Tree of Life Version
1 Kings 13:3
3The same day he gave a sign, saying, “This is the sign that Adonai has spoken, the altar is about to be split apart and the fat ashes on it will 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.”
- English Standard Version (ESV)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.'"
- 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.”
Context of 1 Kings 13:3
1Unexpectedly, a man of God came from Judah to Bethel with the word of Adonai while Jeroboam was standing by the altar to burn incense. 2He cried out against the altar with the word of Adonai and said: “O altar, altar, thus says Adonai, behold, a son shall be born to the house of David, Josiah by name, and upon you will he sacrifice the priests of the high places who burn incense on you, and human bones will be burned upon you.’” The same day he gave a sign, saying, “This is the sign that Adonai has spoken, the altar is about to be split apart and the fat ashes on it will be poured out.” 4Now when the king heard the word of the man of God, which he proclaimed against the altar in Bethel, Jeroboam stretched out his hand from the altar saying: “Seize him!” But the hand which he stretched out against him withered—he could not even draw it back to himself. 5The altar also was split apart and the fat ashes poured out from the altar, just as was the sign that the man of God gave with the word of Adonai.
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 4:3Then He said, “Cast it on the ground.” When he cast it to the ground, it became a serpent, so Moses fled from before it.
- Exodus 7:10So Moses and Aaron went in to Pharaoh and did as Adonai had commanded. Aaron threw down his staff before Pharaoh and before his servants, and it became a serpent.
- Deuteronomy 13:1“Whatever I command you, you must take care to do—you are not to add to it or take away from it.
- 1 Samuel 2:34Now this will be the sign to you that will come on your two sons—Hophni and Phinehas—on the same day both of them will die.
- 2 Kings 20:8Then Hezekiah said to Isaiah, “What will be the sign that Adonai will heal me, and that I should go up to the House of Adonai on the third day?”
- Isaiah 7:11“Ask for a sign from Adonai your God—from the depths of Sheol or the heights of Heaven.”
- Isaiah 38:6I will deliver you and this city from the hand of the king of Assyria; I will defend this city.’
- Jeremiah 44:29“Moreover, this will be the sign to you: I will visit punishment on you in this place, so that you may know that My words will surely stand against you as calamity.”
- Matthew 12:38Then some of the Torah scholars and Pharisees answered Him, “Teacher, we want to see a sign from You.”
- John 2:18The Judean leaders responded, “What sign do You show us, since You are doing these things?”
- 1 Corinthians 1:22For Jewish people ask for signs and Greek people seek after 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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