1 Kings 18:31

Elijah took twelve stones On a similar preparation for an altar, compare the command of Joshua (Joshua 4:5) where the stones are also taken -according to the number of the tribes of the children of Israel." In this way the unity of worship of the same one God was signified. Elijah's prayer also recalls the still earlier memories of Abraham, Isaac and Israel.

of the sons of Jacob The LXX. reads τοῦ Ἰσραήλ, thus making the expression more nearly to accord with the passage of Joshua just quoted. Also instead of -he built an altar" the LXX. has -he built the stones," in the next verse.