The common assumption - perhaps originating with Hiller (Onom. Arab tradition places his birthplace at Gilhad (Jalud), a few miles north of es-Salt (Irby, page 98), and his tomb near Damascus (Mislin, 1:490). He was also the angel of Jehovah who appeared in fire to Gideon (Lightfoot on Joh 1:21 Eisenmenger, 1:686). 2:605.) According to Jewish tradition - grounded on a certain similarity between the fiery zeal of the two-Elijah was identical with Phinehas, the son of Eleazar the priest. Perhaps this may have been read as Heshbon, a city of the priests, and given rise to the statement of Epiphanius that he was "of the tribe of Aaron," and grandson of Zadok. Lightfoot assumes, but without giving his authority, that Elijah was from Jabesh-Gilead. The third word may be pointed (1), as in the present Masoretic text, to mean "from the inhabitants of Gilead," or (2) "from Tishbi of Gilead," which, with a slight change in form, is what the Sept. "Elijah the Tishbite, of the inhabitants of Gilead," is literally all that is given us to know of his parentage and locality (1Ki 17:1). This wonder-working prophet is introduced to our notice like another Melchizedek (Ge 10:4,18 Heb 7:3), without any mention of his father or mother, or of the beginning of his days - as if he had dropped out of that cloudy chariot which, after his work was done on earth, conveyed him back to heaven. "ELIJAH THE TISHBITE," the Elias" of the N.T., a character whose rare, sudden, and brief appearances, undaunted courage and fiery zeal - the brilliancy of whose triumphs - the pathos of whose despondency-the glory of whose departure, and the calm beauty of whose reappearance on the Mount of Transfiguration - throw such a halo of brightness around him as is equalled by none of his compeers in the sacred story.ฤก. Elias), the name of several men in the O.T., but the later ones apparently all namesakes of the famous prophet.
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