I hope the priests of Baal checked that it was indeed water, and not some sort of accelerant.
Seeing as this was on a mountain top (Mt Carmel) subject to all kinds of electrical weirdness, the water was probably to act as a lightning rod.
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I hope the priests of Baal checked that it was indeed water, and not some sort of accelerant.
Seeing as this was on a mountain top (Mt Carmel) subject to all kinds of electrical weirdness, the water was probably to act as a lightning rod.