1 Kings 18:32
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.
Note 2 seahs is approximately 13.2 dry quarts or 14.6 liters (probably about 25.4 pounds or 11.5 kilograms of seed).
And with the stones he built an altar in the name of the Lord: and he made a trench about the altar, as great as would contain two measures of seed.
With the stones he built an altar in the Lord’s name. He made a trench around the altar large enough to contain two seahs of seed.
Note 1 seah is about 7 liters or 1.9 gallons or 0.8 pecks
And with the stones he built an altar in the name of Jehovah; and he made a trench about the altar, as great as would contain two measures of seed.
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- And with
- Exodus 20:24, 25; Judges 6:26; Judges 21:4; 1 Samuel 7:9, 17
- in the name
- 1 Corinthians 10:31; Colossians 3:17