Discovery Box1 Kings 18:32-38 
Context18:32 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. 18:33 He arranged the wood, cut up the bull, and placed it on the wood. 18:34 Then he said, “Fill four water jars and pour the water on the offering and the wood.” When they had done so, 3 he said, “Do it again.” So they did it again. Then he said, “Do it a third time.” So they did it a third time. 18:35 The water flowed down all sides of the altar and filled the trench. 18:36 When it was time for the evening offering, 4 Elijah the prophet approached the altar 5 and prayed: “O Lord God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, prove 6 today that you are God in Israel and that I am your servant and have done all these things at your command. 18:37 Answer me, O Lord, answer me, so these people will know that you, O Lord, are the true God 7 and that you are winning back their allegiance.” 8 18:38 Then fire from the Lord fell from the sky. 9 It consumed the offering, the wood, the stones, and the dirt, and licked up the water in the trench.
1 tn Heb “and he built the stones into an altar in the name of the
2 tn A seah was a dry measure equivalent to about seven quarts.
3 tn The words “when they had done so” are supplied in the translation for clarification.
4 tn Heb “at the offering up of the offering.”
5 tn The words “the altar” are supplied in the translation for clarification.
6 tn Heb “let it be known.”
7 tn Heb “the God.”
8 tn Heb “that you are turning their heart[s] back.”
9 tn The words “from the sky” are added for stylistic reasons.
