1 Kings 13:3
What does 1 Kings 13:3 mean?
A plain-English look at 1 Kings 13:3 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000And 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.
KJV
King James Version · 1611And 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.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901And 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.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949The 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.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862And he hath given on that day a sign, saying, `This <FI>is<Fi> the sign that Jehovah hath spoken, Lo, the altar is rent, and the ashes poured forth that <FI>are<Fi> on it.'
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752And he gave a sign the same day, saying: This shall be the sign, that the Lord hath spoken: Behold the altar shall be rent, and the ashes that are upon it, shall be poured out.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And 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.
Context
v.2And he cried against the altar by the word of Jehovah, and said, O altar, altar, thus saith Jehovah: Behold, a son shall be born unto the house of David, Josiah by name; and upon thee shall he sacrifice the priests of the high places that burn incense upon thee, and men’s bones shall they burn upon thee.
v.3This passage
v.4And it came to pass, when the king heard the saying of the man of God, which he cried against the altar in Beth-el, that Jeroboam 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 draw it back again to him.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Isaiah 38:6
And I will deliver thee and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria; and I will defend this city.
- 1 Samuel 2:34
And this shall be the sign unto thee, that shall come upon thy two sons, on Hophni and Phinehas: in one day they shall die both of them.
- 2 Kings 20:8
And Hezekiah said unto Isaiah, What shall be the sign that Jehovah will heal me, and that I shall go up unto the house of Jehovah the third day?
- Judges 6:17
And he said unto him, If now I have found favor in thy sight, then show me a sign that it is thou that talkest with me.
- Matthew 12:38
Then certain of the scribes and Pharisees answered him, saying, Teacher, we would see a sign from thee.
- Isaiah 38:22
Hezekiah also had said, What is the sign that I shall go up to the house of Jehovah?
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