1-Kings - 18:34



34 He said, "Do it a second time;" and they did it the second time. He said, "Do it a third time;" and they did it the third time.

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Explanation and meaning of 1-Kings 18:34.

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And he said: Fill four buckets with water, and pour it upon the burnt offering, and upon the wood. And again he said: Do the same the second time. And when they had done it the second time, he said: Do the same also the third time. And they did so the third time.
And he said, Do it a third time, and they did it a third time.
And he said: 'Fill four jars with water, and pour it on the burnt-offering, and on the wood.' And he said: 'Do it the second time'; and they did it the second time. And he said: 'Do it the third time'; and they did it the third time.
And he said, "Fill four containers with water, and pour it over the holocaust, and over the wood." And again, he said, "Do this a second time." And when they had done it a second time, he said, "Do it also a third time." And they did so a third time.

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And he said, do it the second time, and they did it the second time,.... That is, poured four barrels of water more upon the wood:
and he said, do it the third time, and they did it the third time; so that there were in all twelve barrels of water poured on the wood, agreeably to the number of the twelve stones the altar was built with, and may have respect to the same as they.

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