1 Raja-raja 18:35

Bahasa Indonesia Sehari-hari

sehingga air mengalir sekeliling mezbah itu; bahkan parit itupun penuh dengan air.

Parallel Translations

Alkitab Terjemahan Baru
sehingga air mengalir sekeliling mezbah itu; bahkan parit itupun penuh dengan air.

Alkitab Terjemahan Lama
Sehingga air itupun mengalirlah dari pada segala pihak mezbah itu, tambahan lagi diisinya pula akan parit itu dengan air.

Contextual Overview

²¹ And Elias came vnto all the people, and said: how long halt ye betweene two opinions? If the Lorde be God, folowe him: but if Baal be he, then go after him. And the people aunswered him not one worde. ²² Then saide Elias vnto the people [againe] I onely remayne a prophete of the Lorde: but Baals prophets are foure hundred and fiftie. ²³ Let them therefore geue vs two oxen, and let them choose the one, & cut hym in peeces, and lay him on wood, and put no fire vnder: and I wyll dresse the other oxe, and laye him on wood, & wyll put no fyre vnder. ²⁴ And call ye on the name of your gods, & I wyl call on the name of the Lorde: and then the God that aunswereth by fire, let him be God. And all the people aunswered and saide, It is wel spoken. ²⁵ And Elias saide vnto the prophets of Baal: Choose you an oxe, & dresse him first, for ye are many: & call on the name of your gods, but put no fire vnder. ²⁶ And they toke the one oxe that he dyd geue them, and they dressed it, and called on the name of Baal from morning to noone, saying, O Baal heare vs. But there was no voyce, nor one to aunswere: And they lept vpon the aulter that they had made. ²⁷ And at noone Elias mocked them, and sayde: Crye lowde, for he is a God, peraduenture he is talking, or occupied in folowing vpon his enemies, or is in his iourney, or happyly he slepeth, and must be awaked [with your crie.] ²⁸ And they cried lowde, and cut them selues as their maner was with kniues & launcers, till the blood folowed on the. ²⁹ And it chaunced, that when midday was passed, they prophesied vntill the time of the euening sacrifice: But there was neither voyce, nor one to aunswere, nor any that regarded them. ³⁰ And Elias said vnto all the folke: Come to me. And all the people came to him: And he repaired the aulter of the Lord that was broken.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

ran: Heb. went

the trench: 1 Kings 18:32, 1 Kings 18:38

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the water ran round about the altar,.... There being such a large effusion of it on it;

and he filled the trench also with water; which surrounded the altar, so that it seemed impracticable that any fire should kindle upon it; and this gave full proof and demonstration there could be no collusion in this matter.