1 Kings 18:35

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And the water went all round the altar, till the drain was full.

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  • 1 Kgs 18:32 : 32 And with the stones he made an altar to the name of the Lord; and he made a deep drain all round the altar, great enough to take two measures of seed.
  • 1 Kgs 18:38 : 38 Then the fire of the Lord came down, burning up the offering and the wood and the stones and the dust, and drinking up the water in the drain.

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  • 1 Kgs 18:32-34
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    81%

    32And with the stones he made an altar to the name of the Lord; and he made a deep drain all round the altar, great enough to take two measures of seed.

    33And he put the wood in order, and, cutting up the ox, put it on the wood. Then he said, Get four vessels full of water and put it on the burned offering and on the wood. And he said, Do it a second time, and they did it a second time;

    34And he said, Do it a third time, and they did it a third time.

  • 1 Kgs 18:36-43
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    78%

    36Then at the time of the offering, Elijah the prophet came near and said, O Lord, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Israel, let it be seen this day that you are God in Israel, and that I am your servant, and that I have done all these things by your order.

    37Give me an answer, O Lord, give me an answer, so that this people may see that you are God, and that you have made their hearts come back again.

    38Then the fire of the Lord came down, burning up the offering and the wood and the stones and the dust, and drinking up the water in the drain.

    39And when the people saw it, they all went down on their faces, and said, The Lord, he is God, the Lord, he is God.

    40And Elijah said to them, Take the prophets of Baal, let not one of them get away. So they took them, and Elijah made them go down to the stream Kishon, and put them to death there.

    41Then Elijah said to Ahab, Up! take food and drink, for there is a sound of much rain.

    42So Ahab went up to have food and drink, while Elijah went up to the top of Carmel; and he went down on the earth, putting his face between his knees.

    43And he said to his servant, Go now, and take a look in the direction of the sea. And he went up, and after looking said, There is nothing. And he said, Go again seven times; and he went seven times.

  • 1 Kgs 18:28-30
    3 verses
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    28So they gave loud cries, cutting themselves with knives and swords, as was their way, till the blood came streaming out all over them.

    29And from the middle of the day they went on with their prayers till the time of the offering; but there was no voice, or any answer, or any who gave attention to them.

    30Then Elijah said to all the people, Come near to me; and all the people came near. And he put up again the altar of the Lord which had been broken down.

  • 1 Kgs 17:1-8
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    1And Elijah the Tishbite, of Tishbe in Gilead, said to Ahab, By the living Lord, the God of Israel, whose servant I am, there will be no dew or rain in these years, but only at my word.

    2Then the word of the Lord came to him, saying,

    3Go from here in the direction of the east, and keep yourself in a secret place by the stream Cherith, east of Jordan.

    4The water of the stream will be your drink, and by my orders the ravens will give you food there.

    5So he went and did as the Lord said, living by the stream Cherith, east of Jordan.

    6And the ravens took him bread in the morning and meat in the evening; and the water of the stream was his drink.

    7Now after a time the stream became dry, because there was no rain in the land.

    8Then the word of the Lord came to him, saying,

  • 2 Kgs 2:8
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    8Then Elijah took off his robe, and, rolling it up, gave the water a blow with it, and the waters were parted, flowing back this way and that, so that they went over on dry land.

  • 2 Kgs 2:13-14
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    13Then he took up Elijah's robe, which had been dropped from him, and went back till he came to the edge of Jordan.

    14And he took Elijah's robe, which had been dropped from him, and giving the water a blow with it, said, Where is the Lord, the God of Elijah? and at his blow the waters were parted this way and that; and Elisha went over.

  • 1 Kgs 18:23-26
    4 verses
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    23Now, let them give us two oxen; and let them take one for themselves, and have it cut up, and put it on the wood, but put no fire under it; I will get the other ox ready, and put it on the wood, and put no fire under it.

    24And do you make prayers to your god, and I will make a prayer to the Lord: and it will be clear that the one who gives an answer by fire is God. And all the people in answer said, It is well said.

    25Then Elijah said to the prophets of Baal, Take one ox for yourselves and get it ready first, for there are more of you; and make your prayers to your god, but put no fire under.

    26So they took the ox which was given them, and made it ready, crying out to Baal from morning till the middle of the day, and saying, O Baal, give ear to us. But there was no voice and no answer. And they were jumping up and down before the altar they had made.

  • Ezek 47:1
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    1And he took me back to the door of the house; and I saw that waters were flowing out from under the doorstep of the house on the east, for the house was facing east: and the waters came down from under, from the right side of the house, on the south side of the altar.

  • 2 Kgs 3:20
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    20Now in the morning, about the time when the offering was made, they saw water flowing from the direction of Edom till the country was full of water.

  • 2 Kgs 3:16
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    16And he said, The Lord says, I will make this valley full of water-holes.

  • Exod 40:30
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    30And between the altar and the Tent of meeting he put the vessel with water in it for washing.

  • 1 Kgs 18:1
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    1Now after a long time, the word of the Lord came to Elijah, in the third year, saying, Go and let Ahab see you, so that I may send rain on the earth.

  • 2 Kgs 16:13
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    13He made his burned offering and his meal offering and his drink offering there, draining out the blood of his peace-offerings on the altar.

  • 2 Kgs 3:11
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    11But Jehoshaphat said, Is there no prophet of the Lord here, through whom we may get directions from the Lord? And one of the king of Israel's men said in answer, Elisha, the son of Shaphat, is here, who was servant to Elijah.

  • 1 Kgs 18:46
    71%

    46And the hand of the Lord was on Elijah; and he made himself strong, and went running before Ahab till they came to Jezreel.

  • 1 Kgs 18:13
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    13Has my lord not had word of what I did when Jezebel was putting the Lord's prophets to death? how I kept a hundred of them in a secret hole in the rock, fifty at a time, and gave them bread and water?

  • Exod 40:7
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    7And let the washing-vessel, with water in it, be put between the Tent of meeting and the altar.

  • Lev 8:11
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    11Seven times he put oil on the altar and on all its vessels, and on the washing-basin and its base, to make them holy.

  • 2 Kgs 1:13
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    13Then he sent a third captain of fifty with his fifty men; and the third captain of fifty went up, and falling on his knees before Elijah, requesting mercy of him, said, O man of God, let my life and the life of these your fifty servants be of value to you.

  • 1 Kgs 17:14
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    14For this is the word of the Lord, the God of Israel: The store of meal will not come to an end, and the bottle will never be without oil, till the day when the Lord sends rain on the earth.

  • 2 Kgs 2:20-22
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    20So he said, Get me a new vessel, and put salt in it; and they took it to him.

    21Then he went out to the spring from which the water came, and put salt in it, and said, The Lord says, Now I have made this water sweet; no longer will it be death-giving or unfertile.

    22And the water was made sweet again to this day, as Elisha said.

  • 1 Kgs 13:5
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    5And the altar was broken and the burned waste on it overturned; this was the sign which the man of God had given by the word of the Lord.

  • 1 Kgs 17:16
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    16The store of meal did not come to an end, and the bottle was never without oil, as the Lord had said by the mouth of Elijah.

  • Exod 35:16
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    16The altar of burned offerings, with its network of brass, its rods, and all its vessels, the washing-vessel and its base;

  • Exod 30:28
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    28And on the altar of burned offerings with its vessels, and on the washing-vessel and its base.

  • Isa 37:25
    68%

    25I have made water-holes and taken their waters, and with my foot I have made all the rivers of Egypt dry.