The name Elijah goes back to the Bible's Old Testament and derives from a Hebrew phrase meaning “Jehovah is my God.” The original, biblical Elijah was a prophet known for defending the worship ...

Felix Mendelssohn began plans to write an oratorio on the subject of the Old Testament prophet Elijah in 1837, just after the premiere of his first oratorio, St. Paul. He wrote in 1838 ...

Elijah and Elisha: two Old Testament prophets with annoyingly similar names and a collection of weird stories. Epic battles with false prophets, receiving food from birds, administering healing by ...

old testament prophet stock illustrations Elijah Proclaims a Drought (1 Kings 17, 1), published 1877 Elijah the Tishbite, from Tishbe in Gilead, said to Ahab, “As certainly as the Lord God of Israel ...

Elijah in the Wilderness' is inspired by an episode from the Old Testament described in 1 Kings, chapter 19, verses 4 – 7. Elijah is fleeing from Jezebel who is determined to kill him. He went for a ...

(Plus, a pretty cool nickname of Ari). Aron–an Old Testament figure who was Moses's right-hand man–is a boy name with a classic feel and a meaning of "teaching" and "singing." Elijah, or Eli for short ...