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1 Kings 18:29-31
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29 Throughout the afternoon they were in an ecstatic frenzy,[a] but there was no sound, no answer, and no response.[b]

30 Elijah then told all the people, “Approach me.” So all the people approached him. He repaired the altar of the Lord that had been torn down.[c] 31 Then Elijah took twelve stones, corresponding to the number of tribes that descended from Jacob, to whom the Lord’s message had come, “Israel will be your name.”[d]

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 18:29 tn Heb “when noon passed they prophesied until the offering up of the offering.”
  2. 1 Kings 18:29 tc The Old Greek translation and Syriac Peshitta include the following words here: “When it was time to offer the sacrifice, Elijah the Tishbite spoke to the prophets of the abominations: ‘Stand aside for the time being, and I will offer my burnt offering.’ So they stood aside and departed.”sn In 2 Kgs 4:31 the words “there was no sound and there was no response” are used to describe a dead boy. Similar words are used here to describe the god Baal as dead and therefore unresponsive.
  3. 1 Kings 18:30 sn Torn down. The condition of the altar symbolizes the spiritual state of the people.
  4. 1 Kings 18:31 sn Israel will be your name. See Gen 32:28; 35:10.
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