30 And Elijah said unto all the people, Come to me. And all the people came to him. And he repaired the altar of the Lord that was broken down.

31 And Elijah took twelve stones, according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Jacob, (unto whom the word of the Lord came, saying, (A)Israel shall be thy name)

32 And with the stones he built an altar in the Name of the Lord: and he made a ditch round about the altar, as great as would contain two [a]measures of seed.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 18:32 Hebrew, seahs, which some think contain about three pottles and a third part a piece.

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