1 Kings 18:35

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

so that the water ran all around the altar and filled the trench also with water.

Cross References

1 Kings 18:32

with the stones he built an altar in the name of the Lord. Then he made a trench around the altar, large enough to contain two measures of seed.

1 Kings 18:34

Then he said, “Do it a second time,” and they did it a second time. Again he said, “Do it a third time,” and they did it a third time,

1 Kings 18:36

At the time of the offering of the oblation, the prophet Elijah came near and said, “O Lord, God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, let it be known this day that you are God in Israel, that I am your servant, and that I have done all these things at your bidding.

1 Kings 18:38

Then the fire of the Lord fell and consumed the burnt offering, the wood, the stones, and the dust and even licked up the water that was in the trench.