1 Kings 13 · Verse 3

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 13:3, King James Version

1 Kings 13:3 in other translations

BSBThat day the man of God gave a sign, saying, “The LORD has spoken this sign: ‘Surely the altar will be split apart, and the ashes upon it will be poured out.’”
WEBHe gave a sign the same day, saying, “This is the sign which the LORD has spoken: Behold, the altar will be split apart, and the ashes that are on it will be poured out.”
ASVAnd he gave a sign the same day, saying, This is the sign which Jehovah hath spoken: Behold, the altar shall be rent, and the ashes that are upon it shall be poured out.
YLTAnd he hath given on that day a sign, saying, ‘This is the sign that Jehovah hath spoken, Lo, the altar is rent, and the ashes poured forth that are on it.'
DARBYAnd he gave a sign the same day, saying, This is the sign that Jehovah hath spoken: Behold, the altar shall be rent, and the ashes that are upon it shall be poured out.
BBEThe same day he gave them a sign, saying, This is the sign which the Lord has given: See, the altar will be broken and the burned waste on it overturned.
WebsterAnd 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.

What does 1 Kings 13:3 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Kings 13:2-9

2-9. 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…

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 3 And he gave a sign - A miracle to prove that the prophecy should be fulfilled in its season.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 1 Kings 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…

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1 Kings 13:3 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וְנָתַן֩ve.na.Tanand he gaveH5414
בַּיּ֨וֹםbai.Yomon the dayH3117
הַה֤וּאha.Hu'<the> thatH1931
מוֹפֵת֙mo.Feta signH4159
לֵאמֹ֔רle.Mor<to> sayingH559
זֶ֣הzehthisH2088
הַמּוֹפֵ֔תha.mo.Fet[is] the signH4159
אֲשֶׁ֖ר'a.SherwhichH834
דִּבֶּ֣רdi.Berhe has spokenH1696
יְהוָ֑הYah.wehYahwehH3068
הִנֵּ֤הhi.Nehhere!H2009
הַמִּזְבֵּ֙חַ֙ha.miz.Be.achthe altarH4196
נִקְרָ֔עnik.Ra'[is] about to be torn apartH7167
וְנִשְׁפַּ֖ךְve.nish.Pakhand it will be poured outH8210
הַדֶּ֥שֶׁןha.De.shenthe fatty ashH1880
אֲשֶׁר\־'a.Sher-whichH834
עָלָֽיו\׃'a.Lav[is] on itH5921

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for 1 Kings 13:3

  • 1 Corinthians 1:22

    For the Jews require a sign, and the Greeks seek after wisdom:

  • John 2:18

    Then answered the Jews and said unto him, What sign shewest thou unto us, seeing that thou doest these things?

  • Exodus 4:3-5

    And he said, Cast it on the ground. And he cast it on the ground, and it became a serpent; and Moses fled from before it. And the Lord said unto Moses, Put forth thine hand, and take it by the tail. And he put forth his hand, and caught it, and it became a rod in his hand: That they may believe that the Lord God of their fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath appeared unto thee.

  • Isaiah 7:11-14

    Ask thee a sign of the Lord thy God; ask it either in the depth, or in the height above. But Ahaz said, I will not ask, neither will I tempt the Lord. And he said, Hear ye now, O house of David; Is it a small thing for you to weary men, but will ye weary my God also? Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.

  • Judges 6:17

    And he said unto him, If now I have found grace in thy sight, then shew me a sign that thou talkest with me.

  • 1 Samuel 2:34

    And this shall be a sign unto thee, that shall come upon thy two sons, on Hophni and Phinehas; in one day they shall die both of them.

  • Jeremiah 44:29

    And this shall be a sign unto you, saith the Lord, that I will punish you in this place, that ye may know that my words shall surely stand against you for evil:

  • Exodus 4:8-9

    And it shall come to pass, if they will not believe thee, neither hearken to the voice of the first sign, that they will believe the voice of the latter sign. And it shall come to pass, if they will not believe also these two signs, neither hearken unto thy voice, that thou shalt take of the water of the river, and pour it upon the dry land: and the water which thou takest out of the river shall become blood upon the dry land.

  • Exodus 7:10

    And Moses and Aaron went in unto Pharaoh, and they did so as the Lord had commanded: and Aaron cast down his rod before Pharaoh, and before his servants, and it became a serpent.

  • Deuteronomy 13:1-3

    If there arise among you a prophet, or a dreamer of dreams, and giveth thee a sign or a wonder, And the sign or the wonder come to pass, whereof he spake unto thee, saying, Let us go after other gods, which thou hast not known, and let us serve them; Thou shalt not hearken unto the words of that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams: for the Lord your God proveth you, to know whether ye love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul.

  • Isaiah 38:6-8

    And I will deliver thee and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria: and I will defend this city. And this shall be a sign unto thee from the Lord, that the Lord will do this thing that he hath spoken; Behold, I will bring again the shadow of the degrees, which is gone down in the sun dial of Ahaz, ten degrees backward. So the sun returned ten degrees, by which degrees it was gone down.

  • Isaiah 38:22

    Hezekiah also had said, What is the sign that I shall go up to the house of the Lord?

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Ex 4:3-5,8,9; 7:10; De 13:1-3; 1Sa 2:34; 2Ki 20:8; Isa 7:11-14
Isa 38:6-8,22; Jer 44:29; Mt 12:38-40; Joh 2:18; 1Co 1:22

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Context

  • 1 Kings 13:2

    And he cried against the altar in the word of the Lord, and said, O altar, altar, thus saith the Lord; Behold, a child shall be born unto the house of David, Josiah by name; and upon thee shall he offer the priests of the high places that burn incense upon thee, and men’s bones shall be burnt upon thee.

  • 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 13:4

    And it came to pass, when king Jeroboam heard the saying of the man of God, which had cried against the altar in Beth–el, 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.

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1 Kings 13:3 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y aquel mismo día dió una señal, diciendo: Esta es la señal de que Jehová ha hablado: he aquí que el altar se quebrará, y la ceniza que sobre él está se derramará.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et il donna en ce même jour un signe, disant: C’est ici le signe que l’ Éternel a parlé: Voici, l’autel se fendra, et la cendre qui est dessus sera répandue.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und er gab an selbigem Tage ein Zeichen und sprach: Dies ist das Zeichen, von dem Jehova geredet hat: Siehe, der Altar wird reißen und die Fettasche, die darauf ist, verschüttet werden.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Deditque in illa die signum, dicens: Hoc erit signum quod locutus est Dominus: ecce altare scindetur, et effundetur cinis qui in eo est.