1 Kings 18:30–38

³⁰Then Elijah said to all the people, “Come near me.” So all the people approached him. Then he repaired the Lord’s altar that had been torn down: ^j31Elijah took 12 stones—according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Jacob, to whom the word of the Lord had come, saying, “Israel will be your name” ^k— ³²and he built an altar ^lwith the stones in the name of Yahweh. Then he made a trench around the altar large enough to hold about four gallons. ^mn33Next, 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.” ³⁴Then he said, “A second time!” and they did it a second time. And then he said, “A third time!” and they did it a third time. ³⁵So the water ran all around the altar; he even filled the trench with water.

³⁶At the time for offering the evening sacrifice, ^oElijah the prophet approached the altar and said, “Yahweh, God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, ^ptoday let it be known ^qthat You are God in Israel and I am Your servant, and that at Your word I have done all these things. ³⁷Answer me, Lord! Answer me so that this people will know that You, Yahweh, are God ^rand that You have turned their hearts back.”

³⁸Then Yahweh’s fire fell and consumed the burnt offering, the wood, the stones, and the dust, and it licked up the water that was in the trench.