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. He made a trench - This was to detain the water that might fall down from the altar when the barrels should be poured upon it, 1 Kings 18:35.
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1 Kings 18:32
32 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.