1 Kings 18:30-35

New American Standard Bible

³⁰ Then Elijah said to all the people, “Come forward to me.” So all the people came forward to him. And ^(A)he repaired the altar of the Lord which had been torn down. ³¹ Then Elijah took twelve stones, corresponding to the number of the tribes of the sons of Jacob, to whom the word of the Lord had come, saying, “^(B)Israel shall be your name.” ³² And with the stones he built an altar in ^(C)the name of the Lord; and he made a trench around the altar, large enough to hold two ^[a]measures of seed. ^33 (D)Then he laid out the wood, and he cut the ox in pieces and placed it on the wood. ³⁴ And he said, “Fill four large jars with water and pour it on the burnt offering and on the wood.” And he said, “Do it a second time,” so they did it a second time. Then he said, “Do it a third time,” so they did it a third time. ³⁵ The water flowed around the altar, and he also filled the trench with water.