1 Kings 18:30 (DRB)

Passage

Elias said to all the people: Come ye unto me. And the people coming near unto him, he repaired the altar of the Lord, that was broken down:

Nearby Context

1 Kings 18:28 So they cried with a loud voice, and cut themselves after their manner with knives and lancets, till they were all covered with blood.

1 Kings 18:29 And after midday was past, and while they were prophesying, the time was come of offering sacrifice, and there was no voice heard, nor did any one answer, nor regard them as they prayed.

1 Kings 18:30 Elias said to all the people: Come ye unto me. And the people coming near unto him, he repaired the altar of the Lord, that was broken down:

1 Kings 18:31 And he 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 thy name.

1 Kings 18:32 And he built with the stones an altar to the name of the Lord: and he made a trench for water, of the breadth of two furrows, round about the altar.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "elias", "said", "people", "come", "coming", "near", and "repaired". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "elias" and "said", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 29's "And after midday was past and while..." into verse 31's "And he took twelve stones according to...", so "elias" and "said" belong inside that flow. In 1 Kings context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "elias" and "said" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.