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1 Kings 18:31

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18:31Then Elijah took twelve stones, corresponding to the number of tribes that descended from Jacob, to whom the Lord had said, “Israel will be your new46 name.”47

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  1. 46 The word “new” is implied but not actually present in the Hebrew text.
  2. 47 Israel will be your new name. See Gen 32:28; 35:10.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

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,”

NIVNew International Version (2011)

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.”

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Elijah took twelve stones—according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Jacob, to whom the word of the Lord had come, saying, “Israel will be your name”—

NLTNew Living Translation

He took twelve stones, one to represent each of the tribes of Israel,

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

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

KJV 1900King James 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: