1 Kings 18:35

18:35 The water flowed down all sides of the altar and filled the trench.

1 Kings 18:32

18:32 With the stones he constructed an altar for the Lord. ¹  Around the altar he made a trench large enough to contain two seahs ²  of seed.

1 Kings 18:38

18:38 Then fire from the Lord fell from the sky. ³  It consumed the offering, the wood, the stones, and the dirt, and licked up the water in the trench.

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¹ tn Heb “and he built the stones into an altar in the name of the Lord.”

² tn A seah was a dry measure equivalent to about seven quarts.

³ tn The words “from the sky” are added for stylistic reasons.