1 Kings 18:32

New International Reader's Version

Elijah used the stones to build an altar to honor the Lord. He dug a ditch around it. The ditch was large enough to hold 24 pounds of seeds.

Cross References

Genesis 12:7

The Lord appeared to Abram at Shechem. He said, “I will give this land to your family who comes after you.” So Abram built an altar there to honor the Lord, who had appeared to him.

1 Kings 18:33

He arranged the wood for the fire. He cut the bull into pieces. He placed the pieces on the wood. Then he said to some of the people, “Fill four large jars with water. Pour it on the offering and the wood.” So they did.

1 Kings 18:35

The water ran down around the altar. It even filled the ditch.

1 Corinthians 10:31

So eat and drink and do everything else for the glory of God.

Colossians 3:17

Do everything you say or do in the name of the Lord Jesus. Always give thanks to God the Father through Christ.

Judges 21:4

Early the next day the people built an altar. They brought burnt offerings and friendship offerings.

Judges 6:24

So Gideon built an altar there to honor the Lord. He called it The Lord Is Peace. It still stands in Ophrah to this day. Ophrah is in the territory that belongs to the family line of Abiezer.

Judges 6:26

Then build the right kind of altar. Build it to honor the Lord your God. Build it on top of this hill. Then use the wood from the Asherah pole you cut down. Sacrifice the second bull as a burnt offering.”

1 Samuel 7:17

But he always went back to Ramah. That’s where his home was. He served Israel as judge there too. And he built an altar there to honor the Lord.

1 Samuel 7:9

Then Samuel got a very young lamb. He sacrificed it as a whole burnt offering to the Lord. He cried out to the Lord to help Israel. And the Lord answered his prayer.