1 Kings 18:33

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31 And Elijah took twelve stones, according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Jacob, to whom the word of the Lord had come, saying, ^a“Israel shall be your name.”

32 Then with the stones he built an altar ^ain the name of the Lord; and he made a trench around the altar large enough to hold two seahs of seed.

33 And he ^aput the wood in order, cut the bull in pieces, and laid it on the wood, and said, “Fill four waterpots with water, and ^bpour it on the burnt sacrifice and on the wood.”

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

35 So the water ran all around the altar; and he also filled ^athe trench with water.

36 And it came to pass, at the time of the offering of the evening sacrifice, that Elijah the prophet came near and said, “Lord ^aGod of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, ^blet it be known this day that You are God in Israel and I am Your servant, and that ^cI have done all these things at Your word.

37 Hear me, O Lord, hear me, that this people may know that You are the Lord God, and that You have turned their hearts back to You again.”

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1 Kings 18:33

And he put the wood in order ... - He obeyed, that is, all the injunctions of the Law with respect to the offering of a burned sacrifice (marginal reference). He thus publicly taught that the ordinances of the Law were binding upon the kingdom of Israel.

Barrels - Rather, "pitchers" or "water-jars," such as the maidens used to carry on their heads (Genesis 24:14-20. Compare Judges 7:16, Judges 7:19). The flooding the sacrifice and the trench with water would at once do away with any suspicion of fraud, and greatly enhance in the eyes of the people the marvelousness of the miracle. The unfailing spring at the eastern end of Carmel I Kings 18:19, was capable of furnishing as much water as he needed.

Other Barnes' Notes entries containing 1 Kings 18:33:

Judges 6:20
Psalms 50:9

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