English Standard Version
1 Kings 13:3
3And he gave a sign the same day, saying, "This is the sign that the Lord has spoken: 'Behold, the altar shall be torn down, and the ashes that are on it shall be poured out.'"
1 Kings 13:3 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)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.
- New International Version (NIV)That same day the man of God gave a sign: “This is the sign the Lord has declared: The altar will be split apart and the ashes on it will be poured out.”
- New King James Version (NKJV)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.”
- New Living Translation (NLT)That same day the man of God gave a sign to prove his message. He said, “The Lord has promised to give this sign: This altar will split apart, and its ashes will be poured out on the ground.”
Context of 1 Kings 13:3
1And behold, a man of God came out of Judah by the word of the Lord to Bethel. Jeroboam was standing by the altar to make offerings. 2And the man cried against the altar by the word of the Lord and said, "O altar, altar, thus says the Lord: 'Behold, a son shall be born to the house of David, Josiah by name, and he shall sacrifice on you the priests of the high places who make offerings on you, and human bones shall be burned on you.'" And he gave a sign the same day, saying, "This is the sign that the Lord has spoken: 'Behold, the altar shall be torn down, and the ashes that are on it shall be poured out.'" 4And when the king heard the saying of the man of God, which he cried against the altar at Bethel, Jeroboam stretched out his hand from the altar, saying, "Seize him." And his hand, which he stretched out against him, dried up, so that he could not draw it back to himself. 5The 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.
Read all of 1 Kings 131 Kings 13:3 word by word
וְנָתַן֩ בַּיּ֨וֹם הַה֤וּא מוֹפֵת֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר זֶ֣ה הַמּוֹפֵ֔ת אֲשֶׁ֖ר דִּבֶּ֣ר יְהוָ֑ה הִנֵּ֤ה הַמִּזְבֵּ֙חַ֙ נִקְרָ֔ע וְנִשְׁפַּ֖ךְ הַדֶּ֥שֶׁן אֲשֶׁר־עָלָֽיו׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- And he gaveנָתַןnâthan · to give: giveH5414
- a signמוֹפֵתmôphêth môphêth · wonderH4159
- the same dayיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
- sayingאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
- which the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
- hath spokenדָבַרdâbar · to speak: speakH1696
- Behold, the altarמִזְבֵּחַmizbêach · altarH4196
- shall be rentקָרַעqâra‛ · to tearH7167
- and the ashesדֶּ֫שֶׁןdeshen · ashesH1880
- upon it shall be poured outשָׁפַךְshâphak · to pour: pourH8210
Cross-references for 1 Kings 13:3
- Exodus 4:3And he said, "Throw it on the ground." So he threw it on the ground, and it became a serpent, and Moses ran from it.
- Exodus 7:10So Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and did just as the Lord commanded. Aaron cast down his staff before Pharaoh and his servants, and it became a serpent.
- Deuteronomy 13:1"If a prophet or a dreamer of dreams arises among you and gives you a sign or a wonder,
- 1 Samuel 2:34And this that shall come upon your two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, shall be the sign to you: both of them shall die on the same day.
- 2 Kings 20:8And Hezekiah said to Isaiah, "What shall be the sign that the Lord will heal me, and that I shall go up to the house of the Lord on the third day?"
- Isaiah 7:11"Ask a sign of the Lord your God; let it be deep as Sheol or high as heaven."
- Isaiah 38:6I will deliver you and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria, and will defend this city.
- Jeremiah 44:29This shall be the sign to you, declares the Lord, that I will punish you in this place, in order that you may know that my words will surely stand against you for harm:
- Matthew 12:38Then some of the scribes and Pharisees answered him, saying, "Teacher, we wish to see a sign from you."
- John 2:18So the Jews said to him, "What sign do you show us for doing these things?"
- 1 Corinthians 1:22For Jews demand signs and Greeks seek wisdom,
Commentaries on 1 Kings 13:3
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 3And he gave a sign - A miracle to prove that the prophecy should be fulfilled in its season.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3He gave a sign - A sign of this kind - an immediate prophecy to prove the divine character of a remote prophecy - had scarcely been given before this. In the later history, however, such signs are not unfrequent (compare 2 Kings 19:29; Isaiah 7:14-16). The ashes shall be poured out - i. e., “The half-burnt remains of the offerings shall be ignominiously spilled upon the ground.”Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 3According to Levitical rules, ashes from sacrifices at the designated altar had to be taken to a clean place (Leviticus 1:16; 6:10–11). Jeroboam’s altar split apart, causing its ashes to pour out, making the altar and its sacrifices unclean.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2-92-9. he cried against the altar--which is put for the whole system of worship organized in Israel. Behold, a child shall be born ... Josiah by name--This is one of the most remarkable prophecies recorded in the Scriptures; and, in its clearness, circumstantial minuteness, and exact prediction of an event that took place three hundred sixty years later, it stands in striking contrast to the obscure and ambiguous oracles of the heathen. Being publicly…Read the comment
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Commentaries on 1 Kings 13
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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