Discovery Box1 Kings 18:31-32
Context18:31 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 1 name.” 2 18:32 With the stones he constructed an altar for the Lord. 3 Around the altar he made a trench large enough to contain two seahs 4 of seed.
[18:31] 1 tn The word “new” is implied but not actually present in the Hebrew text.
[18:31] 2 sn Israel will be your new name. See Gen 32:28; 35:10.
[18:32] 3 tn Heb “and he built the stones into an altar in the name of the
[18:32] 4 tn A seah was a dry measure equivalent to about seven quarts.
