World English Bible
1 Kings 18:35
“The water ran around the altar; and he also filled the trench with water.”
Verse in context — 1 Kings 18
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.
The water ran around the altar; and he also filled the trench with water.
It happened at the time of the offering of the offering, that Elijah the prophet came near, and said, "Yahweh, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Israel, let it be known this day that you are God in Israel, and that I am your servant, and that I have done all these things at your word.
Hear me, Yahweh, hear me, that this people may know that you, Yahweh, are God, and that you have turned their heart back again.
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Solomon’s reign, the temple’s construction, and the kingdom’s division.
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