30 Then Elijah said to all the people, “Come near me.” So all the people approached him. Then he repaired the Lord’s altar that had been torn down:(A) 31 Elijah took 12 stones—according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Jacob, to whom the word of the Lord had come, saying, “Israel will be your name”(B) 32 and he built an altar(C) with the stones in the name of Yahweh. Then he made a trench around the altar large enough to hold about four gallons.[a][b]

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 18:32 LXX reads trench containing two measures of seed
  2. 1 Kings 18:32 Lit altar corresponding to a house of two seahs of seed

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