1 Kings 18:31

KJV1611 – Modern English

And Elijah took twelve stones, according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Jacob, to whom the word of the LORD came, saying, Israel shall be your name:

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  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    Elijah took twelve stones, one for each of the tribes descended from Jacob, to whom the word of the LORD had come, saying, 'Your name shall be Israel.'

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    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:

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    And Elijah{H452} took{H3947} twelve{H8147} stones,{H68} according to the number{H4557} of the tribes{H7626} of the sons{H1121} of Jacob,{H3290} unto whom the word{H1697} of Jehovah{H3068} came, saying,{H559} Israel{H3478} shall be thy name.{H8034}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    And Elijah{H452} took{H3947}{(H8799)} twelve{H8147}{H6240} stones{H68}, according to the number{H4557} of the tribes{H7626} of the sons{H1121} of Jacob{H3290}, unto whom the word{H1697} of the LORD{H3068} came, saying{H559}{(H8800)}, Israel{H3478} shall be thy name{H8034}:

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    & toke twolue stones acordinge to the nombre of ye trybes of the childre of Iacob (vnto whom the worde of the LORDE spake, and sayde: Thy name shal be Israel)

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    And Eliiah tooke twelue stones, according to the nomber of the tribes of the sonnes of Iaakob, (vnto whome the worde of the Lord came, saying, Israel shalbe thy name)

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    And Elias toke twelue stones, according to the number of the twelue tribes of the sonnes of Iacob, vnto whom the word of the Lorde came, saying: Israel shalbe thy name.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    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:

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    Elijah took twelve stones, according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Jacob, to whom the word of Yahweh came, saying, Israel shall be your name.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    and Elijah taketh twelve stones, according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Jacob, unto whom the word of Jehovah was, saying, `Israel is thy name;'

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    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.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    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.

  • 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:

  • World English Bible (2000)

    Elijah took twelve stones, according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Jacob, to whom the word of Yahweh came, saying, "Israel shall be your name."

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    Then Elijah took twelve stones, corresponding to the number of tribes that descended from Jacob, to whom the LORD’s message had come,“Israel will be your name.”

Referenced Verses

  • 2 Kgs 17:34 : 34 To this day they continue practicing their former habits: they do not fear the LORD, nor do they follow his statutes, or his ordinances, or the law and commandment which the LORD commanded the children of Jacob, whom he named Israel.
  • Gen 32:28 : 28 And he said, Your name shall no longer be called Jacob, but Israel: for as a prince you have power with God and with men, and have prevailed.
  • Gen 35:10 : 10 And God said to him, Your name is Jacob: your name shall no longer be called Jacob, but Israel shall be your name: and he called his name Israel.
  • Josh 4:3-4 : 3 And command them, saying, Take from here out of the midst of the Jordan, from the place where the priests' feet stood firm, twelve stones, and carry them over with you, and leave them in the place where you will lodge tonight. 4 Then Joshua called the twelve men, whom he had appointed from the children of Israel, one man from each tribe,
  • Josh 4:20 : 20 And Joshua set up in Gilgal the twelve stones which they took out of the Jordan.
  • Exod 24:4 : 4 And Moses wrote all the words of the LORD, and rose early in the morning, and built an altar under the hill, and twelve pillars, according to the twelve tribes of Israel.
  • Gen 33:20 : 20 And he erected an altar there and called it El Elohe Israel.
  • Ezra 6:17 : 17 And offered at the dedication of this house of God one hundred bulls, two hundred rams, four hundred lambs; and as a sin offering for all Israel, twelve male goats, according to the number of the tribes of Israel.
  • Isa 48:1 : 1 Listen to this, O house of Jacob, who are called by the name of Israel, and have come out of the waters of Judah, who swear by the name of the LORD, and mention the God of Israel, but not in truth or in righteousness.
  • Jer 31:1 : 1 At that time, says the LORD, I will be the God of all the families of Israel, and they shall be my people.
  • Ezek 37:16-22 : 16 Moreover, son of man, take one stick, and write upon it, For Judah, and for the children of Israel his companions: then take another stick, and write upon it, For Joseph, the stick of Ephraim, and for all the house of Israel his companions: 17 And join them one to another into one stick; and they shall become one in your hand. 18 And when the children of your people shall speak to you, saying, Will you not show us what you mean by these? 19 Say to them, Thus says the Lord GOD; Behold, I will take the stick of Joseph, which is in the hand of Ephraim, and the tribes of Israel his fellows, and will put them with him, even with the stick of Judah, and make them one stick, and they shall be one in my hand. 20 And the sticks whereon you write shall be in your hand before their eyes. 21 And say to them, Thus says the Lord GOD; Behold, I will take the children of Israel from among the nations, wherever they are gone, and will gather them on every side, and bring them into their own land: 22 And I will make them one nation in the land upon the mountains of Israel; and one king shall be king to them all: and they shall no more be two nations, neither shall they be divided into two kingdoms any more at all:
  • Ezek 47:13 : 13 Thus says the Lord GOD; This shall be the border, by which you shall inherit the land according to the twelve tribes of Israel: Joseph shall have two portions.
  • Eph 2:20 : 20 And are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ Himself being the chief cornerstone;
  • Eph 4:4-6 : 4 There is one body, and one Spirit, just as you are called in one hope of your calling; 5 One Lord, one faith, one baptism, 6 One God and Father of all, who is over all, and through all, and in you all.
  • Rev 7:4-8 : 4 And I heard the number of those who were sealed: a hundred and forty-four thousand, of all the tribes of the children of Israel were sealed. 5 Of the tribe of Judah were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Reuben were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Gad were sealed twelve thousand. 6 Of the tribe of Asher were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Naphtali were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Manasseh were sealed twelve thousand. 7 Of the tribe of Simeon were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Levi were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Issachar were sealed twelve thousand. 8 Of the tribe of Zebulun were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Joseph were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Benjamin were sealed twelve thousand.
  • Rev 21:12 : 12 And had a great and high wall, and had twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels, and names written 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 built an altar in the name of the LORD: and he made a trench around the altar, as great as would contain two measures of seed.

  • Exod 28:21
    77%

    21 And the stones shall have the names of the children of Israel, twelve according to their names, like the engravings of a signet. Each one with its own name, they shall be according to the twelve tribes.

  • Josh 4:2-9
    8 verses
    76%

    2 Take twelve men from the people, one man from each tribe,

    3 And command them, saying, Take from here out of the midst of the Jordan, from the place where the priests' feet stood firm, twelve stones, and carry them over with you, and leave them in the place where you will lodge tonight.

    4 Then Joshua called the twelve men, whom he had appointed from the children of Israel, one man from each tribe,

    5 And Joshua said to them, Pass over before the ark of the LORD your God into the midst of the Jordan, and every one of you take a stone upon his shoulder, according to the number of the tribes of the children of Israel,

    6 That this may be a sign among you, that when your children ask their fathers in time to come, saying, What do these stones mean?

    7 Then you shall answer them, That the waters of the Jordan were cut off before the ark of the covenant of the LORD; when it passed over the Jordan, the waters of the Jordan were cut off: and these stones shall be a memorial to the children of Israel forever.

    8 And the children of Israel did so as Joshua commanded, and took up twelve stones out of the midst of the Jordan, as the LORD spoke to Joshua, according to the number of the tribes of the children of Israel, and carried them over with them to the place where they lodged, and laid them down there.

    9 And Joshua set up twelve stones in the midst of the Jordan, in the place where the feet of the priests who bore the ark of the covenant stood: and they are there to this day.

  • Exod 39:14
    75%

    14 And the stones were according to the names of the children of Israel, twelve, according to their names, like the engravings of a signet, each with his name, representing the twelve tribes.

  • 1 Kgs 18:30
    74%

    30 And Elijah said to all the people, Come near to me. And all the people came near to him. And he repaired the altar of the LORD that was broken down.

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

    35 And the water ran around the altar; and he filled the trench also with water.

    36 And it came to pass at the time of the offering of the evening sacrifice, that Elijah the prophet came near, and said, LORD God of Abraham, Isaac, and of Israel, let it be known this day that you are God in Israel, and that I am your servant, and that I have done all these things at your word.

  • Gen 31:45-46
    2 verses
    71%

    45 And Jacob took a stone, and set it up for a pillar.

    46 And Jacob said to his brethren, Gather stones; and they took stones, and made a heap: and they ate there upon the heap.

  • Exod 28:9-12
    4 verses
    70%

    9 And you shall take two onyx stones and engrave on them the names of the children of Israel:

    10 six of their names on one stone, and the other six names on the other stone, according to their birth.

    11 With the work of an engraver in stone, like the engravings of a signet, you shall engrave the two stones with the names of the children of Israel. You shall set them in settings of gold.

    12 And you shall put the two stones on the shoulders of the ephod as memorial stones for the children of Israel, and Aaron shall bear their names before the LORD on his two shoulders as a memorial.

  • Josh 3:12
    70%

    12 Now therefore take twelve men from the tribes of Israel, one man from each tribe.

  • Gen 35:10
    69%

    10 And God said to him, Your name is Jacob: your name shall no longer be called Jacob, but Israel shall be your name: and he called his name Israel.

  • Gen 33:20
    69%

    20 And he erected an altar there and called it El Elohe Israel.

  • Isa 44:5
    68%

    5 One shall say, I am the LORD'S; and another shall call himself by the name of Jacob; and another shall write with his hand unto the LORD, and surname himself by the name of Israel.

  • Josh 4:20-21
    2 verses
    68%

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

    21 And he spoke to the children of Israel, saying, When your children ask their fathers in time to come, saying, What do these stones mean?

  • Ezek 37:16
    68%

    16 Moreover, son of man, take one stick, and write upon it, For Judah, and for the children of Israel his companions: then take another stick, and write upon it, For Joseph, the stick of Ephraim, and for all the house of Israel his companions:

  • Jer 51:19
    68%

    19 The portion of Jacob is not like them; for He is the Maker of all things; and Israel is the rod of His inheritance; the LORD of hosts is His name.

  • Jer 10:16
    67%

    16 The portion of Jacob is not like them: for he is the Maker of all things; and Israel is the rod of his inheritance: The LORD of hosts is his name.

  • Exod 39:6-7
    2 verses
    67%

    6 And they worked onyx stones enclosed in settings of gold, engraved, as signets are engraved, with the names of the children of Israel.

    7 And he put them on the shoulders of the ephod as stones for a memorial to the children of Israel, as the LORD commanded Moses.

  • Isa 48:1-2
    2 verses
    67%

    1 Listen to this, O house of Jacob, who are called by the name of Israel, and have come out of the waters of Judah, who swear by the name of the LORD, and mention the God of Israel, but not in truth or in righteousness.

    2 For they call themselves citizens of the holy city and rely on the God of Israel; the LORD of hosts is his name.

  • 1 Kgs 18:20
    67%

    20 So Ahab sent unto all the children of Israel, and gathered the prophets together to mount Carmel.

  • 2 Kgs 2:8
    67%

    8 And Elijah took his mantle, and wrapped it together, and struck the waters, and they were divided here and there, so that they two went over on dry ground.

  • Num 1:44
    67%

    44 These are those who were numbered, whom Moses and Aaron numbered, along with the leaders of Israel, being twelve men: each one was for the house of his fathers.

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

    13 He took up also the mantle of Elijah that fell from him, and went back, and stood by the bank of Jordan;

    14 And he took the mantle of Elijah that fell from him, and struck the waters, and said, Where is the LORD God of Elijah? And when he also had struck the waters, they divided here and there: and Elisha went over.

  • 1 Kgs 19:19
    67%

    19 So he departed from there, and found Elisha the son of Shaphat, who was plowing with twelve yoke of oxen before him, and he with the twelfth. And Elijah passed by him and cast his mantle upon him.

  • Num 17:2
    66%

    2 Speak to the children of Israel, and take from each one of them a rod according to their ancestral houses, of all their leaders according to their ancestral houses twelve rods: write each man's name on his rod.

  • 1 Kgs 11:32
    66%

    32 (But he shall have one tribe for the sake of my servant David, and for Jerusalem's sake, the city which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel.)

  • 1 Kgs 18:18
    66%

    18 And he answered, I have not troubled Israel; but you and your father's house have, in that you have forsaken the commandments of the LORD, and you have followed Baalim.

  • Josh 22:14
    66%

    14 And with him ten leaders, one chief leader from each house throughout all the tribes of Israel; and each one was head of the house of their fathers among the thousands of Israel.

  • Ezek 37:19
    66%

    19 Say to them, Thus says the Lord GOD; Behold, I will take the stick of Joseph, which is in the hand of Ephraim, and the tribes of Israel his fellows, and will put them with him, even with the stick of Judah, and make them one stick, and they shall be one in my hand.

  • 1 Kgs 17:2
    66%

    2 And the word of the LORD came to him, saying,

  • Hos 12:13
    66%

    13 And by a prophet the LORD brought Israel out of Egypt, and by a prophet he was preserved.

  • Josh 8:32
    66%

    32 And he wrote there on the stones a copy of the law of Moses, which he wrote in the presence of the children of Israel.

  • Gen 12:8
    66%

    8 And he moved from there to a mountain on the east of Bethel, and pitched his tent, having Bethel on the west, and Ai on the east: and there he built an altar to the LORD, and called on the name of the LORD.