18:30 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. 1 18:31 Then Elijah took twelve stones, corresponding to the number of tribes that descended from Jacob, to whom the Lord had said, “Israel will be your new 2 name.” 3 18:32 With the stones he constructed an altar for the Lord. 4 Around the altar he made a trench large enough to contain two seahs 5 of seed.
1 sn Torn down. The condition of the altar symbolizes the spiritual state of the people.
2 tn The word “new” is implied but not actually present in the Hebrew text.
3 sn Israel will be your new name. See Gen 32:28; 35:10.
3 tn Heb “and he built the stones into an altar in the name of the
4 tn A seah was a dry measure equivalent to about seven quarts.