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New King James Version

1 Kings 13:5

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.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Afflictions and Adversities;   Beth-El;   Calf;   Forgiveness;   Intercession;   Jeroboam;   Judgments;   Miracles;   Reproof;   Rulers;   Sign;   Symbols and Similitudes;   Scofield Reference Index - Miracles;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Miracles Wrought through Servants of God;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Iddo;   Miracle;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Jeroboam;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Destroy, Destruction;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Jeroboam;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Bethel;   Jeroboam;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Jadon;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Bethel ;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Law of Moses;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Jeroboam;   Prophets;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Kingdom of Israel;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Old Prophet, the;   Withered;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Ashes;  

Parallel Translations

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.
Hebrew Names Version
The altar also was torn, 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.
King James 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 .
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 .
New Century Version
The altar also broke into pieces, and its ashes fell to the ground. This was the sign the Lord had told the man of God to give.
New English Translation
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.
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.
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.
Geneva Bible (1587)
The altar also claue asunder, and the ashes fell out from the altar, according to the signe, which the man of God had giuen by the commandement 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.
Contemporary English Version
The altar split in half, and the ashes fell to the ground, just as the prophet had warned.
Complete Jewish Bible
Also the altar was split apart, and the ashes scattered from the altar, according to the sign which the man of God had given by the word of Adonai .
Darby Translation
And the altar was rent, and the ashes poured out from the altar, according to the sign that the man of God had given by the word of Jehovah.
Easy-to-Read Version
Then the altar broke into pieces, and all its ashes fell onto the ground. This proved that what the man of God had said came from the Lord .
George Lamsa Translation
The altar also was broken, and the ashes which were upon it poured out, according to the sign which the prophet of God had given by the word of the LORD.
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 .
Lexham English Bible
Then the altar was torn apart and the ashes from the altar poured out according to the sign which the man of God had announced by the word of Yahweh.
Literal Translation
And the altar was torn, and the ashes poured out from the altar, according to the sign that the man of God had given by the Word of Jehovah.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And ye altare roue, and the a?shes were poured out from the altare, acordinge to the wonder token that the man of God had geuen by the worde of the LORDE.
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.
Bible in Basic English
And the altar was broken and the burned waste on it overturned; this was the sign which the man of God had given by the word of the Lord.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
The aulter also claue asunder, and the ashes fell out from the aulter, according to the token which the man of God had geuen by the worde of the Lorde.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
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.
King James Version (1611)
The altar also was rent, and the ashes powred out from the altar, according to the signe which the man of God had giuen by the word of the Lord.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
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.
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.
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.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Also the auter was kit, and the aische was sched out of the auter, bi the signe which the man of God bifor seide, in the word of the Lord.
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.
Update Bible 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 Yahweh.
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 also was torn, and the ashes poured out from the altar, according to the sign which the man of God had given by the word of Yahweh.
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 .
New Life Bible
The altar was broken in two and the ashes were poured out. It was the special thing to see that happened just as the man of God said it would by the word of the Lord.
New Revised Standard
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 .
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Moreover, the altar, 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 Yahweh.
Douay-Rheims Bible
The 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.
Revised Standard Version
The altar also was torn down, 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 (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.

Contextual Overview

1 And behold, a man of God went from Judah to Bethel by the word of the LORD, and Jeroboam stood by the altar to burn incense. 2 Then he cried out against the altar by the word of the LORD, and said, "O altar, altar! Thus says the LORD: "Behold, a child, Josiah by name, shall be born to the house of David; and on you he shall sacrifice the priests of the high places who burn incense on you, and men's bones shall be burned on you."' 3 And he gave a sign the same day, saying, "This is the sign which the LORD has spoken: Surely the altar shall split apart, and the ashes on it shall be poured out." 4 So it came to pass when King Jeroboam heard the saying of the man of God, who cried out against the altar in Bethel, that he stretched out his hand from the altar, saying, "Arrest him!" Then his hand, which he stretched out toward him, withered, so that he could not pull it back to himself. 5 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. 6 Then the king answered and said to the man of God, "Please entreat the favor of the LORD your God, and pray for me, that my hand may be restored to me." So the man of God entreated the LORD, and the king's hand was restored to him, and became as before. 7 Then the king said to the man of God, "Come home with me and refresh yourself, and I will give you a reward." 8 But the man of God said to the king, "If you were to give me half your house, I would not go in with you; nor would I eat bread nor drink water in this place. 9 For so it was commanded me by the word of the LORD, saying, "You shall not eat bread, nor drink water, nor return by the same way you came."' 10 So he went another way and did not return by the way he came to Bethel.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

1 Kings 13:3, 1 Kings 22:28, 1 Kings 22:35, Exodus 9:18-25, Numbers 16:23-35, Deuteronomy 18:22, Jeremiah 28:16, Jeremiah 28:17, Mark 16:20, Acts 5:1-10

Reciprocal: 1 Kings 12:22 - the man 1 Kings 13:1 - by the word 1 Kings 17:16 - according 2 Kings 21:26 - Josiah John 6:30 - What

Cross-References

Genesis 4:20
And Adah bore Jabal. He was the father of those who dwell in tents and have livestock.
Genesis 25:27
So the boys grew. And Esau was a skillful hunter, a man of the field; but Jacob was a mild man, dwelling in tents.
Jeremiah 49:29
Their tents and their flocks they shall take away. They shall take for themselves their curtains, All their vessels and their camels; And they shall cry out to them, "Fear is on every side!'

Gill's Notes on the Bible

The altar also was rent,.... Split into two parts perhaps, and one fell one way, and the other another;

and the ashes poured out from the altar; the ashes of the burnt offering, these were spilled on the ground; all which was done without any outward force, or any visible means thereof:

according to the sign which the man of God had given by the word of the Lord; by his direction and order.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

We need not suppose a complete shattering of the altar, but rather the appearance of a crack or fissure in the fabric, which, extending from top to bottom, caused the embers and the fragments of the victims to fall until they reached the ground.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 1 Kings 13:5. The altar was also rent — It split or clave of its own accord; and, as the split parts would decline at the top from the line of their perpendicular, so the ashes and coals would fall off, or be poured out.


 
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