1 Reyes 18:30

30 Entonces Elías llamó a la gente: «¡Vengan acá!». Así que todos se juntaron a su alrededor, mientras él reparaba el altar del Señor
que estaba derrumbado.

1 Reyes 18:30 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 18:30

And Elijah said unto all the people, come near unto me
And observe what I do, and what will be done at my request:

and all the people came near unto him;
left the prophets of Baal to themselves, and took no more notice of them, but attended to what the prophet should say and do:

and he repaired the altar of the Lord that was broken down;
which had been set up when high places and altars were allowed of, while the tabernacle was unsettled, and the temple not built; this is supposed to have been erected in the times of the judges; though, according to a tradition of the Jews ^F4, it was built by Saul, see ( 1 Samuel 15:12 ) but had been thrown down by the idolatrous Israelites, who demolished such as were erected to the name of the Lord everywhere, and built new ones for their idols, ( 1 Kings 19:10 ) . Benjamin of Tudela ^F5 says, that on the top of Mount Carmel is now to be seen the place of the altar Elijah repaired, which is four cubits round.

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FOOTNOTES:

F4 Jarchi & Kimchi in loc.
F5 ltinerar. p. 37.

1 Reyes 18:30 In-Context

28 Así que ellos gritaron más fuerte y, como acostumbraban hacer, se cortaron con cuchillos y espadas hasta quedar bañados en sangre.

29 Gritaron disparates toda la tarde hasta la hora del sacrificio vespertino, pero aún no había respuesta, ni siquiera se oía un solo sonido.

30 Entonces Elías llamó a la gente: «¡Vengan acá!». Así que todos se juntaron a su alrededor, mientras él reparaba el altar del Señor
que estaba derrumbado.

31 Tomó doce piedras, una para representar a cada tribu de Israel

32 y usó las piedras para reconstruir el altar en el nombre del Señor
. Luego cavó una zanja alrededor del altar con capacidad suficiente para doce litros de agua.