1 Kings 13:5
◄  1 Kings 13:5  ►
New International Version (©2011)
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 (©2007)
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 (©2001)
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 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.

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
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.

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
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.

International Standard Version (©2012)
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!

NET Bible (©2006)
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.

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
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.

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
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.

American 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.

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.

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.

Darby Bible 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.

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.

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 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 Yahweh.

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.

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

13:1-10 In threatening the altar, the prophet threatens the founder and worshippers. Idolatrous worship will not continue, but the word of the Lord will endure for ever. The prediction plainly declared that the family of David would continue, and support true religion, when the ten tribes would not be able to resist them. If God, in justice, harden the hearts of sinners, so that the hand they have stretched out in sin they cannot pull in again by repentance, that is a spiritual judgment, represented by this, and much more dreadful. Jeroboam looked for help, not from his calves, but from God only, from his power, and his favour. The time may come when those that hate the preaching, would be glad of the prayers of faithful ministers. Jeroboam does not desire the prophet to pray that his sin might be pardoned, and his heart changed, but only that his hand might be restored. He seemed affected for the present with both the judgment and the mercy, but the impression wore off. God forbade his messenger to eat or drink in Bethel, to show his detestation of their idolatry and apostacy from God, and to teach us not to have fellowship with the works of darkness. Those have not learned self-denial, who cannot forbear one forbidden meal.

Pulpit Commentary

Verse 5. - The altar also was rent [by the same invisible power, and probably at the same moment], 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.

Gill's Exposition of the Entire 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.

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Jeroboam's Hand Withers
…4And it came to pass, when king Jeroboam heard the saying of the man of God, which had cried against the altar in Bethel, that he put forth his hand from the altar, saying, Lay hold on him. And his hand, which he put forth against him, dried up, so that he could not pull it in again to him. 5The 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. 6And the king answered and said to the man of God, Entreat now the face of the LORD your God, and pray for me, that my hand may be restored me again. And the man of God sought the LORD, and the king's hand was restored him again, and became as it was before. …

1 Kings 13:4 When King Jeroboam heard what the man of God cried out against the altar at Bethel, he stretched out his hand from the altar and said, "Seize him!" But the hand he stretched out toward the man shriveled up, so that he could not pull it back.
1 Kings 13:6 Then the king said to the man of God, "Intercede with the LORD your God and pray for me that my hand may be restored." So the man of God interceded with the LORD, and the king's hand was restored and became as it was before.