Scenes from the First Book of Kings

Photo © Martin Crampin, Imaging the Bible in Wales. Courtesy: Cardiff Castle (Cardiff Council) Panels showing Elijah and the Prophets of Baal at Mount Carmel larger image

about 1875 Series of scenes around the walls of the roof garden relating events from I Kings 18-19. support: on ceramic tile technique: painting designer: Horatio Walter Lonsdale firm/studio: W. B. Simpson & Sons Cardiff Castle, Cardiff Bute Tower roof garden Courtesy Cardiff Castle (Cardiff Council)  (ObjectID=1655 ImageID=3221) Original File Name=_MG_0859A.jpg

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• Ahab is reproved by Elijah and asked to gather the priests of Baal on Mount Carmel for a contest  [Genesis 18:17-19]
• an altar is prepared by the Baal-worshippers and a bull is laid upon it; all the priests' cries, wild dances and self-mutilations are in vain (sacrifice on Mount Carmel)  [1 Kings 18:26-29]
• an angel wakes Elijah; a loaf of bread and a jar of water are usually at Elijah's head  [1 Kings 19:5-6]
• as Elijah prays, God sends fire which burns up not only his sacrifice but also the altar itself; the people fall prostrate - story of Elijah - Elijah defies the priests of Baal  [1 Kings 18:36-39]
• at Elijah's order, the priests of Baal are taken to the brook of Kishon and slain  [1 Kings 18:40]
• at the height of the famine, Ahab orders Obadiah to search for grass for the horses and mules  [1 Kings 18:3-5]
• Elijah climbs to the top of Mount Carmel where he bows down to the ground; a servant is sent to look towards the sea to check for rain  [1 Kings 18:42-44]
• in a downpour of rain, Ahab returns to Jezreel in his chariot with Elijah running in front of him  [1 Kings 18:46]
• Jezebel sends a message to Elijah in which she threatens to take his life  [1 Kings 19:2]
• on his way Obadiah meets Elijah who commands him to summon the king  [1 Kings 18:7-15]

John Newman, The Buildings of Wales: Glamorgan (London/Cardiff: 1995), p. 209.

Photo © Martin Crampin, Imaging the Bible in Wales. Courtesy: Cardiff Castle (Cardiff Council)