1 Kings 13:3-5

13:3 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  13:4 When the king heard what the prophet ⁵  cried out against the altar in Bethel, Jeroboam, standing at the altar, extended his hand ⁶  and ordered, ⁷  “Seize him!” The hand he had extended shriveled up ⁸  and he could not pull it back. 13:5 The altar split open and the ashes ⁹  fell from the altar to the ground, ¹⁰  in fulfillment of the sign the prophet had announced with the Lord’s authority. ¹¹ 

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 man of God.”

⁶ tn Heb “Jeroboam extended his hand from the altar.”

⁷ tn Heb “saying.”

⁸ tn Heb “dried up” or “withered.” TEV and NLT interpret this as “became paralyzed.”

⁹ tn Heb “the fat.” Reference is made to burnt wood mixed with fat. See HALOT 234 s.v. דשׁן.

¹⁰ tn Heb “were poured out from the altar.”

¹¹ tn Heb “according to the sign which the man of God had given by the word of the Lord.”