1 Kings 18:31
And Elijah took twelve stones, according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Jacob, unto whom the word of the Lord came, saying, Israel shall be thy name:
Cross-reference
In Genesis 32:28, Jacob is renamed Israel — the very event quoted in 1 Kings 18:31 as the basis for the twelve tribes.
In Genesis 35:10, God reaffirms Jacob's renaming to Israel — the same covenantal naming that underlies the twelve-stone altar.
In Exodus 24:4, Moses sets up twelve pillars for the twelve tribes, the same symbolic action Elijah performs with twelve stones here.
In Revelation 7:4-8, the 144,000 are sealed from the twelve tribes — directly linking to the twelve tribes symbolized by the stones.
In Revelation 21:12, the New Jerusalem's twelve gates bear the names of the twelve tribes — the same tribes represented by Elijah's stones.
Genesis 49:28 explicitly lists the twelve tribes of Israel, matching the twelve stones Elijah uses to represent them.
Exodus 28:21 describes twelve stones on the high priest's breastplate for the tribes — a parallel use of twelve stones to represent Israel.
Joshua 4:9 records twelve memorial stones from the Jordan, echoing Elijah's use of twelve stones to represent the tribes.
In Joshua 4:3, twelve stones are taken from the Jordan as a memorial; here Elijah takes twelve stones to rebuild the altar, both representing the twelve tribes.
In Joshua 4:20, twelve stones are set up at Gilgal as a memorial; here Elijah uses twelve stones to repair the altar, both commemorating God's acts toward Israel.