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1 Kings 18:32
“With the stones he built an altar in the name of Yahweh. He made a trench around the altar, large enough to contain two measures of seed.”
Verse in context — 1 Kings 18
Elijah said to all the people, "Come near to me;" and all the people came near to him. He repaired the altar of Yahweh that was thrown down.
Elijah took twelve stones, according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Jacob, to whom the word of Yahweh came, saying, "Israel shall be your name.
With the stones he built an altar in the name of Yahweh. He made a trench around the altar, large enough to contain two measures of seed.
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.
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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Solomon’s reign, the temple’s construction, and the kingdom’s division.
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