1 Kings 18:32

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 Kings 8:9

8:9 There was nothing in the ark except the two stone tablets Moses had placed there in Horeb. ⁴  It was there that ⁵  the Lord made an agreement with the Israelites after he brought them out of the land of Egypt.

¹ tn Heb “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.

⁵ sn Horeb is another name for Mount Sinai.

⁶ tn Heb “in Horeb where.”