Twelve stones. —The emphatic notice of these, as emblematic of the twelve tribes, is significant. In spite of political division, …

For he meant this day to prove that God was God of the twelve tribes — not of himself and his tribe, but of all the families of Israel.

And Elijah took twelve stones, according to the number of the
tribes of the sons of Jacob<…

Many of the people wavered in their judgment and varied in their practice. Elijah called upon them to determine whether Jehovah or Baal was the sel…