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Then he said to them, &#8220Fill four large jars with water and pour it on the offering and on the wood.&#8221<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/1_kings/18.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />He piled wood on the altar, cut the bull into pieces, and laid the pieces on the wood. Then he said, “Fill four large jars with water, and pour the water over the offering and the wood.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/1_kings/18.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />And he put the wood in order and cut the bull in pieces and laid it on the wood. And he said, “Fill four jars with water and pour it on the burnt offering and on the wood.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/1_kings/18.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Next, he arranged the wood, cut up the bull, placed it on the wood,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/1_kings/18.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And he put the wood in order, and cut the bullock in pieces, and laid <i>him</i> on the wood, and said, Fill four barrels with water, and pour <i>it</i> on the burnt sacrifice, and on the wood.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/1_kings/18.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />And he put the wood in order, cut the bull in pieces, and laid <i>it</i> on the wood, and said, “Fill four waterpots with water, and pour <i>it</i> on the burnt sacrifice and on the wood.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/1_kings/18.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Then he laid out the wood, and he cut the ox in pieces and placed <i>it</i> on the wood.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/1_kings/18.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />Then he arranged the wood and cut the ox in pieces and laid it on the wood.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/1_kings/18.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />Then he arranged the wood and cut the ox in pieces and laid <i>it</i> on the wood. And he said, “Fill four pitchers with water and pour <i>it</i> on the burnt offering and on the wood.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/1_kings/18.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Then he arranged the wood and cut the ox in pieces and placed <i>it</i> on the wood.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/1_kings/18.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Then he laid out the wood and cut the ox in pieces and laid it on the wood.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/1_kings/18.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Next, he arranged the wood, cut up the bull, and placed it on the wood. He said, “Fill four water pots with water and pour it on the offering to be burned and on the wood.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/1_kings/18.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Next, he arranged the wood, cut up the bull, and placed it on the wood. He said, &#8220Fill four water pots with water and pour it on the offering to be burned and on the wood.&#8221 <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/1_kings/18.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And he put the wood in order, and cut the bullock in pieces, and laid it on the wood. And he said, Fill four jars with water, and pour it on the burnt-offering, and on the wood.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/1_kings/18.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />He placed the wood on the altar, then they cut the bull into pieces and laid the meat on the wood. He told the people, "Fill four large jars with water and pour it over the meat and the wood." After they did this, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/1_kings/18.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And he put the wood in order, and cut the bullock in pieces, and laid it on the wood. And he said, Fill four barrels with water, and pour it on the burnt offering, and on the wood.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/1_kings/18.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />He arranged the wood, cut up the bull, and put it on the wood.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/1_kings/18.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Then he placed the wood on the altar, cut the bull in pieces, and laid it on the wood. He said, "Fill four jars with water and pour it on the offering and the wood." They did so, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/1_kings/18.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Then he laid the wood in order, cut the bull into pieces, and laid them on top of the wood. "Fill four pitchers with water," he ordered. "Then pour them out on the burnt offering and the wood."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/1_kings/18.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Next, he arranged the wood, cut up the bull, placed it on the wood,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/1_kings/18.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />He arranged the wood, cut up the bull, and placed it on the wood.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/1_kings/18.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />And he arranged the wood, and cut the bull in pieces, and laid it on the wood. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/1_kings/18.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/1_kings/18.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />He put the wood in order, and cut the bull in pieces and laid it on the wood. He said, “Fill four jars with water, and pour it on the burnt offering and on the wood.” <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/1_kings/18.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And he arranges the wood, and cuts the bullock in pieces, and places [it] on the wood, and says, “Fill four pitchers of water, and pour [them] on the burnt-offering, and on the wood”;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/1_kings/18.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And he arrangeth the wood, and cutteth in pieces the bullock, and placeth it on the wood, and saith, 'Fill ye four pitchers of water, and pour on the burnt-offering, and on the wood;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/1_kings/18.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And he will put in order the woods, and he will cut the bullock in pieces and put upon the woods,<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/1_kings/18.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And he laid the wood in order, and cut the bullock in pieces, and laid it upon the wood. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/1_kings/18.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And he arranged the wood, and he cut the ox into pieces, and he placed it on the wood.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/1_kings/18.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />When he had arranged the wood, he cut up the young bull and laid it on the wood.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/1_kings/18.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Next he put the wood in order, cut the bull in pieces, and laid it on the wood. He said, “Fill four jars with water and pour it on the burnt offering and on the wood.”<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/1_kings/18.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And he put the wood in order and cut the bullock in pieces and laid it on the wood and said, Fill four jars with water and pour it on the burnt offering and on the wood.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/1_kings/18.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And he collected wood and he cut the bull in pieces and he placed it on top of the wood.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/1_kings/18.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And he put the wood in order, and cut the bullock in pieces, and laid it on the wood.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/1_kings/18.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And he piled the cleft wood on the altar which he <i>had</i> made, and divided the whole-burnt-offering, and laid <i>it</i> on the wood, and laid <i>it</i> in order on the altar, and said, Fetch me four pitchers of water, and pour <i>it</i> on the whole-burnt-offering, and on the wood. And they did so.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/1_kings/18-33.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Xx9A0AxPaoQ?start=7310" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/1_kings/18.htm">Elijah on Mount Carmel</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">32</span>And with the stones, Elijah built an altar in the name of the LORD. Then he dug a trench around the altar large enough to hold two seahs of seed. <span class="reftext">33</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/6186.htm" title="6186: way·ya·‘ă·rōḵ (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To set in a, row, arrange, put in order. A primitive root; to set in a row, i.e. Arrange, put in order.">Next, he arranged</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/6086.htm" title="6086: hā·‘ê·ṣîm (Art:: N-mp) -- Tree, trees, wood. From atsah; a tree; hence, wood.">the wood,</a> <a href="/hebrew/5408.htm" title="5408: way·nat·taḥ (Conj-w:: V-Piel-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To cut up, cut in pieces, divide by joints. A primitive root; to dismember.">cut up</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/6499.htm" title="6499: hap·pār (Art:: N-ms) -- Young bull, steer. Or par; from parar; a bullock.">the bull,</a> <a href="/hebrew/7760.htm" title="7760: way·yā·śem (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To put, place, set. Or siym; a primitive root; to put.">placed</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘al- (Prep) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">it on</a> <a href="/hebrew/6086.htm" title="6086: hā·‘ê·ṣîm (Art:: N-mp) -- Tree, trees, wood. From atsah; a tree; hence, wood.">the wood,</a> </span><span class="reftext">34</span>and said, “Fill four waterpots and pour the water on the offering and on the wood.” “Do it a second time,” he said, and they did it a second time. “Do it a third time,” he said, and they did it a third time.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/29-38.htm">Exodus 29:38-42</a></span><br />This is what you are to offer regularly on the altar, each day: two lambs that are a year old. / Offer one lamb in the morning and the other at twilight. / With the first lamb offer a tenth of an ephah of fine flour, mixed with a quarter hin of oil from pressed olives, and a drink offering of a quarter hin of wine. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/leviticus/1-7.htm">Leviticus 1:7-9</a></span><br />The sons of Aaron the priest shall put a fire on the altar and arrange wood on the fire. / Then Aaron’s sons the priests are to arrange the pieces, including the head and the fat, atop the burning wood on the altar. / The entrails and legs must be washed with water, and the priest shall burn all of it on the altar as a burnt offering, a food offering, a pleasing aroma to the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/22-9.htm">Genesis 22:9</a></span><br />When they arrived at the place God had designated, Abraham built the altar there and arranged the wood. He bound his son Isaac and placed him on the altar, atop the wood.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/judges/6-20.htm">Judges 6:20-21</a></span><br />And the angel of God said to him, “Take the meat and the unleavened bread, lay them on this rock, and pour out the broth.” And Gideon did so. / Then the angel of the LORD extended the tip of the staff that was in his hand and touched the meat and the unleavened bread. And fire flared from the rock and consumed the meat and the unleavened bread. Then the angel of the LORD vanished from his sight.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/7-1.htm">2 Chronicles 7:1-3</a></span><br />When Solomon had finished praying, fire came down from heaven and consumed the burnt offering and the sacrifices, and the glory of the LORD filled the temple. / The priests were unable to enter the house of the LORD, because the glory of the LORD had filled it. / When all the Israelites saw the fire coming down and the glory of the LORD above the temple, they bowed down on the pavement with their faces to the ground, and they worshiped and gave thanks to the LORD: “For He is good; His loving devotion endures forever.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/numbers/23-1.htm">Numbers 23:1-4</a></span><br />Then Balaam said to Balak, “Build for me seven altars here, and prepare for me seven bulls and seven rams.” / So Balak did as Balaam had instructed, and Balak and Balaam offered a bull and a ram on each altar. / “Stay here by your burnt offering while I am gone,” Balaam said to Balak. “Perhaps the LORD will meet with me. And whatever He reveals to me, I will tell you.” So Balaam went off to a barren height, ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/16-15.htm">2 Kings 16:15</a></span><br />Then King Ahaz commanded Uriah the priest, “Offer on the great altar the morning burnt offering, the evening grain offering, and the king’s burnt offering and grain offering, as well as the burnt offerings, grain offerings, and drink offerings of all the people of the land. Splatter on the altar all the blood of the burnt offerings and sacrifices. But I will use the bronze altar to seek guidance.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/4-6.htm">2 Chronicles 4:6</a></span><br />He also made ten basins for washing and placed five on the south side and five on the north. The parts of the burnt offering were rinsed in them, but the priests used the Sea for washing.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/6-6.htm">Isaiah 6:6-7</a></span><br />Then one of the seraphim flew to me, and in his hand was a glowing coal that he had taken with tongs from the altar. / And with it he touched my mouth and said: “Now that this has touched your lips, your iniquity is removed and your sin is atoned for.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/43-18.htm">Ezekiel 43:18-27</a></span><br />Then He said to me: “Son of man, this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘These are the statutes for the altar on the day it is constructed, so that burnt offerings may be sacrificed on it and blood may be splattered on it: / You are to give a young bull from the herd as a sin offering to the Levitical priests who are of the family of Zadok, who approach Me to minister before Me, declares the Lord GOD. / You are to take some of its blood and put it on the four horns of the altar, on the four corners of the ledge, and all around the rim; thus you will cleanse the altar and make atonement for it. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/3-11.htm">Matthew 3:11</a></span><br />I baptize you with water for repentance, but after me will come One more powerful than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/mark/9-49.htm">Mark 9:49</a></span><br />For everyone will be salted with fire.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/3-16.htm">Luke 3:16</a></span><br />John answered all of them: “I baptize you with water, but One more powerful than I will come, the straps of whose sandals I am not worthy to untie. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/1-29.htm">John 1:29</a></span><br />The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/2-3.htm">Acts 2:3</a></span><br />They saw tongues like flames of fire that separated and came to rest on each of them.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">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.</p><p class="hdg">he put</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/22-9.htm">Genesis 22:9</a></b></br> And they came to the place which God had told him of; and Abraham built an altar there, and laid the wood in order, and bound Isaac his son, and laid him on the altar upon the wood.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/leviticus/1-6.htm">Leviticus 1:6-8</a></b></br> And he shall flay the burnt offering, and cut it into his pieces… </p><p class="hdg">fill four</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/daniel/3-19.htm">Daniel 3:19,25</a></b></br> Then was Nebuchadnezzar full of fury, and the form of his visage was changed against Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego: <i>therefore</i> he spake, and commanded that they should heat the furnace one seven times more than it was wont to be heated… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/john/11-39.htm">John 11:39,40</a></b></br> Jesus said, Take ye away the stone. Martha, the sister of him that was dead, saith unto him, Lord, by this time he stinketh: for he hath been <i>dead</i> four days… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/john/19-33.htm">John 19:33,34</a></b></br> But when they came to Jesus, and saw that he was dead already, they brake not his legs: … </p><p class="hdg">pour it</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/judges/6-20.htm">Judges 6:20</a></b></br> And the angel of God said unto him, Take the flesh and the unleavened cakes, and lay <i>them</i> upon this rock, and pour out the broth. And he did so.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/2_samuel/23-5.htm">Arranged</a> <a href="/leviticus/24-8.htm">Arrangeth</a> <a href="/1_kings/18-26.htm">Bull</a> <a href="/1_kings/18-26.htm">Bullock</a> <a href="/1_kings/16-18.htm">Burned</a> <a href="/1_kings/16-18.htm">Burnt</a> <a href="/1_kings/10-5.htm">Burnt-Offering</a> <a href="/2_samuel/24-22.htm">Burnt-Sacrifice</a> <a href="/1_kings/18-28.htm">Cut</a> <a href="/1_kings/15-13.htm">Cutteth</a> <a href="/1_kings/11-16.htm">Cutting</a> <a href="/1_samuel/16-1.htm">Fill</a> <a href="/1_kings/18-22.htm">Four</a> <a href="/1_kings/8-11.htm">Full</a> <a href="/ruth/2-9.htm">Jars</a> <a href="/1_kings/17-19.htm">Laid</a> <a href="/1_kings/18-29.htm">Offering</a> <a href="/1_kings/15-17.htm">Order</a> <a href="/1_kings/18-25.htm">Ox</a> <a href="/1_kings/18-23.htm">Pieces</a> <a href="/judges/7-20.htm">Pitchers</a> <a href="/1_kings/13-30.htm">Placeth</a> <a href="/1_samuel/7-6.htm">Pour</a> <a href="/1_kings/18-29.htm">Sacrifice</a> <a href="/1_kings/15-25.htm">Second</a> <a href="/1_kings/15-15.htm">Vessels</a> <a href="/1_kings/18-13.htm">Water</a> <a href="/1_kings/18-23.htm">Wood</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/2_kings/9-30.htm">Arranged</a> <a href="/genesis/22-9.htm">Arrangeth</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/13-9.htm">Bull</a> <a href="/job/21-10.htm">Bullock</a> <a href="/1_kings/18-38.htm">Burned</a> <a href="/1_kings/18-38.htm">Burnt</a> <a href="/1_kings/18-34.htm">Burnt-Offering</a> <a href="/1_kings/18-38.htm">Burnt-Sacrifice</a> <a href="/1_kings/21-21.htm">Cut</a> <a href="/2_kings/6-6.htm">Cutteth</a> <a href="/1_kings/21-21.htm">Cutting</a> <a href="/1_kings/18-34.htm">Fill</a> <a href="/1_kings/18-34.htm">Four</a> <a href="/1_kings/18-35.htm">Full</a> <a href="/1_kings/18-34.htm">Jars</a> <a href="/1_kings/19-6.htm">Laid</a> <a href="/1_kings/18-36.htm">Offering</a> <a href="/1_kings/20-14.htm">Order</a> <a href="/nehemiah/5-18.htm">Ox</a> <a href="/1_kings/19-11.htm">Pieces</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/28-17.htm">Pitchers</a> <a href="/1_kings/18-42.htm">Placeth</a> <a href="/1_kings/18-34.htm">Pour</a> <a href="/1_kings/18-36.htm">Sacrifice</a> <a href="/1_kings/18-34.htm">Second</a> <a href="/2_kings/4-3.htm">Vessels</a> <a href="/1_kings/18-34.htm">Water</a> <a href="/1_kings/18-34.htm">Wood</a><div class="vheading2">1 Kings 18</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_kings/18-1.htm">In the extremity of famine Elijah, sent to Ahab, meets good Obadiah</a></span><br><span class="reftext">9. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_kings/18-9.htm">Obadiah brings Ahab to Elijah</a></span><br><span class="reftext">17. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_kings/18-17.htm">Elijah, reproving Ahab, by fire from heaven convinces Baal's prophets</a></span><br><span class="reftext">41. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_kings/18-41.htm">Elijah, by prayer obtaining rain, follows Ahab to Jezreel</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/1_kings/18.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/1_kings/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/1_kings/18.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>Next, he arranged the wood</b><br>In the context of <a href="/1_kings/18.htm">1 Kings 18</a>, Elijah is preparing for a dramatic demonstration of God's power on Mount Carmel. The arrangement of the wood is a critical step in preparing the altar for sacrifice. This act signifies order and intentionality, reflecting the careful preparation required for worship and sacrifice. The wood symbolizes the foundation upon which the sacrifice will be made, pointing to the necessity of a proper foundation in spiritual practices. In a broader biblical context, wood is often associated with sacrifice, as seen in the wood of the cross upon which Jesus was crucified, highlighting the connection between Old Testament sacrifices and the ultimate sacrifice of Christ.<p><b>cut up the bull</b><br>The bull was a common sacrificial animal in ancient Israel, representing atonement and reconciliation with God. Cutting up the bull was a standard procedure in preparing a burnt offering, as outlined in Levitical law (<a href="/leviticus/1-6.htm">Leviticus 1:6</a>). This act signifies the seriousness of the sacrifice and the need for a complete offering to God. The bull, as a symbol of strength and service, can also be seen as a type of Christ, who offered Himself completely for the sins of humanity. The meticulous preparation of the bull underscores the importance of obedience to God's instructions in worship.<p><b>placed it on the wood</b><br>Placing the bull on the wood completes the preparation for the sacrifice. This act signifies the readiness for divine intervention and the expectation of God's response. In the narrative, Elijah's actions contrast sharply with the prophets of Baal, who failed to elicit a response from their god. The placement of the sacrifice on the wood can be seen as a foreshadowing of Christ's sacrifice on the cross, where He was "placed" as the ultimate offering for sin. This phrase also emphasizes the necessity of faith and trust in God's power to act, as Elijah confidently prepares for God to reveal Himself to the people of Israel.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/e/elijah.htm">Elijah</a></b><br>A prophet of God who played a pivotal role in challenging the prophets of Baal and demonstrating the power of the one true God.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/m/mount_carmel.htm">Mount Carmel</a></b><br>The location where Elijah confronted the prophets of Baal and called upon God to demonstrate His power.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/p/prophets_of_baal.htm">Prophets of Baal</a></b><br>Pagan prophets who worshiped Baal, a false god, and were challenged by Elijah to prove the power of their deity.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_bull.htm">The Bull</a></b><br>The sacrificial animal used by Elijah to demonstrate God's power over Baal.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_altar.htm">The Altar</a></b><br>The structure on which the sacrifice was placed, symbolizing worship and dedication to God.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/f/faith_in_action.htm">Faith in Action</a></b><br>Elijah's actions demonstrate a profound faith in God. He prepared the altar and sacrifice with confidence that God would respond. Believers are called to act in faith, trusting in God's promises and power.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty.htm">God's Sovereignty</a></b><br>The event underscores God's sovereignty over all creation, including false gods. It reminds believers that God is supreme and worthy of worship.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/p/prayer_and_preparation.htm">Prayer and Preparation</a></b><br>Elijah's preparation of the altar and sacrifice was accompanied by prayer. This teaches the importance of combining prayer with practical steps in our spiritual lives.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/p/public_witness.htm">Public Witness</a></b><br>Elijah's challenge to the prophets of Baal was a public demonstration of God's power. Believers are encouraged to live out their faith boldly, serving as witnesses to God's truth.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/d/dependence_on_god.htm">Dependence on God</a></b><br>The pouring of water on the sacrifice made it humanly impossible to ignite, highlighting the need for divine intervention. This teaches believers to rely on God in seemingly impossible situations.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_1_kings_18.htm">Top 10 Lessons from 1 Kings 18</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/can_1_kings_18_38's_fire_be_explained.htm">In 1 Kings 18:38, how can the sudden 'fire from the LORD' be explained scientifically or verified historically?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_the_discrepancy_on_jehoshaphat's_actions.htm">In 1 Kings 22:43, why does the text imply Jehoshaphat removed high places when 2 Chronicles 20:33 suggests otherwise?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/does_elijah's_challenge_align_with_monotheism.htm">How does Elijah's challenge to the prophets of Baal in 1 Kings 18:21-24 align or conflict with other biblical teachings on monotheism?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_did_elijah_prove_god_over_baal.htm">How did Elijah prove God's power over Baal's prophets?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/1_kings/18.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(33) F<span class= "bld">ill four barrels</span>--or pitchers. The filling of these at the time of drought has naturally excited speculation. A ready surmise, by those unacquainted with the country, was that the water was taken from the sea flowing at the base of Carmel; but a glance at the position and the height of the mountain puts this not unnatural surmise out of the question, as difficult, if not impossible. Examination of the locality has discovered a perennial spring in the neighbourhood of the traditional scene of the sacrifice, which is never known to fail in the severest drought. From this, no doubt (as indeed Josephus expressly says), the water was drawn, with, of course, the object of precluding all idea of fraud or contrivance, and bringing out strikingly the consuming fierceness of the fire from heaven, so emphatically described in <a href="/1_kings/18-38.htm" title="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.">1Kings 18:38</a>.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/1_kings/18.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 33.</span> <span class="cmt_word">And he put the wood in order, and cut the bullock in pieces, and laid him on the wood</span> [Rawlinson says "He obeyed, that is, all the injunctions of the law with respect to the offering of a burnt sacrifice (see <a href="/leviticus/1-3.htm">Leviticus 1:3-9</a>), and adds, "He thus publicly taught that all the ordinances of the law were binding on the kingdom of Israel." But it is very probable that the priests of Baal had done the same things. All sacrifice involved such manual acts. Cf. <a href="/genesis/22-9.htm">Genesis 22:9</a>, where the same word <span class="hebrew">עָרַך</span> is used. No doubt the prophet did everything in an orderly and regular way; but the people could hardly learn a lesson of obedience from such elementary acts as these, and the less so as the law provided, that the sacrifice should be offered only "by the <span class="accented">priests</span>, the sons of Aaron" (<a href="/leviticus/1-8.htm">Leviticus 1:8</a>), and Elijah's ministrations, consequently, might seem to warrant or condone the ministrations of Jeroboam's intrusive priesthood. That they did not lend any <span class="accented">real</span> sanction to those irregularities is clear, however, to us. For, in the first place, priests were not to be had, all having long since left the kingdom. In the second place, the higher commission of the prophet embraced within itself the authority for all necessary priestly acts. Cf. <a href="/1_samuel/16-2.htm">1 Samuel 16:2</a>. Elijah acted, as Grotius well observes, <span class="accented">jure prophetico, minoribus legibus exsolutus, ut majores servaret</span>]<span class="accented">, <span class="cmt_word"></span>and said, Fill four barrels</span> [Heb. <span class="hebrew">כַּדּים</span>. Cf. <a href="/1_kings/17-12.htm">1 Kings 17:12</a>. It designates the ordinary water-pitcher, generally carried then, as now, by women: <a href="/genesis/24-14.htm">Genesis 24:14-20</a>; <a href="/judges/7-16.htm">Judges 7:16</a>; <a href="/ecclesiastes/12-6.htm">Ecclesiastes 12:6</a>] <span class="cmt_word">with water, and pour it on the burnt sacrifice, and on the wood.</span> [The water, as already remarked, was doubtless brought from the adjoining spring (though it is clear from ver. 40 that the Kishon was not dry, and Thomson thinks that its sources, and particularly the fountain of <span class="accented">Saadieh</span>, furnished the supply). "In such springs the water remains always cool, under the shade of a vaulted roof, and with no hot atmosphere to evaporate it. While all other fountains were dried up, I can well understand that there might have been found here that superabundance of water which Elijah poured so profusely over the altar" (Van de Velde, 1. p. 325).] <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/1_kings/18-33.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">Next, he arranged</span><br /><span class="heb">וַֽיַּעֲרֹ֖ךְ</span> <span class="translit">(way·ya·‘ă·rōḵ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6186.htm">Strong's 6186: </a> </span><span class="str2">To set in a, row, arrange, put in order</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the wood,</span><br /><span class="heb">הָֽעֵצִ֑ים</span> <span class="translit">(hā·‘ê·ṣîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6086.htm">Strong's 6086: </a> </span><span class="str2">Tree, trees, wood</span><br /><br /><span class="word">cut up</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיְנַתַּח֙</span> <span class="translit">(way·nat·taḥ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5408.htm">Strong's 5408: </a> </span><span class="str2">To cut up, cut in pieces, divide by joints</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the bull,</span><br /><span class="heb">הַפָּ֔ר</span> <span class="translit">(hap·pār)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6499.htm">Strong's 6499: </a> </span><span class="str2">Young bull, steer</span><br /><br /><span class="word">placed</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיָּ֖שֶׂם</span> <span class="translit">(way·yā·śem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7760.htm">Strong's 7760: </a> </span><span class="str2">Put -- to put, place, set</span><br /><br /><span class="word">it on</span><br /><span class="heb">עַל־</span> <span class="translit">(‘al-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> </span><span class="str2">Above, over, upon, against</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the wood,</span><br /><span class="heb">הָעֵצִֽים׃</span> <span class="translit">(hā·‘ê·ṣîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6086.htm">Strong's 6086: </a> </span><span class="str2">Tree, trees, wood</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/1_kings/18-33.htm">1 Kings 18:33 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/1_kings/18-33.htm">1 Kings 18:33 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/1_kings/18-33.htm">1 Kings 18:33 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/1_kings/18-33.htm">1 Kings 18:33 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/1_kings/18-33.htm">1 Kings 18:33 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/1_kings/18-33.htm">1 Kings 18:33 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/1_kings/18-33.htm">1 Kings 18:33 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/1_kings/18-33.htm">1 Kings 18:33 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/1_kings/18-33.htm">1 Kings 18:33 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/1_kings/18-33.htm">1 Kings 18:33 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/1_kings/18-33.htm">OT History: 1 Kings 18:33 He put the wood in order (1Ki iKi i Ki 1 Kg 1kg) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/1_kings/18-32.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="1 Kings 18:32"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="1 Kings 18:32" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/1_kings/18-34.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="1 Kings 18:34"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="1 Kings 18:34" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>