1 Kings 18:38

Then the fire of the Lord fell - It did not burst out from the altar; this might still, notwithstanding the water, have afforded some ground for suspicion that fire had been concealed, after the manner of the heathens, under the altar.

Pindar's account of the Rhodians' settling is the isle of Rhodes, and their first sacrifice there, bears a near affinity to the account here given: the shower of gold descending on the sacrifice offered up without fire, to show the approbation of their god, is little more than a poetic account of the above transactions.

Καιτοι γαρ αιθουσας εχοντεςπ

Σπερμ ' ανεβαν φλογος ουΤευξαν δ ' απυροις ἱεροιςΑλσος εν ακροπολει· κεινοισι μεν ξαν -

θαν αγαγων νεφελαι·Πολυν ὑσε χρυσον

Pind. Olymp. Od. 7, ver. 86.