1 Kings 13:1

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.

1 Kings 13:5

13:5 The altar split open and the ashes ⁴  fell from the altar to the ground, ⁵  in fulfillment of the sign the prophet had announced with the Lord’s authority. ⁶ 

1 Kings 13:9

13:9 For the Lord gave me strict orders, ⁷  ‘Do not eat or drink ⁸  there and do not go home the way you came.’”

1 Kings 20:35

A Prophet Denounces Ahab’s Actions

20:35 One of the members of the prophetic guild, speaking with divine authority, ordered his companion, “Wound me!” ⁹  But the man refused to wound him.

[13:1]  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.

[13:1]  ² tn Heb “the man of God.”

[13:1]  ³ tn Heb “came by the word of the Lord to Bethel.”

[13:5]  ⁴ tn Heb “the fat.” Reference is made to burnt wood mixed with fat. See HALOT 234 s.v. דשׁן.

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

[13:5]  ⁶ tn Heb “according to the sign which the man of God had given by the word of the Lord.”

[13:9]  ⁷ tn Heb “for this he commanded me by the word of the Lord, saying.”

[13:9]  ⁸ tn Heb “eat food and drink water.”

[20:35]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “Now a man from the sons of the prophets said to his companion by the word of the Lord, ‘Wound me.’”