OLD TESTAMENT · VERSE 35

1 Kings 18:35

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The water ran around the altar; and he also filled the trench with water.

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1 Kings 18:32–38

32

With the stones he built an altar in the LORD’s name. He made a trench around the altar large enough to contain two seahs of seed.

33

He put the wood in order, and cut the bull in pieces and laid it on the wood. He said, “Fill four jars with water, and pour it on the burnt offering and on the wood.”

34

He said, “Do it a second time;” and they did it the second time. He said, “Do it a third time;” and they did it the third time.

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The water ran around the altar; and he also filled the trench with water.

36

At the time of the evening offering, Elijah the prophet came near and said, “LORD, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Israel, let it be known today that you are God in Israel and that I am your servant, and that I have done all these things at your word.

37

Hear me, LORD, hear me, that this people may know that you, LORD, are God, and that you have turned their heart back again.”

38

Then the LORD’s fire fell and consumed the burnt offering, the wood, the stones, and the dust; and it licked up the water that was in the trench.

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