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Tempest
Heavy storms of wind and rain are common in Palestine and the Mediterranean. The storms particularly mentioned in the Bible are:
(1) the 40 days’ rain of ~the great flood of Noah (
(2) hail and rain as a plague in Egypt (
(3) the great rain after the drought and the contest of Elijah on Carmel (
(4) the tempest on the sea in the story of Jonah (1:4);
(5) the storm on the Lake of Galilee when Jesus was awakened to calm the waves (
(6) the storm causing the shipwreck of Paul at Melita (
Frequent references are found to God’s power over storm and use of the tempest in His anger: "He maketh the storm a calm" (
Alfred H. Joy