1 Kings 18:38

Then the fire of the Lord [ Jehovah . Not lightning, but supernatural light and heat emanating from God Himself. Cf. Le 1 Kings 9:24 ; 1 Chronicles 21:26 ; 2 Chronicles 7:1 ; Hebrews 12:29 ] fell, and consumed [Heb. ate up, devoured ] the burnt sacrifice, and the wood, and the stones [ in calcem redigit, Cler.], and the dust [Bähr translates die Erde, and understands this to be the earth with which the altar of twelve stones had been packed. Similarly Rawlinson. But it is very doubtful whether עָפָר pulvis, could be used in this sense. It may mean dry earth, but this altar had been deluged with water], and licked up [ לָחַךְ is clearly onomatopoetic, like our lick ; Germ. lecken ; Gr. λείχω , etc. It expresses well the action of tongues of flame] the water that was in the trench.