(5) Elijah on the Mount of Transfiguration. That wild figure, that stern voice, these deeds of blood, which stand out in such startling relief from the pages of the old records of Elijah, are seen by us all silvered over with the "white and glistering" light of the Mountain of Transfigura tion (Matt. xvii:2: Mark ix:2). When he last stood on the soil of his native Gilead he was des titute, afflicted. tormented, wandering about "in sheep-skins and goat-skins, in deserts and moun tains, and dens and caves of the earth." But these things have passed away into the distance, and with them has receded the fiery zeal, the de structive wrath, which accompanied them. Under that heavenly light they fall back into their proper proportions, and Ahab and Jezebel, Baal and Ash toreth are forgotten, as we listen to the prophet talking to our Lord—talking of that event which was to be the consummation of all that he had suf fered and striven for—"talking of his decease which he should accomplish at Jerusalem." (Smith, Bib. Diet.) 3. Character. Elijah's character was one of great moral sublimity and unquestioning faith in God. The sterner side of his nature is mainly portrayed in the Old Testament. But the refer ences in the New Testament set forth a very dif ferent side of his character to that brought out in the historical narrative. They speak of his
being a man of like passions with ourselves (James v:171; of his kindness to the widow of Sarepta (Luke iv:25) ; of his "restoring all things" (Matt. xvii:11) ; "turning the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just" (Mal. iv:5, 6; Luke i :17). The moral lessons to be derived from these facts must be expanded elsewhere than here; it will be sufficient in this place to call attention to the great differences which may exist between the popular and contemporary view of an eminent character, and the real settled judgment formed In the prog ress of time, when the excitement of his more brilliant but more evanescent deeds has passed away. Precious indeed arc the scattered hints and faint touches which enable us thus to soften the harsh outlines or the discordant coloring of the earlier picture. (Smith, Bib. Diet.) ELIKA God his rejecter), one of David's guard (2 Sam. xxiii: 251. He was Harodite, i. c., from some place called Cliarod, but his name is wanting in the cor responding list (I Chron. xi:27), II C. 1°46.
ELIM (e'lim), (Heb. ay-leem', trees), sec ond station in the desert of Israel (Exod. xv:27; Num. xxxiii:9), where they encamped for a month (Exod. xvi:I).