Major Characters of the Old Testament
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- Major Characters of the Old Testament
- Elijah
- meaning "My God is Yahweh"
- a prophet and a wonder-worker in the northern kingdom of Israel during the reign of Ahab
- He also had God perform miracles for him, which included raising the dead, bringing fire down from the sky, and having himself be taken up, "by a whirlwind"
- King of Israel, continued policies dating from the reign of Jeroboam, contrary to the laws of Moses, that were intended to reorient religious focus away from Jerusalem: encouraging the building of local temple altars for sacrifices, appointing priests from outside the family of the Levites, and allowing or encouraging temples dedicated to the Canaanite god, Baal.
- Ahab built a temple for Baal, and his wife Jezebel brought a large entourage of priests and prophets of Baal and Asherah into the country.
- Elijah goes on the mountain to prove that God is there true God and not Baal
- Drenches wood for sacrifice with water
- Sets wood alight: supernatural
- Offers sacrifice and rain falls showing that Yahweh = true God
- Saul
- first king of a united Kingdom of Israel and Judah.
- He was anointed by the prophet Samuel and reigned from Gibeah.
- He fell on his sword (committing suicide) to avoid capture in the battle against the Philistines at Mount Gilboa
- Saul kills all the men, women, children and poor quality livestock, but leaves alive the king and best livestock.
- Ahab
- "Brother of the father"
- Ahab married Jezebel, the daughter of the King of Tyre.
- Jezebel was a dominant influence on Ahab and strove to spread idol worship of Baal in Israel.
- The first encounter is with Elijah, whom Ahab refers to as "the troubler of Israel"
- The fourth is when Elijah confronts Ahab over Ahab's and Jezebel's execution of Naboth and usurpation of the latter's ancestral vineyard
- Jezabel
- was a princess who married Ahab
- Jezebel incited her husband King Ahab to abandon the worship of Yahweh and encourage worship of the deities Baal and Asherah instead.
- Jezebel is said to have persecuted the prophets of Yahweh
- Jezebel became associated with false prophets.
- Elijah
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