32With 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.


In Context

29 It was so, when midday was past, that they prophesied until the time of the offering of the offering; but there was neither voice, nor any to answer, nor any who regarded.

30 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.

31 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.|

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.

33 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.|

34 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.

1 Kings 18:32 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

18:32With the stones he built an altar in the name of the Lord , and he dug a trench around it large enough to hold two seahs of seed.

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

18:32And with the stones he built an altar in the name of the LORD: and he made a trench about the altar, as great as would contain two measures of seed.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

18:32And he built with the stones an altar to the name of the Lord: and he made a trench for water, of the breadth of two furrows round about the altar.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

18:32And with the stones he built an altar in the name of Jehovah; and he made a trench about the altar, as great as would contain two measures of seed.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

18:32and with the stones he built an altar in the name of Jehovah, and made a trench round about the altar, of the capacity of two measures of seed;

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

18:32And with the stones he built an altar in the name of the LORD; and he made a trench about the altar, as great as would contain two measures of seed.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

18:32And with the stones he built an altar in the name of the LORD: and he made a trench about the altar, as great as would contain two measures of seed.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

18:32and he buildeth with the stones an altar, in the name of Jehovah, and maketh a trench, as about the space of two measures of seed, round about the altar.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

18:32And with the stones he built an altar in the name of the LORD: and he made a trench about the altar, as great as would contain two measures of seed.