Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Also, the altar was split apart and its ashes poured out according to the sign given by the man of God by the word of the LORD. New Living Translation At the same time a wide crack appeared in the altar, and the ashes poured out, just as the man of God had predicted in his message from the LORD. English Standard Version The altar also was torn down, and the ashes poured out from the altar, according to the sign that the man of God had given by the word of the LORD. Berean Standard Bible And the altar was split apart, and the ashes poured out, according to the sign that the man of God had given by the word of the LORD. King James Bible The altar also was rent, and the ashes poured out from the altar, according to the sign which the man of God had given by the word of the LORD. New King James Version The altar also was split apart, and the ashes poured out from the altar, according to the sign which the man of God had given by the word of the LORD. New American Standard Bible The altar also was torn to pieces and the ashes were poured out from the altar, in accordance with the sign which the man of God had given by the word of the LORD. NASB 1995 The altar also was split apart and the ashes were poured out from the altar, according to the sign which the man of God had given by the word of the LORD. NASB 1977 The altar also was split apart and the ashes were poured out from the altar, according to the sign which the man of God had given by the word of the LORD. Legacy Standard Bible The altar also was torn apart and the ashes were poured out from the altar, according to the miraculous sign which the man of God had given by the word of Yahweh. Amplified Bible The altar also was split apart and the ashes were poured out from the altar in accordance with the sign which the man of God had given by the word of the LORD. Christian Standard Bible The altar was ripped apart, and the ashes poured from the altar, according to the sign that the man of God had given by the word of the LORD. Holman Christian Standard Bible The altar was ripped apart, and the ashes poured from the altar, according to the sign that the man of God had given by the word of the LORD. American Standard Version The altar also was rent, and the ashes poured out from the altar, according to the sign which the man of God had given by the word of Jehovah. Contemporary English Version The altar split in half, and the ashes fell to the ground, just as the prophet had warned. English Revised Version The altar also was rent, and the ashes poured out from the altar, according to the sign which the man of God had given by the word of the LORD. GOD'S WORD® Translation The altar was torn apart, and the ashes from the altar were poured [on the ground]. This was the miraculous sign the man of God performed at the LORD's command. Good News Translation The altar suddenly fell apart and the ashes spilled to the ground, as the prophet had predicted in the name of the LORD. International Standard Version Also, the altar broke apart and the ashes that were on it spilled out from the altar, providing just the proof that the man of God had predicted in his message from the LORD! Majority Standard Bible And the altar was split apart, and the ashes poured out, according to the sign that the man of God had given by the word of the LORD. NET Bible The altar split open and the ashes fell from the altar to the ground, in fulfillment of the sign the prophet had announced with the LORD's authority. New Heart English Bible The altar also was split apart, and the ashes poured out from the altar, according to the sign which the man of God had given by the word of the LORD. Webster's Bible Translation The altar also was rent, and the ashes poured out from the altar, according to the sign which the man of God had given by the word of the LORD. World English Bible The altar was also split apart, and the ashes poured out from the altar, according to the sign which the man of God had given by Yahweh’s word. Literal Translations Literal Standard Versionand the altar is torn, and the ashes [are] poured forth from the altar, according to the sign that the man of God had given by the word of YHWH. Young's Literal Translation and the altar is rent, and the ashes poured forth from the altar, according to the sign that the man of God had given by the word of Jehovah. Smith's Literal Translation And the altar was rent, and the fat will be poured out from the altar according to the sign that the man of God gave by the word of Jehovah. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleThe altar also was rent, and the ashes were poured out from the altar, according to the sign which the man of God had given before in the word of the Lord. Catholic Public Domain Version Also, the altar was torn apart, and the ashes were poured out from the altar, in accord with the sign that the man of God had predicted by the word of the Lord. New American Bible (The altar was torn apart and the ashes from the altar were scattered, in accordance with the sign the man of God gave by the word of the LORD.) New Revised Standard Version The altar also was torn down, and the ashes poured out from the altar, according to the sign that the man of God had given by the word of the LORD. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa Bible- - - Peshitta Holy Bible Translated And the altar was broken and the ashes that were upon it were poured out, according to the sign that the Prophet of God gave in the word of LORD JEHOVAH. OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917The altar also was rent, and the ashes poured out from the altar, according to the sign which the man of God had given by the word of the LORD. Brenton Septuagint Translation And the altar was rent, and the fatness was poured out from the altar, according to the sign which the man of God gave by the word of the Lord. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Jeroboam's Hand Withers…4Now when King Jeroboam, who was at the altar in Bethel, heard the word that the man of God had cried out against it, he stretched out his hand and said, “Seize him!” But the hand he stretched out toward him withered, so that he could not pull it back. 5And the altar was split apart, and the ashes poured out, according to the sign that the man of God had given by the word of the LORD. 6Then the king responded to the man of God, “Intercede with the LORD your God and pray that my hand may be restored.” So the man of God interceded with the LORD, and the king’s hand was restored to him as it was before.… Cross References 2 Kings 23:15-16 He even pulled down the altar at Bethel, the high place set up by Jeroboam son of Nebat, who had caused Israel to sin. Then he burned the high place, ground it to powder, and burned the Asherah pole. / And as Josiah turned, he saw the tombs there on the hillside, and he sent someone to take the bones out of the tombs, and he burned them on the altar to defile it, according to the word of the LORD proclaimed by the man of God who had foretold these things. 2 Chronicles 34:5-7 Then he burned the bones of the priests on their altars. So he cleansed Judah and Jerusalem. / Josiah did the same in the cities of Manasseh, Ephraim, and Simeon, as far as Naphtali, and in the ruins around them. / He tore down the altars and Asherah poles, crushed the idols to powder, and cut to pieces all the incense altars throughout the land of Israel. Then he returned to Jerusalem. Amos 3:14 On the day I punish Israel for their transgressions, I will visit destruction on the altars of Bethel; the horns of the altar will be cut off, and they will fall to the ground. 2 Kings 23:19-20 Just as Josiah had done at Bethel, so also in the cities of Samaria he removed all the shrines of the high places set up by the kings of Israel who had provoked the LORD to anger. / On the altars he slaughtered all the priests of the high places, and he burned human bones on them. Then he returned to Jerusalem. 2 Kings 23:8 Then Josiah brought all the priests from the cities of Judah and desecrated the high places, from Geba to Beersheba, where the priests had burned incense. He tore down the high places of the gates at the entrance of the gate of Joshua the governor of the city, which was to the left of the city gate. 2 Kings 23:4 Then the king commanded Hilkiah the high priest, the priests second in rank, and the doorkeepers to remove from the temple of the LORD all the articles made for Baal, Asherah, and all the host of heaven. And he burned them outside Jerusalem in the fields of Kidron and carried their ashes to Bethel. 2 Kings 23:12 He pulled down the altars that the kings of Judah had set up on the roof near the upper chamber of Ahaz, and the altars that Manasseh had set up in the two courtyards of the house of the LORD. The king pulverized them there and threw their dust into the Kidron Valley. Jeremiah 7:30-32 For the people of Judah have done evil in My sight, declares the LORD. They have set up their abominations in the house that bears My Name, and so have defiled it. / They have built the high places of Topheth in the Valley of Ben-hinnom so they could burn their sons and daughters in the fire—something I never commanded, nor did it even enter My mind. / So behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when this place will no longer be called Topheth and the Valley of Ben-hinnom, but the Valley of Slaughter. For they will bury the dead in Topheth until there is no more room. Jeremiah 19:13 The houses of Jerusalem and the houses of the kings of Judah will be defiled like that place, Topheth—all the houses on whose rooftops they burned incense to all the host of heaven and poured out drink offerings to other gods.” Jeremiah 19:1-2 This is what the LORD says: “Go and buy a clay jar from a potter. Take some of the elders of the people and leaders of the priests, / and go out to the Valley of Ben-hinnom near the entrance of the Potsherd Gate. Proclaim there the words I speak to you, Matthew 21:12-13 Then Jesus entered the temple courts and drove out all who were buying and selling there. He overturned the tables of the money changers and the seats of those selling doves. / And He declared to them, “It is written: ‘My house will be called a house of prayer.’ But you are making it ‘a den of robbers.’” John 2:14-16 In the temple courts He found men selling cattle, sheep, and doves, and money changers seated at their tables. / So He made a whip out of cords and drove all from the temple courts, both sheep and cattle. He poured out the coins of the money changers and overturned their tables. / To those selling doves He said, “Get these out of here! How dare you turn My Father’s house into a marketplace!” Matthew 12:39-41 Jesus replied, “A wicked and adulterous generation demands a sign, but none will be given it except the sign of the prophet Jonah. / For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the great fish, so the Son of Man will be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth. / The men of Nineveh will stand at the judgment with this generation and condemn it; for they repented at the preaching of Jonah, and now One greater than Jonah is here. Luke 11:29-32 As the crowds were increasing, Jesus said, “This is a wicked generation. It demands a sign, but none will be given it except the sign of Jonah. / For as Jonah was a sign to the Ninevites, so the Son of Man will be a sign to this generation. / The Queen of the South will rise at the judgment with the men of this generation and condemn them; for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and now One greater than Solomon is here. ... Matthew 24:1-2 As Jesus left the temple and was walking away, His disciples came up to Him to point out its buildings. / “Do you see all these things?” He replied. “Truly I tell you, not one stone here will be left on another; every one will be thrown down.” Treasury of Scripture The altar also was rent, and the ashes poured out from the altar, according to the sign which the man of God had given by the word of the LORD. 1 Kings 13:3 And he gave a sign the same day, saying, This is the sign which the LORD hath spoken; Behold, the altar shall be rent, and the ashes that are upon it shall be poured out. 1 Kings 22:28,35 And Micaiah said, If thou return at all in peace, the LORD hath not spoken by me. And he said, Hearken, O people, every one of you… Exodus 9:18-25 Behold, to morrow about this time I will cause it to rain a very grievous hail, such as hath not been in Egypt since the foundation thereof even until now… Jump to Previous Altar Apart Ashes Broken Burned Forth Overturned Poured Rent Sign Split Torn Waste WordJump to Next Altar Apart Ashes Broken Burned Forth Overturned Poured Rent Sign Split Torn Waste Word1 Kings 13 1. Jeroboam's hand withers6. and at the prayer of the prophet is restored 7. The prophet departs from Bethel 11. An old prophet brings him back 20. He is reproved by God 23. slain by a lion 26. buried by the old prophet 31. who confirms the prophecy 33. Jeroboam's obstinacy And the altar was split apart The phrase "the altar was split apart" signifies a miraculous event that underscores the power and authority of God. In Hebrew, the word for "altar" is "mizbeach," which is a place of sacrifice and worship. The splitting of the altar symbolizes God's judgment against false worship and idolatry. Historically, altars were central to religious practices, and their destruction would have been a profound sign of divine displeasure. This act serves as a physical manifestation of God's intervention and a call to return to true worship. and its ashes poured out according to the sign that the man of God had given by the word of the LORD Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew And the altarוְהַמִּזְבֵּ֣חַ (wə·ham·miz·bê·aḥ) Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 4196: An altar was split apart, נִקְרָ֔ע (niq·rā‘) Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 7167: To rend and the ashes הַדֶּ֖שֶׁן (had·de·šen) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 1880: The fat, fatness, abundance, the, ashes of sacrifices poured out, וַיִּשָּׁפֵ֥ךְ (way·yiš·šā·p̄êḵ) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 8210: To spill forth, to expend, to sprawl out according to the sign כַּמּוֹפֵ֗ת (kam·mō·w·p̄êṯ) Preposition-k, Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 4159: A miracle, a token, omen that אֲשֶׁ֥ר (’ă·šer) Pronoun - relative Strong's 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that the man אִ֥ישׁ (’îš) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 376: A man as an individual, a male person of God הָאֱלֹהִ֖ים (hā·’ĕ·lō·hîm) Article | Noun - masculine plural Strong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative had given נָתַ֛ן (nā·ṯan) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 5414: To give, put, set by the word בִּדְבַ֥ר (biḏ·ḇar) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 1697: A word, a matter, thing, a cause of the LORD. יְהוָֽה׃ (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel Links 1 Kings 13:5 NIV1 Kings 13:5 NLT 1 Kings 13:5 ESV 1 Kings 13:5 NASB 1 Kings 13:5 KJV 1 Kings 13:5 BibleApps.com 1 Kings 13:5 Biblia Paralela 1 Kings 13:5 Chinese Bible 1 Kings 13:5 French Bible 1 Kings 13:5 Catholic Bible OT History: 1 Kings 13:5 The altar also was torn and (1Ki iKi i Ki 1 Kg 1kg) |