Discovery Box1 Kings 13:3 
Context13:3 That day he also announced 1 a sign, “This is the sign the Lord has predetermined: 2 The altar will be split open and the ashes 3 on it will fall to the ground.” 4
1 Kings 13:5
Context13:5 The altar split open and the ashes 5 fell from the altar to the ground, 6 in fulfillment of the sign the prophet had announced with the Lord’s authority. 7
1 tn Heb “gave.”
2 tn Heb “spoken.”
3 tn Heb “the fat.” Reference is made to burnt wood mixed with fat. See HALOT 234 s.v. דשׁן.
4 tn Heb “will be poured out.”
5 tn Heb “the fat.” Reference is made to burnt wood mixed with fat. See HALOT 234 s.v. דשׁן.
6 tn Heb “were poured out from the altar.”
7 tn Heb “according to the sign which the man of God had given by the word of the
