1 Kings 13:5-6

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  13:6 The king pled with ⁴  the prophet, ⁵  “Seek the favor of ⁶  the Lord your God and pray for me, so that my hand may be restored.” So the prophet sought the Lord’s favor ⁷  and the king’s hand was restored to its former condition. ⁸ 

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 “The king answered and said to.”

⁵ tn Heb “the man of God” (a second time later in this verse, and once in v. 7 and v. 8).

⁶ tn Heb “appease the face of.”

⁷ tn Heb “appeased the face of the Lord.”

⁸ tn Heb “and it was as in the beginning.”