1 Re 18:30

30 Allora Elia disse a tutto il popolo: "Accostatevi a me!" E tutto il popolo s’accostò a lui; ed Elia restaurò l’altare dell’Eterno ch’era stato demolito.

1 Re 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 Re 18:30 In-Context

28 E quelli si misero a gridare a gran voce, e a farsi delle incisioni addosso, secondo il loro costume, con delle spade e delle picche, finché grondavan sangue.

29 E passato che fu il mezzogiorno, quelli profetarono fino all’ora in cui si offriva l’oblazione, senza che s’udisse voce o risposta o ci fosse chi desse loro retta.

30 Allora Elia disse a tutto il popolo: "Accostatevi a me!" E tutto il popolo s’accostò a lui; ed Elia restaurò l’altare dell’Eterno ch’era stato demolito.

31 Poi prese dodici pietre, secondo il numero delle tribù de’ figliuoli di Giacobbe, al quale l’Eterno avea detto: "Il tuo nome sarà Israele".

32 E con quelle pietre edificò un altare al nome dell’Eterno, e fece intorno all’altare un fosso, dalla capacità di due misure di grano.