1 Kings 13:5

13:5 The altar split open and the ashes 1  fell from the altar to the ground, 2  in fulfillment of the sign the prophet had announced with the Lord’s authority. 3 

1 Kings 13:32

13:32 for the prophecy he announced with the Lord’s authority 4  against the altar in Bethel 5  and against all the temples on the high places in the cities of the north 6  will certainly be fulfilled.”

1 tn Heb “the fat.” Reference is made to burnt wood mixed with fat. See HALOT 234 s.v. דשׁן.

2 tn Heb “were poured out from the altar.”

3 tn Heb “according to the sign which the man of God had given by the word of the Lord.”

4 tn Heb “for the word which he cried out by the word of the Lord”

5 map For location see Map4-G4; Map5-C1; Map6-E3; Map7-D1; Map8-G3.

6 tn Heb “Samaria.” The name of Israel’s capital city here stands for the northern kingdom as a whole. Actually Samaria was not built and named until several years after this (see 1 Kgs 16:24), so it is likely that the author of Kings, writing at a later time, is here adapting the old prophet’s original statement.