2 Maccabees 1:31

31 After the materials of the sacrifice had been consumed, Nehemiah ordered that the liquid that was left should be poured on large stones.

2 Maccabees 1:31 In-Context

29 Plant your people in your holy place, as Moses promised."

30 Then the priests sang the hymns.

31 After the materials of the sacrifice had been consumed, Nehemiah ordered that the liquid that was left should be poured on large stones.

32 When this was done, a flame blazed up; but when the light from the altar shone back, it went out.

33 When this matter became known, and it was reported to the king of the Persians that, in the place where the exiled priests had hidden the fire, the liquid had appeared with which Nehemiah and his associates had burned the materials of the sacrifice,