1 Kings 18:31

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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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  • 2 Kgs 17:34 : 34 So to this day they go on in their old ways, not worshipping the Lord or keeping his orders or his ways or the law and the rule which the Lord gave to the children of Jacob, to whom he gave the name Israel;
  • Gen 32:28 : 28 And he said, Your name will no longer be Jacob, but Israel: for in your fight with God and with men you have overcome.
  • Gen 35:10 : 10 Jacob is your name, but it will be so no longer; from now your name will be Israel; so he was named Israel.
  • Josh 4:3-4 : 3 And say to them, Take up from the middle of Jordan, from the place where the feet of the priests were resting, twelve stones, and take them over with you and put them down in the place where you take your rest tonight. 4 So Joshua sent for the twelve men, whom he had ready, one man out of every tribe of the children of Israel,
  • Josh 4:20 : 20 And the twelve stones which they took out of Jordan, Joshua put up in Gilgal.
  • Exod 24:4 : 4 Then 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.
  • Gen 33:20 : 20 And there he put up an altar, naming it El, the God of Israel.
  • Ezra 6:17 : 17 And 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.
  • Isa 48:1 : 1 Give ear to this, O family of Jacob, you who are named by the name of Israel, and have come out of the body of Judah; who take oaths by the name of the Lord, and make use of the name of the God of Israel, but not truly and not in good faith.
  • Jer 31:1 : 1 At that time, says the Lord, I will be the God of all the families of Israel, and they will be my people.
  • Ezek 37:16-22 : 16 And you, son of man, take one stick, writing on it, For Judah and for the children of Israel who are in his company: then take another stick, writing on it, For Joseph, the stick of Ephraim, and all the children of Israel who are in his company: 17 Then, joining them one to another, make them one stick, so that they may be one in your hand. 18 And when the children of your people say to you, Will you not make clear to us what these things have to do with us? 19 Then say to them, This is what the Lord has said: See, I am taking the stick of Joseph, which is in the hand of Ephraim, and the tribes of Israel who are in his company; and I will put it on the stick of Judah and make them one stick, and they will be one in my hand. 20 And the sticks with your writing on them will be in your hand before their eyes. 21 And say to them, These are the words of the Lord: See, I am taking the children of Israel from among the nations where they have gone, and will get them together on every side, and take them into their land: 22 And I will make them one nation in the land, on the mountains of Israel; and one king will be king over them all: and they will no longer be two nations, and will no longer be parted into two kingdoms:
  • Ezek 47:13 : 13 This is what the Lord has said: These are the limits by which you will take up your heritage in the land among the twelve tribes of Israel: Joseph is to have two parts.
  • Eph 2:20 : 20 Resting on the base of the Apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the chief keystone,
  • Eph 4:4-6 : 4 There is one body and one Spirit, even as you have been marked out by God in the one hope of his purpose for you; 5 One Lord, one faith, one baptism, 6 One God and Father of all, who is over all, and through all, and in all.
  • Rev 7:4-8 : 4 And there came to my ears the number of those who had the mark on their brows, a hundred and forty-four thousand, who were marked out of every tribe of the people of Israel. 5 Of the tribe of Judah were marked twelve thousand: of the tribe of Reuben twelve thousand: of the tribe of Gad twelve thousand: 6 Of the tribe of Asher twelve thousand: of the tribe of Naphtali twelve thousand: of the tribe of Manasseh twelve thousand: 7 Of the tribe of Simeon twelve thousand: of the tribe of Levi twelve thousand: of the tribe of Issachar twelve thousand: 8 Of the tribe of Zebulun twelve thousand: of the tribe of Joseph twelve thousand: of the tribe of Benjamin were marked twelve thousand.
  • Rev 21:12 : 12 She had a wall great and high, with twelve doors, and at the doors twelve angels; and names on them, which are the names of the twelve tribes of the children of Israel.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 1 Kgs 18:32
    81%

    32 And with the stones he made an altar to the name of the Lord; and he made a deep drain all round the altar, great enough to take two measures of seed.

  • Exod 28:21
    77%

    21 The jewels are to be twelve in number, for the names of the children of Israel; every jewel having the name of one of the twelve tribes cut on it as on a stamp.

  • Josh 4:2-9
    8 verses
    76%

    2 Take twelve men from the people, a man for every tribe,

    3 And say to them, Take up from the middle of Jordan, from the place where the feet of the priests were resting, twelve stones, and take them over with you and put them down in the place where you take your rest tonight.

    4 So Joshua sent for the twelve men, whom he had ready, one man out of every tribe of the children of Israel,

    5 And he said to them, Go over before the ark of the Lord your God into the middle of Jordan, and let every one of you take up a stone on his back, one for every tribe of the children of Israel:

    6 So that this may be a sign among you; when your children say to you in time to come, What is the reason for these stones?

    7 Then you will say to them, Because the waters of Jordan were cut off before the ark of the Lord's agreement; when it went over Jordan the waters of Jordan were cut off: and these stones will be a sign for the children of Israel, keeping it in their memory for ever.

    8 So the children of Israel did as Joshua gave them orders, and took twelve stones from the middle of Jordan, as the Lord had said to Joshua, one for every tribe of the children of Israel; these they took across with them to their night's resting-place and put them down there.

    9 And Joshua put up twelve stones in the middle of Jordan, where the feet of the priests who took up the ark of the agreement had been placed: and there they are to this day.

  • Exod 39:14
    75%

    14 There were twelve stones for the twelve tribes of Israel; on every one the name of one of the tribes of Israel was cut, like the cutting of a stamp.

  • 1 Kgs 18:30
    74%

    30 Then Elijah said to all the people, Come near to me; and all the people came near. And he put up again the altar of the Lord which had been broken down.

  • 1 Kgs 18:35-36
    2 verses
    71%

    35 And the water went all round the altar, till the drain was full.

    36 Then at the time of the offering, Elijah the prophet came near and said, O Lord, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Israel, let it be seen this day that you are God in Israel, and that I am your servant, and that I have done all these things by your order.

  • Gen 31:45-46
    2 verses
    71%

    45 Then Jacob took a stone and put it up as a pillar.

    46 And Jacob said to his people, Get stones together; and they did so; and they had a meal there by the stones.

  • Exod 28:9-12
    4 verses
    70%

    9 You are to take two beryl stones, on which the names of the children of Israel are to be cut:

    10 Six names on the one stone and six on the other, in the order of their birth.

    11 With the work of a jeweller, like the cutting of a stamp, the names of the children of Israel are to be cut on them, and they are to be fixed in twisted frames of gold.

    12 And the two stones are to be placed on the ephod, over the arm-holes, to be stones of memory for the children of Israel: Aaron will have their names on his arms when he goes in before the Lord, to keep the Lord in mind of them.

  • Josh 3:12
    70%

    12 So take twelve men out of the tribes of Israel, a man from every tribe.

  • Gen 35:10
    69%

    10 Jacob is your name, but it will be so no longer; from now your name will be Israel; so he was named Israel.

  • Gen 33:20
    69%

    20 And there he put up an altar, naming it El, the God of Israel.

  • Isa 44:5
    68%

    5 One will say, I am the Lord's; and another will give himself the name, Jacob; another will put a mark on his hand, I am the Lord's, and another will take the name of Israel for himself.

  • Josh 4:20-21
    2 verses
    68%

    20 And the twelve stones which they took out of Jordan, Joshua put up in Gilgal.

    21 And he said to the children of Israel, When your children say to their fathers in time to come, What is the reason for these stones?

  • Ezek 37:16
    68%

    16 And you, son of man, take one stick, writing on it, For Judah and for the children of Israel who are in his company: then take another stick, writing on it, For Joseph, the stick of Ephraim, and all the children of Israel who are in his company:

  • Jer 51:19
    68%

    19 The heritage of Jacob is not like these; for the maker of all things is his heritage: the Lord of armies is his name.

  • Jer 10:16
    67%

    16 The heritage of Jacob is not like these; for the maker of all things is his heritage: the Lord of armies is his name.

  • Exod 39:6-7
    2 verses
    67%

    6 Then they made the beryl stones, fixed in twisted frames of gold and cut like the cutting of a stamp, with the names of the children of Israel.

    7 These he put on the ephod, over the arm-holes, to be stones of memory for the children of Israel, as the Lord had said to Moses.

  • Isa 48:1-2
    2 verses
    67%

    1 Give ear to this, O family of Jacob, you who are named by the name of Israel, and have come out of the body of Judah; who take oaths by the name of the Lord, and make use of the name of the God of Israel, but not truly and not in good faith.

    2 For they say that they are of the holy town, and put their faith in the God of Israel: the Lord of armies is his name.

  • 1 Kgs 18:20
    67%

    20 So Ahab sent for all the children of Israel, and got the prophets together at Mount Carmel.

  • 2 Kgs 2:8
    67%

    8 Then Elijah took off his robe, and, rolling it up, gave the water a blow with it, and the waters were parted, flowing back this way and that, so that they went over on dry land.

  • Num 1:44
    67%

    44 These are they who were numbered by Moses and Aaron and by the twelve chiefs of Israel, one from every tribe.

  • 2 Kgs 2:13-14
    2 verses
    67%

    13 Then he took up Elijah's robe, which had been dropped from him, and went back till he came to the edge of Jordan.

    14 And he took Elijah's robe, which had been dropped from him, and giving the water a blow with it, said, Where is the Lord, the God of Elijah? and at his blow the waters were parted this way and that; and Elisha went over.

  • 1 Kgs 19:19
    67%

    19 So he went away from there and came across Elisha, the son of Shaphat, ploughing with twelve yoke of oxen, he himself walking with the twelfth; and Elijah went up to him and put his robe on him.

  • Num 17:2
    66%

    2 Say to the children of Israel that they are to give you rods, one for every family, for every chief, the head of his father's house, making twelve rods; let every man's name be placed on his rod.

  • 1 Kgs 11:32
    66%

    32 (But one tribe will be his, because of my servant David, and because of Jerusalem, the town which, out of all the tribes of Israel, I have made mine,)

  • 1 Kgs 18:18
    66%

    18 Then he said in answer, I have not been troubling Israel, but you and your family; because, turning away from the orders of the Lord, you have gone after the Baals.

  • Josh 22:14
    66%

    14 And with him they sent ten chiefs, one for every tribe of the children of Israel, every one of them the head of his house among the families of Israel.

  • Ezek 37:19
    66%

    19 Then say to them, This is what the Lord has said: See, I am taking the stick of Joseph, which is in the hand of Ephraim, and the tribes of Israel who are in his company; and I will put it on the stick of Judah and make them one stick, and they will be one in my hand.

  • 1 Kgs 17:2
    66%

    2 Then the word of the Lord came to him, saying,

  • Hos 12:13
    66%

    13 And Jacob went in flight into the field of Aram, and Israel became a servant for a wife, and for a wife he kept sheep.

  • Josh 8:32
    66%

    32 And he made there on the stones a copy of the law of Moses, writing it before the eyes of the children of Israel.

  • Gen 12:8
    66%

    8 And moving on from there to the mountain on the east of Beth-el, he put up his tent, having Beth-el on the west and Ai on the east: and there he made an altar and gave worship to the name of the Lord.