Elias) was Yahweh's herald.
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