King James Version
1 Kings 18:35 in the King James Version says “And the water ran round about the altar; and he filled the trench also with water. ran: Heb. went” — study this verse from 1 Kings chapter 18 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And the water ran round about the altar; and he filled the trench also with water. ran: Heb. went”
1 Kings 18:35 · KJV
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.
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 the water ran round about the altar; and he filled the trench also with water. ran: Heb. went
And it came to pass at the time of the offering of the evening sacrifice, that Elijah the prophet came near, and said, LORD God of Abraham, Isaac, and of Israel, let it be known this day that thou art God in Israel, and that I am thy servant, and that I have done all these things at thy word.
Hear me, O LORD, hear me, that this people may know that thou art the LORD God, and that thou hast turned their heart back again.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“round about”
H5439(as noun) a circle, neighbour, or environs; but chiefly (as adverb, with or without preposition) around
properly, assemblage; used only adverbially also, even, yea, though; often repeated as correl. both...and
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“and he filled”
H4390to fill or (intransitively) be full of, in a wide application (literally and figuratively)
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