18:32 With the stones he constructed an altar for the Lord. 1 Around the altar he made a trench large enough to contain two seahs 2 of seed.
1 Kings 18:38
18:38 Then fire from the Lord fell from the sky. 3 It consumed the offering, the wood, the stones, and the dirt, and licked up the water in the trench.
1 tnHeb “and he built the stones into an altar in the name of the Lord.”
2 tn A seah was a dry measure equivalent to about seven quarts.
3 tn The words “from the sky” are added for stylistic reasons.