1 Kings 18:32 (GNV)

Passage

And with the stones he buylt an altar in the Name of the Lord: and he made a ditch round about the altar, as great as woulde conteine two measures of seede.

Nearby Context

1 Kings 18:30 And Eliiah said vnto all the people, Come to me. And all the people came to him. And he repayred the altar of the Lord that was broken downe.

1 Kings 18:31 And Eliiah tooke twelue stones, according to the nomber of the tribes of the sonnes of Iaakob, (vnto whome the worde of the Lord came, saying, Israel shalbe thy name)

1 Kings 18:32 And with the stones he buylt an altar in the Name of the Lord: and he made a ditch round about the altar, as great as woulde conteine two measures of seede.

1 Kings 18:33 And he put the wood in order, and hewed the bullocke in pieces, and layd him on the wood,

1 Kings 18:34 And said, Fill foure barrels with water, and powre it on the burnt offring and on the wood. Againe he said, Doe so againe. And they did so the second time. And he sayde, Doe it the third time. And they did it the third time.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "stones", "buylt", "altar", "name", "lord", "ditch", and "round". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "stones" and "buylt", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 31's "And Eliiah tooke twelue stones according to..." into verse 33's "And he put the wood in order...", so "stones" and "buylt" 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 "stones" and "buylt" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.