A dictionary of the . m in his 32 : 2. Elihu was the youngest ofthem all, and therefore diffident aboutgiving his opinion in the presence ofsuch old men, but still, in opposition tothe three friends, who accused Job ofsecret sins, he sets forth in soothingand yet faithful discourse the idea ofthe disciplinary nature of suffering,and therefore tells Job to submit him-self in loving confidence unto Jeho-vahs chastening hand. See Job. ELIJ AH (my God is Jehovah), ORELIAS (which is the Greek form ofthe name). Matt. 17 : 3. A native of Gil-ead, and called the Tishbite, proba-
A dictionary of the . m in his 32 : 2. Elihu was the youngest ofthem all, and therefore diffident aboutgiving his opinion in the presence ofsuch old men, but still, in opposition tothe three friends, who accused Job ofsecret sins, he sets forth in soothingand yet faithful discourse the idea ofthe disciplinary nature of suffering,and therefore tells Job to submit him-self in loving confidence unto Jeho-vahs chastening hand. See Job. ELIJ AH (my God is Jehovah), ORELIAS (which is the Greek form ofthe name). Matt. 17 : 3. A native of Gil-ead, and called the Tishbite, proba-bly from the name of the town or dis-trict in which he lived. 1 Kgs. 17 was one of the greatest of is first introduced to our notice as amessenger from God to Ahab, the wick-ed king of Israel, probably in the tenthyear of his reign. He was sent to ut-ter a prophecy of a three years droughtin the land of Israel. After deliveringthis startling and distressing prophecy,he was directed to flee to the brook Cher-. Place of Elijahs , where he was miraculously fed byravens. When the brook had dried uphe was sent to a widow-woman of Zare-phath, and again the hand of the Lordsupplied his wants and those of hisfriends. He raised the widows son tolife. 1 Kgs. 17. After the famine hadlasted the predicted period, Elijah en-countered Ahab, and then ensued themagnificent display of divine powerand of human trust upon the ridge ofCarmel. ch. 18. See Ahab. The reaction from such a mentalstrain left the prophet in a weak, ner-vous condition, and in a fit of despond-ency he fled from Jezebel into the wilderness and desired death. Butby angel-food nourished and inspirited,272 he journeyed 40 days, until he reachedMount Sinai. There the downcast manof God was witness of Jehovahs strengthand experienced Jehovahs tendernessin a very remarkable vision. 1 : 9-18. Encouraged by the assur-ance that contrary to his supposition hedid not stand alone as the onjy worship
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