1 Kings 1:53

1:53 King Solomon sent men to bring him down ¹  from the altar. He came and bowed down to King Solomon, and Solomon told him, “Go home.” ² 

1 Kings 3:4

3:4 The king went to Gibeon to offer sacrifices, for it had the most prominent of the high places. ³  Solomon would offer up ⁴  a thousand burnt sacrifices on the altar there.

1 Kings 6:22

6:22 He plated the entire inside of the temple with gold, as well as the altar inside the inner sanctuary. ⁵ 

1 Kings 13:1

13:1 Just then ⁶  a prophet ⁷  from Judah, sent by the Lord, arrived in Bethel, ⁸  as Jeroboam was standing near the altar ready to offer a sacrifice.

1 Kings 13:3

13:3 That day he also announced ⁹  a sign, “This is the sign the Lord has predetermined: ¹⁰  The altar will be split open and the ashes ¹¹  on it will fall to the ground.” ¹² 

1 Kings 13:5

13:5 The altar split open and the ashes ¹³  fell from the altar to the ground, ¹⁴  in fulfillment of the sign the prophet had announced with the Lord’s authority. ¹⁵ 

[1:53]  ¹ tn Heb “sent and they brought him down.”

[1:53]  ² tn Heb “Go to your house.”

[3:4]  ³ tn Heb “for it was the great high place.”

[3:4]  ⁴ tn The verb form is an imperfect, which is probably used here in a customary sense to indicate continued or repeated action in past time. See GKC 314 §107.b.

[6:22]  ⁵ tn Heb “all the temple he plated with gold until all the temple was finished; and the whole altar which was in the inner sanctuary he plated with gold.”

[13:1]  ⁷ 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.

[13:1]  ⁸ tn Heb “the man of God.”

[13:1]  ⁹ tn Heb “came by the word of the Lord to Bethel.”

[13:3]  ⁹ tn Heb “gave.”

[13:3]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “spoken.”

[13:3]  ¹¹ tn Heb “the fat.” Reference is made to burnt wood mixed with fat. See HALOT 234 s.v. דשׁן.

[13:3]  ¹² tn Heb “will be poured out.”

[13:5]  ¹¹ tn Heb “the fat.” Reference is made to burnt wood mixed with fat. See HALOT 234 s.v. דשׁן.

[13:5]  ¹² tn Heb “were poured out from the altar.”

[13:5]  ¹³ tn Heb “according to the sign which the man of God had given by the word of the Lord.”