Skip to content
mannafest.faith
Read

1 Kings 18:31

And Elijah took twelve stones, one for each tribe of the sons of Jacob, to whom the word of the LORD had come and said, “Israel shall be your name.”

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

And Elijah took twelve stones, according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Jacob, unto whom the word of Jehovah came, saying, Israel shall be thy name.

KJV

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, Israel shall be thy name:

⋯

Commentary

2 voices

Voices on this verse

loading…

Original language & word study

18 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וַיִּקַּ֣חvai.yi.Kachand he tookH3947 →
אֵלִיָּ֗הוּ'e.li.Ya.huElijahH452 →
שְׁתֵּ֤יםshe.Teimtwo [plus]H8147 →
עֶשְׂרֵה֙'es.RehtenH6240 →
אֲבָנִ֔ים'a.va.NimstonesH68 →
כְּמִסְפַּ֖רke.mis.Paraccording to [the] number ofH4557 →
שִׁבְטֵ֣יshiv.Tei[the] tribes ofH7626 →
בְנֵֽי־ve.nei-[the] sons ofH1121 →
יַעֲקֹ֑בya.'a.KoJacobH3290 →
אֲשֶׁר֩'a.SherwhomH834 →
הָיָ֨הha.Yahit had comeH1961 →
דְבַר־de.var-[the] word ofH1697 →
יְהוָ֤הYah.wehYahwehH3068 →
אֵלָיו֙'e.Lavto himH413 →
לֵאמֹ֔רle.Mor<to> sayingH559 →
יִשְׂרָאֵ֖לYis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478 →
יִהְיֶ֥הyih.Yehit will beH1961 →
שְׁמֶֽךָ׃she.Me.khaname yourH8034 →

The walk

Related verses

18 strongest cross-references

The gold bar shows how strongly the cross-reference sources tie the two verses together: a long bar means many compiled references make the connection, a short one means few.

2 Kings 17:34To this day they are still practicing their former customs. None of them worship the LORD or observe the statutes, ordinances, laws, and commandments that the LORD gave the descendants of Jacob, whom He named Israel.Genesis 35:10And God said to him, “Though your name is Jacob, you will no longer be called Jacob. Instead, your name will be Israel.” So God named him Israel.Genesis 32:28Then the man said, “Your name will no longer be Jacob, but Israel, because you have struggled with God and with men, and you have prevailed.”James 1:1James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, To the twelve tribes of the Dispersion: Greetings.Joshua 4:3–4and command them: ‘Take up for yourselves twelve stones from the middle of the Jordan where the priests were standing, carry them with you, and set them down in the place where you spend the night.’”Joshua 4:20And there at Gilgal Joshua set up the twelve stones they had taken from the Jordan.Leviticus 24:5You are also to take fine flour and bake twelve loaves, using two-tenths of an ephah for each loaf,Genesis 49:28These are the tribes of Israel, twelve in all, and this was what their father said to them. He blessed them, and he blessed each one with a suitable blessing.Jeremiah 31:1“At that time,” declares the LORD, “I will be the God of all the families of Israel, and they will be My people.”Revelation 21:12The city had a great and high wall with twelve gates inscribed with the names of the twelve tribes of Israel, and twelve angels at the gates.Revelation 7:4–8And I heard the number of those who were sealed, 144,000 from all the tribes of Israel:Genesis 33:20There he set up an altar and called it El-Elohe-Israel.Ezekiel 37:16–22“And you, son of man, take a single stick and write on it: ‘Belonging to Judah and to the Israelites associated with him.’ Then take another stick and write on it: ‘Belonging to Joseph—the stick of Ephraim—and to all the house of Israel associated with him.’Ezekiel 47:13This is what the Lord GOD says: “These are the boundaries by which you are to divide the land as an inheritance among the twelve tribes of Israel; Joseph shall receive two portions.Ezra 6:17For the dedication of the house of God they offered a hundred bulls, two hundred rams, four hundred lambs, and a sin offering for all Israel of twelve male goats, one for each tribe of Israel.Ephesians 2:20built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus Himself as the cornerstone.Isaiah 48:1“Listen to this, O house of Jacob, you who are called by the name of Israel, who have descended from the line of Judah, who swear by the name of the LORD, who invoke the God of Israel—but not in truth or righteousness—Exodus 24:4And Moses wrote down all the words of the LORD. Early the next morning he got up and built an altar at the base of the mountain, along with twelve pillars for the twelve tribes of Israel.

Featured studies on this passage

The Prophets of Baal Are Slaughtered — Gustave Doré

On 1 Kings 18:31

Elijah on Carmel — the Still Small Voice

Open the study →

Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego in the Furnace — Gustave Doré

Walks through 1 Kings 18

Fire

Open the study →

Walks through 1 Kings 18

Irony in Scripture: More Than the Speaker Knows

Open the study →

The Sacrifice of Isaac — Philippe de Champaigne

Walks through 1 Kings 18

The Altar

Open the study →

The Transfiguration — Raphael

Walks through 1 Kings 18

The Mountain

Open the study →

About 1 Kings

The Prophets of Baal Are Slaughtered — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
The Prophets of Baal Are Slaughtered — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
1 Kings: the study guide →Read chapter 18 →The featured study →
Continue: 1 Kings 18 →