Tishbe — Bible place

Elijah the prophet was thus named (1 Kings 17:1; 21:17, 28, etc.). In 1 Kings 17:1 the word rendered “inhabitants” is in the original the same as that rendered “Tishbite,” hence that verse may be read as in the LXX., “Elijah the Tishbite of Tishbi in Gilead.” Some interpret this word as meaning “stranger,” and read the verse, “Elijah the stranger from among the strangers in Gilead.” This designation is probably given to the prophet as denoting that his birthplace was Tishbi, a place in Upper Galilee (mentioned in the apocryphal book of Tobit), from which for some reason he migrated into Gilead. Josephus, the Jewish historian (Ant. 8:13, 2), however, supposes that Tishbi was some place in the land of Gilead. It has been identified by some with el-Ishtib, a some place 22 miles due south of the Sea of Galilee, among the mountains of Gilead.

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Show passage in OET: KI1 17:1

OET-RV KI1 17:1

17 One day the prophet Eliyah (Elijah) from the Tishbim in the Gilead region said to Ahav, “As Yisrael’s (Israel’s) god Yahweh lives, the one who I serve, there won’t be any rain or even dew these next years unless I give the command.”

OET-LV KI1 17:1

17 And_ ʼĒliy^yāh the_Tishbiy one_of _the _resident _aliens _of Gilˊād _he/it _said to ʼAḩʼāⱱ by_the _life of_YHWH the _god _of Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) whom I _stand before_him if it _will _be the_years the_these dew and_rain if/because (if) to_the _mouth _of my _message _of_my.

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