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1 Kings 18:34 — Meaning and Application
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King James Version
" And he said, Do it the second time. And they did it the second time. And he said, Do it the third time. And they did it the third time. "
1 Kings 18:34
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And 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.
And he put ➔ the wood in order, and cut the bullock in pieces, and laid him on the wood, and said, Fill four barrels with water, and pour it on the burnt sacrifice, and on the wood.
And he said, Do it the second time. And they did it the second time. And he said, Do it the third time. And they did it the third time.
And the water ran round about the altar; and he filled the trench also with water.
And it came to pass at the time of the offering of the evening sacrifice, that Elijah the prophet came near, and said, LORD God of Abraham, Isaac, and of Israel, let it be known this day that thou art God in Israel, and that I am thy servant, and that I have done all these things at thy word.
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1 Kings 18:1
"And it came to pass after many days, that the word of the LORD came to Elijah in the third year, saying, Go, shew thyself unto Ahab; and I will send rain upon the earth."
1 Kings 18:2
"And Elijah went to shew himself unto Ahab. And there was a sore famine in Samaria."
1 Kings 18:3
"And Ahab called Obadiah, which was the governor of his house. (Now Obadiah feared the LORD greatly:"
1 Kings 18:4
"For it was so, when Jezebel cut off the prophets of the LORD, that Obadiah took an hundred prophets, and hid them by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water.)"
1 Kings 18:5
"And Ahab said unto Obadiah, Go into the land, unto all fountains of water, and unto all brooks: peradventure we may find grass to save the horses and mules alive, that we lose not all the beasts."
1 Kings 18:6
"So they divided the land between them to pass throughout it: Ahab went one way by himself, and Obadiah went another way by himself."
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