1 Kings 13:1-3

13:1 Just then ¹  a prophet ²  from Judah, sent by the Lord, arrived in Bethel, ³  as Jeroboam was standing near the altar ready to offer a sacrifice. 13:2 With the authority of the Lord ⁴  he cried out against the altar, “O altar, altar! This is what the Lord says, ‘Look, a son named Josiah will be born to the Davidic dynasty. He will sacrifice on you the priests of the high places who offer sacrifices on you. Human bones will be burned on you.’” ⁵  13:3 That day he also announced ⁶  a sign, “This is the sign the Lord has predetermined: ⁷  The altar will be split open and the ashes ⁸  on it will fall to the ground.” ⁹ 

1 Kings 13:2

13:2 With the authority of the Lord ¹⁰  he cried out against the altar, “O altar, altar! This is what the Lord says, ‘Look, a son named Josiah will be born to the Davidic dynasty. He will sacrifice on you the priests of the high places who offer sacrifices on you. Human bones will be burned on you.’” ¹¹ 

1 Kings 1:16-21

1:16 Bathsheba bowed down on the floor before ¹²  the king. The king said, “What do you want?” 1:17 She replied to him, “My master, you swore an oath to your servant by the Lord your God, ‘Solomon your son will be king after me and he will sit on my throne.’ 1:18 But now, look, Adonijah has become king! But you, ¹³  my master the king, are not even aware of it! ¹⁴  1:19 He has sacrificed many cattle, steers, and sheep and has invited all the king’s sons, Abiathar the priest, and Joab, the commander of the army, but he has not invited your servant Solomon. 1:20 Now, ¹⁵  my master, O king, all Israel is watching anxiously to see who is named to succeed my master the king on the throne. ¹⁶  1:21 If a decision is not made, ¹⁷  when my master the king is buried with his ancestors, ¹⁸  my son Solomon and I ¹⁹  will be considered state criminals.” ²⁰ 

¹ tn Heb “Look.” The Hebrew particle הִנֵּה (hinneh) is a rhetorical device by which the author invites the reader to visualize the scene for dramatic effect.

² tn Heb “the man of God.”

³ tn Heb “came by the word of the Lord to Bethel.”

⁴ tn Heb “by the word of the Lord.”

⁵ sn ‘Look…you.’ For the fulfillment of this prophecy see 2 Kgs 23:15-20.

⁶ tn Heb “gave.”

⁷ tn Heb “spoken.”

⁸ tn Heb “the fat.” Reference is made to burnt wood mixed with fat. See HALOT 234 s.v. דשׁן.

⁹ tn Heb “will be poured out.”

¹⁰ tn Heb “by the word of the Lord.”

¹¹ sn ‘Look…you.’ For the fulfillment of this prophecy see 2 Kgs 23:15-20.

¹² tn Heb “bowed low and bowed down to.”

¹³ tc Instead of עַתָּה (’attah, “now”) many Hebrew mss, along with the Old Greek, Syriac Peshitta, and Latin Vulgate, have the similar sounding independent pronoun אַתָּה (’attah, “you”). This reading is followed in the present translation.

¹⁴ tn Heb “you do not know [about it].”

¹⁵ tc Many Hebrew mss have עַתָּה (’attah, “now”) rather than the similar sounding independent pronoun אַתָּה (’attah, “you”).

¹⁶ tn Heb “the eyes of all Israel are upon you to declare to them who will sit on the throne of my master the king after him.”

¹⁷ tn The words “if a decision is not made” are added for clarification.

¹⁸ tn Heb “lies down with his fathers.”

¹⁹ tn Heb “I and my son Solomon.” The order has been reversed in the translation for stylistic reasons.

²⁰ tn Heb “will be guilty”; NASB “considered offenders”; TEV “treated as traitors.”