Elijah (엘리야)

 

 

 

 

 

Bartholomeus Breenbergh 1598 – 1657

Elijah and the Widow of Zarephath

oil on panel (28 × 49 cm) — c. 1630
private collection

Bartholomeus Breenbergh biography

 

This work is linked to 1 Kings 17:10

(왕상 17:10)

그가 일어나 사르밧으로 가서 성문에 이를 때에 한 과부가 그 곳에서 나뭇가지를 줍는지라 이에 불러 이르되 청하건대 그릇에 물을 조금 가져다가 내가 마시게 하라 창24:17

 

The prophet Elijah is sent to the city of Zarephath. God told him he would meet a widow who would care for him. Outside the city walls Elijah indeed finds the woman, who is gathering sticks. She gives him water and offers him shelter in her house. When her son falls ill and dies, Elijah brings him back to life by calling on God.

This small panel is a typical Breenbergh painting: a wide landscape with Roman ruins.

 

 

 

 

Willem Andriesz. de Raet 16e eeuw

The Angel Feeds Elijah

tapestry (175 × 548 cm) — 2nd half 16th century

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Willem Andriesz. de Raet biography

 

This work is linked to 1 Kings 19:5

(왕상 19:5)

로뎀 나무 아래에 누워 자더니 천사가 그를 어루만지며 그에게 이르되 일어나서 먹으라 하는지라

 

The life of the prophet Elijah is threatened by Izebel, who has already had hundreds of Elijah's colleagues killed. The disheartened Elijah withdraws, to fall asleep under a tree, hoping to never wake up again. But an angel (a messenger from God) wakes him and feeds him.

This tapestry is made from linen, wool and silk. It is one of the few surviving tapestries by De Raet.

 

 

 

 

Gustave Doré 1832 – 1883

Elijah's Ascension

engraving — 1865

Gustave Doré biography

 

This work is linked to 2 Kings 2:11

(왕하 2:11)

두 사람이 길을 가며 말하더니 불수레와 불말들이 두 사람을 갈라놓고 엘리야가 회오리 바람으로 하늘로 올라가더라 왕하6:17

 

The prophet Elijah was a fierce opponent of worshippers of the idol Baal. Contrary to us ordinary mortals, he did not simply die, but "went up by a whirlwind into heaven" in a chariot of fire.

The American singer-songwriter Chi Coltrane was inspired by Elijah and a series of rainy funerals when she wrote her famous song Go Like Elijah: "I want to go like Elijah when I go".

 

 

 

 

Il Guercino (Giovanni Francesco Barbieri) 1591 – 1666

Elijah fed by Ravens

oil on canvas (195 × 156 cm) — 1620

  National Gallery, London

Il Guercino (Giovanni Francesco Barbieri) biography

 

This work is linked to 1 Kings 17:6

(왕상 17:6)

까마귀들이 아침에도 떡과 고기를, 저녁에도 떡과 고기를 가져왔고 그가 시냇물을 마셨으나

 

God tells the prophet Elijah to hide himself at the brook of Cherith. The drought that Elijah had predicted came true, and the brook was the only place in the land with water. Ravens supply Elijah with bread and meat.

The inscription on the stone, "Reg. III, Cap. XVII", refers to the third Book of Kings. Guercino probably had a Bible where 1 and 2 Samuel were still counted as 1 and 2 Kings.

Guercino painted the picture in Ferrara for Cardinal Jacopo Serra.

 

 

 

 

Peter Paul Rubens 1577 – 1640

An Angel Gives Bread and Water to Elijah

oil on panel (72 × 62 cm) — 1625-28

  Musée Bonnat, Bayonne

Peter Paul Rubens biography

 

This work is linked to 1 Kings 19:7

(왕상 19:7)

여호와의 천사가 또 다시 와서 어루만지며 이르되 일어나 먹으라 네가 갈 길을 다 가지 못할까 하노라 하는지라

 

 

 

 

 

Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn 1606 – 1669

God's Judgement on Mount Carmel

drawing with pen and brush (20 × 31 cm) — c. 1645 - 1650

  Städtische Wessenberg-Galerie, Konstanz

Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn biography

 

This work is linked to 1 Kings 18:38

(왕상 18:38)

이에 여호와의 불이 내려서 번제물과 나무와 돌과 흙을 태우고 또 도랑의 물을 핥은지라

 

All Israelites have gathered on Mount Carmel to see which god is the real one: the god Baal, worshipped by king Ahab and his 450 priests, or the god of the prophet Elijah. Two sacrifices are prepared and it is agreed to ask the gods to put them on fire.

All morning the priests of Baal call upon their god - in vein. Elijah makes jokes at them: "Don't give up guys, maybe your god is just taking a nap!". At the end of the afternoon Elijah steps forward and preys: "LORD God of Abraham, Isaac, and of Israel, let it be known this day that thou art God in Israel". Immediately his sacrifice is put on fire.

Rembrandt shows that moment. We see the smoke over the altar. The priests of Baal are astounded. Some Israelites fall to their knees. King Ahab looks on from the top right.

Elijah then has all the false priests taken away and killed.