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Lexicon :: Strong's H4196 - mizbēaḥ

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מִזְבֵּחַ
Transliteration
mizbēaḥ
Pronunciation
miz-bay'-akh
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 525b

Strong’s Definitions

מִזְבֵּחַ mizbêach, miz-bay'-akh; from H2076; an altar:—altar.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 402x

The KJV translates Strong's H4196 in the following manner: altar (402x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 402x
The KJV translates Strong's H4196 in the following manner: altar (402x).

  1. altar

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
מִזְבֵּחַ mizbêach, miz-bay'-akh; from H2076; an altar:—altar.
STRONGS H4196: Abbreviations
מִזְבֵּחַ 401 noun masculineJoshua 22:10 altar (Arabic bdb025801, place of slaughter, trench made by torrent, Sabean מדֿבח DHMEpigr. Denkm. 24); מ׳ absolute 2 Kings 18:22 223 times, הַמִּזְבֵּ֑חָה Exodus 29:13 31 times; construct מִזְבַּח Exodus 20:24 76 times, suffix מִזְבְּחִי Exodus 20:26 7 times, מִזְבַּחֲךָ 1 Kings 8:31 3 times,מִזְבְּחֶ֑ךָ Deuteronomy 33:10; מִזְבְּחוֺ Judges 6:31 2 times; plural מִזְבְּחֹת Numbers 23:1 5 times, מִזְבְּחוֺת 2 Kings 21:3 23 times, suffix מִזְבְּחוֺתֶיךָ Psalm 84:4, other suffixes 21 times; —
1. J E narrate that altars were built by Noah after leaving the ark Genesis 8:20; by Abraham at Shechem Genesis 12:7, Bethel Genesis 12:8, Hebron Genesis 13:18, mountain in land Moriah Genesis 22:9; by Issac at Beersheba Genesis 26:25; by Jacob at Shechem Genesis 33:20 (yet this perhaps mistake for מַצֵּבָה, being object of וַיַּצֶּבשָֿׁם, not elsewhere with מזבח, compare also Di), at Bethel Genesis 35:7, by Moses at Rephidim Exodus 17:15, Horeb Exodus 24:4, by Balak at Bamoth Baal, Pisgah, & Peor Numbers 23:1,14,29; by Joshua on Mt. Ebal Joshua 8:30: the prophetic histories narrate that altars were built by Gideon at Ophra Judges 6:24; by a man of God at Bethel Judges 21:4; by Samuel at Ramah 1 Samuel 7:17; by Saul after Michmash 1 Samuel 14:35; by David on the threshing floor of Ornan 2 Samuel 24:25 = 1 Chronicles 21:18; 1 Chronicles 22:1; that Solomon sacrificed on the altar at Gibeon 1 Kings 3:4 and built altars in the temple at Jerusalem 1 Kings 6:20; 1 Kings 8:64; that Jeroboam built an altar at Bethel 1 Kings 12:32 (which was destroyed by Josiah 2 Kings 23:15); and that Elijah repaired an ancient altar on Carmel 1 Kings 18:30. An altar in Egypt is predicted Isaiah 19:19. All this accords with the law of the Covenant code Exodus 20:24-26 which recognises a plurality of altars and prescribes that they shall be built of אֲדָמָה, or of unhewn stones, and without steps. So אֲבָנִים Deuteronomy 27:6 (JE), אֲבָנִים שְׁלֵמוֺת Joshua 8:31, and twelve stones 1 Kings 18:30,32; compare Isaiah 27:9. The altar was also a place of refuge Exodus 21:24 (JE) 1 Kings 1:50,51; 1 Kings 2:28.
2. D prescribes one central altar Deuteronomy 12:5f. 27; but no attempt to enforce this principle appears before Hezekiah (2 Kings 18:4,22), and Josiah, whose reform is more effectual, 2 Kings 23:8-20.
3. P limits sacrifices to the altars of the tabernacle. A great altar was built east of the Jordan, but it was according to P only as an עֵד after the pattern of the altar before the Tabernacle Joshua 22:10-34. P describes two altars:
a. the מִזְבַּח הָעֹלָה Exodus 30:28; Exodus 31:9; Exodus 35:16; Exodus 38:1; Exodus 40:6,10,29; Leviticus 4:7,10,25 (twice in verse); Leviticus 4:30,34 = הַנְּחשֶׁת מ׳ Exodus 38:30; Exodus 39:39, made of acacia wood plated with brass, 5x5x3 cubits in size, with four horns and a network of brass, on which all sacrifices by fire were made Exodus 27:1; Exodus 8; Exodus 38:1-7;
b. מִקְטַר קְטֹרֶת מ׳ made of acacia wood plated with gold, 1x1x2 cubits in size, with four horns and a crown of gold Exodus 30:1-6 = הקטרת מ׳ Exodus 30:27; Exodus 31:8; Exodus 35:15; Exodus 37:25 = הזהב מ׳ Exodus 39:38; Exodus 40:5,26; Numbers 4:11 = קטרת הַסַּמִּים מ׳ Leviticus 4:7; these altars are named elsewhere only in Chronicles: 1 Chronicles 6:34; 1 Chronicles 16:40; 1 Chronicles 21:29; 2 Chronicles 1:5,6.
4. Solomon made two altars for the temple at Jerusalem:
a. הַנְּחשֶׁת מ׳ for the court 1 Kings 8:64 (which was laid aside by Ahaz 2 Kings 16:14,15, who made an altar after the model of one he saw in Damascus 2 Kings 16:11); in 2 Kings 16:14 הַמִּזְבַּח הַנּ׳ (construct form with article) is erroneous, read probably מִזְבַּח compare Ges§ 127. 4 a near the end; this altar, according to Chronicles, measured 20x20x10 cubits 2 Chronicles 4:1; this מזבח (ה)נחשׁת also 2 Chronicles 7:7 & Ezekiel 9:2; = העולה מ׳ 2 Chronicles 29:18, repaired by Asa 2 Chronicles 15:8;
b. an altar of cedar, plated with gold, in the temple before the דְּבִיר 1 Kings 6:20,22; 1 Kings 7:48; = הזהב מ׳ 2 Chronicles 4:19; = הַקְּטֹרֶת מ׳ 1 Chronicles 28:18; 2 Chronicles 26:16.
5. Ezekiel plans two altars for the new temple:
a. a table of wood 3x2 cubits Ezekiel 41:22;
b. an altar for the court, probably same dimensions as 4a, with stairs Ezekiel 43:13-17.
6. after the return Jeshua built an altar on the ancient site in the court of the temple Ezra 3:2.
7. besides these altars used in the worship of Yahweh, Ahab built an altar to Baal in Samaria 1 Kings 16:32; Ahaz made an altar on the roof of the upper chamber, and other kings of Judah made altars in the two courts, all of which were destroyed by Josiah 2 Kings 23:12.
8. the ancient and most common term for making altars was בָּנָה Genesis 35:7 (E) Genesis 8:20 (J) Deuteronomy 27:5,6; Exodus 32:5 (JE) +, implying building material; other verbs are הֵקִים 2 Samuel 24:18; 1 Kings 16:32; 2 Kings 21:3; 1 Chronicles 21:18; 2 Chronicles 33:3; הֵכִין Ezra 3:3 (followed by עַלמְֿכוֺנֹתָו֯); שִׂים Jeremiah 11:13; וַיַּצֶּבֿ Genesis 33:20 (but compare 1); Numbers 23:4 (E) has עָרַךְ arrange, prepare; עָשָׂה Genesis 35:1,3; Exodus 20:24 (E) Genesis 13:4 (J) Judges 22:28; 1 Kings 12:33; 1 Kings 18:26; this becomes usual in P, Exodus 27:1; Exodus 30:1; Exodus 37:25; Exodus 38:1,30, so 2 Chronicles 4:1, 2 Chronicles 4:19; 2 Chronicles 7:7; 2 Chronicles 428:24.
9. the dedication of the altar was חֲנֻכַּת המזבח Numbers 7:10,11,84,88; 2 Chronicles 7:9; it was anointed with oil מָשַׁח Exodus 40:10; Leviticus 8:11; Numbers 7:10 (all P).
10. removal of unlawful altars is expressed by נָתַץ Exodus 34:13 (JE) Deuteronomy 7:5; Judges 2:2; Judges 6:30,31,32; 2 Kings 11:18; 2 Kings 23:12,15; נִתַּץ (Pi) Deuteronomy 12:3; 2 Chronicles 31:1; 34:4,7; נֻתַּץ Judges 6:28; הָרַס Judges 6:25; 1 Kings 19:10,14; שִׁבַּר 2 Chronicles 23:17; הֵסִיר 2 Kings 18:22 = Isaiah 36:7; 2 Chronicles 14:2; 2 Chronicles 30:14; 32:12; 33:15.
11. ministry at the altar was מִשְׁמֶרֶת הַמּ׳ Numbers 18:5; Ezekiel 40:46, compare Numbers 3:31 (P), מְשָֽׁרְתֵי מ׳ Joel 1:13; עָמַד עַל is said of officiating priest 1 Kings 13:1, עָלָה עַל Exodus 20:26; 1 Samuel 2:28; 1 Kings 12:33 + (compare יָרַד Leviticus 9:22); sacrifices were usually offered עַלהַֿמִּזְבֵּחַ Genesis 22:9; Deuteronomy 12:27 +; see especially the phrases with זָרַק Exodus 29:16,20 + (see זרק); הִקְטִיר Leviticus 4:10 (see קטר Hiph.); הֶעֱלָה Leviticus 6:3 + (see עלה Hiph.) לְבַעֵר Nehemiah 10:35; but בַּמִּזְבֵּחַ Genesis 8:20 (J) Numbers 23:2,4,14,30 (E); one touching the altar is הַנֹּגֵעַ בַּמּ׳ Exodus 29:37 (P); לפני המ׳ of placing, or standing before altar Deuteronomy 26:4; 1 Kings 8:22; as accusative of location הַמִּזְבֵּ֫חָה in phrases especially with הִקְטִיר Exodus 29:13 +, and הֶעֱלָה Leviticus 14:20.
12. the horns of the altar were especially for the application of the blood of the sin-offering in the ritual; sin is represented as graven לְקַרְנוֺת מִזְבְּחוֺתֵיכֶם Jeremiah 17:1; therefore of blood for cleansing it was said נָתַן על קרנות המ׳ Exodus 29:12; Leviticus 4:7,18,25,30,34; Leviticus 8:15; Leviticus 9:9; Leviticus 16:18 (all P). An ancient custom is referred to, Psalm 118:27 אִסְרוחַֿג בַּעֲבֹתִ֑ים עַדקֿרנות המזבח bind the festal victim with cords, unto the horns of the altar: Ainsworth paraphrases: 'that is, all the court over, untill you come even to the hornes of the altar, intending hereby many sacrifices,' so De; but Che 'bind the procession with branches, (step on) to the altar-horns,' that is in sacred procession round the altar.
13. the יְסוֺד (q. v.) is also referred to in the ritual of the sin-offerings in the phrases יָצַק אל יסוד Leviticus 8:15; Leviticus 9:9 & שָׁפַךְ אל יסוד Exodus 29:12; Leviticus 4:7,18,25,30,34 (all P) יִמָּצֵה אל יסוד Leviticus 5:9.
14. the altar was קֹדֶשׁ קָדָשִׁים Exodus 29:37; Exodus 40:10 (P); but repeated sin-offerings were necessary to keep it pure and cleanse it from the pollution of the people in whose midst it was situated. This is expressed by חִטֵּא Leviticus 8:15 (P) Ezekiel 43:22; כִּפֶּר Leviticus 16:20,33 (P) Ezekiel 43:26; קִדַּשׁ Exodus 29:44; Exodus 40:10; Leviticus 8:15; Numbers 7:1 (P); טִהַר 2 Chronicles 29:18.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

8:20; 8:20; 8:20; 12:7; 12:8; 13:4; 13:18; 22:9; 22:9; 26:25; 33:20; 33:20; 35:1; 35:3; 35:7; 35:7

Exodus

8; 17:15; 20:24; 20:24; 20:24; 20:25; 20:26; 20:26; 20:26; 21:24; 24:4; 27:1; 27:1; 29:12; 29:12; 29:13; 29:13; 29:16; 29:20; 29:37; 29:37; 29:44; 30:1; 30:1; 30:2; 30:3; 30:4; 30:5; 30:6; 30:27; 30:28; 31:8; 31:9; 32:5; 34:13; 35:15; 35:16; 37:25; 37:25; 38:1; 38:1; 38:1; 38:2; 38:3; 38:4; 38:5; 38:6; 38:7; 38:30; 38:30; 39:38; 39:39; 40:5; 40:6; 40:10; 40:10; 40:10; 40:10; 40:26; 40:29

Leviticus

4:7; 4:7; 4:7; 4:7; 4:10; 4:10; 4:18; 4:18; 4:25; 4:25; 4:25; 4:30; 4:30; 4:30; 4:34; 4:34; 4:34; 5:9; 6:3; 8:11; 8:15; 8:15; 8:15; 8:15; 9:9; 9:9; 9:22; 14:20; 16:18; 16:20; 16:33

Numbers

3:31; 4:11; 7:1; 7:10; 7:10; 7:11; 7:84; 7:88; 18:5; 23:1; 23:1; 23:2; 23:4; 23:4; 23:14; 23:14; 23:29; 23:30

Deuteronomy

7:5; 12:3; 12:5; 12:27; 12:27; 26:4; 27:5; 27:6; 27:6; 33:10

Joshua

8:30; 8:31; 22:10; 22:10; 22:11; 22:12; 22:13; 22:14; 22:15; 22:16; 22:17; 22:18; 22:19; 22:20; 22:21; 22:22; 22:23; 22:24; 22:25; 22:26; 22:27; 22:28; 22:29; 22:30; 22:31; 22:32; 22:33; 22:34

Judges

2:2; 6:24; 6:25; 6:28; 6:30; 6:31; 6:31; 6:32; 21:4

1 Samuel

2:28; 7:17; 14:35

2 Samuel

24:18; 24:25

1 Kings

1:50; 1:51; 2:28; 3:4; 6:20; 6:20; 6:22; 7:48; 8:22; 8:31; 8:64; 8:64; 12:32; 12:33; 12:33; 13:1; 16:32; 16:32; 18:26; 18:30; 18:30; 18:32; 19:10; 19:14

2 Kings

11:18; 16:11; 16:14; 16:14; 16:15; 18:2; 18:4; 18:22; 18:22; 18:22; 21:3; 21:3; 23:8; 23:9; 23:10; 23:11; 23:12; 23:12; 23:12; 23:13; 23:14; 23:15; 23:15; 23:15; 23:16; 23:17; 23:18; 23:19; 23:20

1 Chronicles

6:34; 16:40; 21:18; 21:18; 21:29; 22:1; 28:18

2 Chronicles

1:5; 1:6; 4:1; 4:1; 4:19; 4:19; 7:7; 7:7; 7:9; 14:2; 15:8; 23:17; 26:16; 29:18; 29:18; 30:14; 31:1; 32:12; 33:3; 33:15; 34:4; 34:7

Ezra

3:2; 3:3

Nehemiah

10:35

Psalms

84:4; 118:27

Isaiah

19:19; 27:9; 36:7

Jeremiah

11:13; 17:1

Ezekiel

9:2; 40:46; 41:22; 43:13; 43:14; 43:15; 43:16; 43:17; 43:22; 43:26

Joel

1:13

H4196

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H4196 matches the Hebrew מִזְבֵּחַ (mizbēaḥ),
which occurs 35 times in 29 verses in '1Ki' in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:50

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:50 - Now Adonijah was afraid of Solomon; so he arose, and went and took hold of the horns of the altar.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:51

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:51 - And it was told Solomon, saying, “Indeed Adonijah is afraid of King Solomon; for look, he has taken hold of the horns of the altar, saying, ‘Let King Solomon swear to me today that he will not put his servant to death with the sword.’ ”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:53

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:53 - So King Solomon sent them to bring him down from the altar. And he came and fell down before King Solomon; and Solomon said to him, “Go to your house.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:28

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:28 - Then news came to Joab, for Joab had defected to Adonijah, though he had not defected to Absalom. So Joab fled to the tabernacle of the LORD, and took hold of the horns of the altar.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:29

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:29 - And King Solomon was told, “Joab has fled to the tabernacle of the LORD; there he is, by the altar.” Then Solomon sent Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, saying, “Go, strike him down.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 3:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 3:4 - Now the king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there, for that was the great high place: Solomon offered a thousand burnt offerings on that altar.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:20 - The inner sanctuary was twenty cubits long, twenty cubits wide, and twenty cubits high. He overlaid it with pure gold, and overlaid the altar of cedar.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:22 - The whole temple he overlaid with gold, until he had finished all the temple; also he overlaid with gold the entire altar that was by the inner sanctuary.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:48

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:48 - Thus Solomon had all the furnishings made for the house of the LORD: the altar of gold, and the table of gold on which was the showbread;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:22 - Then Solomon stood before the altar of the LORD in the presence of all the assembly of Israel, and spread out his hands toward heaven;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:31

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:31 - “When anyone sins against his neighbor, and is forced to take an oath, and comes and takes an oath before Your altar in this temple,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:54

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:54 - And so it was, when Solomon had finished praying all this prayer and supplication to the LORD, that he arose from before the altar of the LORD, from kneeling on his knees with his hands spread up to heaven.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:64

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:64 - On the same day the king consecrated the middle of the court that was in front of the house of the LORD; for there he offered burnt offerings, grain offerings, and the fat of the peace offerings, because the bronze altar that was before the LORD was too small to receive the burnt offerings, the grain offerings, and the fat of the peace offerings.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 9:25

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 9:25 - Now three times a year Solomon offered burnt offerings and peace offerings on the altar which he had built for the LORD, and he burned incense with them on the altar that was before the LORD. So he finished the temple.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:32

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:32 - Jeroboam ordained a feast on the fifteenth day of the eighth month, like the feast that was in Judah, and offered sacrifices on the altar. So he did at Bethel, sacrificing to the calves that he had made. And at Bethel he installed the priests of the high places which he had made.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:33

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:33 - So he made offerings on the altar which he had made at Bethel on the fifteenth day of the eighth month, in the month which he had devised in his own heart. And he ordained a feast for the children of Israel, and offered sacrifices on the altar and burned incense.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:1 - And behold, a man of God went from Judah to Bethel by the word of the LORD, and Jeroboam stood by the altar to burn incense.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:2 - Then he cried out against the altar by the word of the LORD, and said, “O altar, altar! Thus says the LORD: ‘Behold, a child, Josiah by name, shall be born to the house of David; and on you he shall sacrifice the priests of the high places who burn incense on you, and men’s bones shall be burned on you.’ ”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:3 - And he gave a sign the same day, saying, “This is the sign which the LORD has spoken: Surely the altar shall split apart, and the ashes on it shall be poured out.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:4 - So it came to pass when King Jeroboam heard the saying of the man of God, who cried out against the altar in Bethel, that he stretched out his hand from the altar, saying, “Arrest him!” Then his hand, which he stretched out toward him, withered, so that he could not pull it back to himself.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:5 - The altar also was split apart, and the ashes poured out from the altar, according to the sign which the man of God had given by the word of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:32

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:32 - “For the saying which he cried out by the word of the LORD against the altar in Bethel, and against all the shrines[fn] on the high places which are in the cities of Samaria, will surely come to pass.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:32

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:32 - Then he set up an altar for Baal in the temple of Baal, which he had built in Samaria.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:26

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:26 - So they took the bull which was given them, and they prepared it, and called on the name of Baal from morning even till noon, saying, “O Baal, hear us!” But there was no voice; no one answered. Then they leaped about the altar which they had made.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:30

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:30 - Then Elijah said to all the people, “Come near to me.” So all the people came near to him. And he repaired the altar of the LORD that was broken down.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:32

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:32 - Then with the stones he built an altar in the name of the LORD; and he made a trench around the altar large enough to hold two seahs of seed.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:35

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:35 - So the water ran all around the altar; and he also filled the trench with water.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 19:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 19:10 - So he said, “I have been very zealous for the LORD God of hosts; for the children of Israel have forsaken Your covenant, torn down Your altars, and killed Your prophets with the sword. I alone am left; and they seek to take my life.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 19:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 19:14 - And he said, “I have been very zealous for the LORD God of hosts; because the children of Israel have forsaken Your covenant, torn down Your altars, and killed Your prophets with the sword. I alone am left; and they seek to take my life.”
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