1 ³⁰ Then the priests sang the hymns. 1 ³¹ And when the materials of the sacrifice were consumed, Nehemiah ordered that the liquid that was left should be poured upon large stones. 1 ³² When this was done, a flame blazed up; but when the light from the altar shone back, it went out. 1 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, 1 ³⁴ the king investigated the matter, and enclosed the place and made it sacred. 1 ³⁵ And with those persons whom the king favoured he exchanged many excellent gifts. 1 ³⁶ Nehemiah and his associates called this "nephthar," which means purification, but by most people it is called naphtha.