32. and he built an altar in the name of the Lord with stones, and he made a trench around the altar, so deep that it could contain two seahs of seed.
33. He arranged the wood and cut the bull 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.”
34. He said, “Do it a second time,” and they did it a second time.And he said, “Do it a third time,” and they did it the third time.
35. The water ran all around the altar and also filled the trench with water.
36. At the time of the offering of the evening sacrifice, Elijah the prophet came near and said, “The Lord, God of Abraham, Isaac, and of Israel, let it be known this day that You are God in Israel and that I am Your servant and that I have done all these things at Your word.
37. Hear me, O Lord, hear me, so that this people may know that You are the Lord God and that You have turned their hearts back again.”
38. Then the fire of the Lord fell and consumed the burnt sacrifice and the wood and the stones and the dust and licked up the water that was in the trench.