1 Kings 18:31
And Elijah took twelve stones, the number of the tribes of the sons of Jacob, to whom the Lord had said, Israel will be your name:
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Genesis 32:28And he said, Your name will no longer be Jacob, but Israel: for in your fight with God and with men you have overcome.
Genesis 33:20And there he put up an altar, naming it El, the God of Israel.
Exodus 24:4Then Moses put down in writing all the words of the Lord, and he got up early in the morning and made an altar at the foot of the mountain, with twelve pillars for the twelve tribes of Israel.
Joshua 4:20And the twelve stones which they took out of Jordan, Joshua put up in Gilgal.
Ezra 6:17And they gave as offerings at the opening of this house of God a hundred oxen, two hundred sheep, four hundred lambs; and for a sin-offering for all Israel, twelve he-goats, being the number of the tribes of Israel.
Jeremiah 31:1At that time, says the Lord, I will be the God of all the families of Israel, and they will be my people.
Matthew Henry on 1 Kings 18:22-41
Elijah's Trial of the False Prophets; the Destruction of Baal's Prophets. ( b. c. 906.) 21 And Elijah came unto all the people, and said, How long halt ye between two opinions? if the Lord be God, follow him: but if Baal, then follow him. And the people answered him not a word. 22 Then said Elijah unto the people, I, even I only, remain a prophet of the Lord ; but Baal's prophets are four hundred and fifty men. 23 Let them therefore give us two bullocks; and let them choose one bullock for themselves, and cut it… Read the whole commentary →