1 Kings 13:5

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 

1 Kings 13:9

13:9 For the Lord gave me strict orders, ⁴  ‘Do not eat or drink ⁵  there and do not go home the way you came.’”

1 Kings 13:26

13:26 When the old prophet who had invited him to his house heard the news, ⁶  he said, “It is the prophet ⁷  who rebelled against the Lord. ⁸  The Lord delivered him over to the lion and it ripped him up ⁹  and killed him, just as the Lord warned him.” ¹⁰ 

1 Kings 13:32

13:32 for the prophecy he announced with the Lord’s authority ¹¹  against the altar in Bethel ¹²  and against all the temples on the high places in the cities of the north ¹³  will certainly be fulfilled.”

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!” ¹⁴  But the man refused to wound him.

Jeremiah 25:3

25:3 “For the last twenty-three years, from the thirteenth year that Josiah son of Amon was ruling in Judah ¹⁵  until now, the Lord has been speaking to me. I told you over and over again ¹⁶  what he said. ¹⁷  But you would not listen.

Jeremiah 25:1

Seventy Years of Servitude for Failure to Give Heed

25:1 In the fourth year that Jehoiakim son of Josiah was king of Judah, the Lord spoke to Jeremiah ¹⁸  concerning all the people of Judah. (That was the same as the first year that Nebuchadnezzar was king of Babylon.) ¹⁹ 

Jeremiah 4:15

4:15 For messengers are coming, heralding disaster,

from the city of Dan and from the hills of Ephraim. ²⁰ 

[13:5]  ¹ tn Heb “the fat.” Reference is made to burnt wood mixed with fat. See HALOT 234 s.v. דשׁן.

[13:5]  ² tn Heb “were poured out from the altar.”

[13:5]  ³ tn Heb “according to the sign which the man of God had given by the word of the Lord.”

[13:9]  ⁴ tn Heb “for this he commanded me by the word of the Lord, saying.”

[13:9]  ⁵ tn Heb “eat food and drink water.”

[13:26]  ⁶ tn Heb “and the prophet who had brought him back from the road heard.”

[13:26]  ⁷ tn Heb “the man of God.”

[13:26]  ⁸ tn Heb “the mouth of the Lord.”

[13:26]  ⁹ tn Heb “broke him,” or “crushed him.”

[13:26]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “according to the word of the Lord which he spoke to him.”

[13:32]  ¹¹ tn Heb “for the word which he cried out by the word of the Lord”

[13:32]  ¹² map For location see Map4 G4; Map5 C1; Map6 E3; Map7 D1; Map8 G3.

[13:32]  ¹³ tn Heb “Samaria.” The name of Israel’s capital city here stands for the northern kingdom as a whole. Actually Samaria was not built and named until several years after this (see 1 Kgs 16:24), so it is likely that the author of Kings, writing at a later time, is here adapting the old prophet’s original statement.

[20:35]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “Now a man from the sons of the prophets said to his companion by the word of the Lord, ‘Wound me.’”

[25:3]  ¹⁵ sn The year referred to would be 627 b.c. The same year is referred to in 1:2 in reference to his call to be a prophet.

[25:3]  ¹⁶ tn For the idiom involved here see the notes at 7:13 and 11:7.

[25:3]  ¹⁷ tn The words “what he said” are not in the text but are implicit. They are supplied in the translation for clarity.

[25:1]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “The word was to Jeremiah.” It is implicit from the context that it was the Lord’s word. The verbal expression is more in keeping with contemporary English style.

[25:1]  ¹⁹ sn The year referred to would be 605 b.c. Jehoiakim had been placed on the throne of Judah as a puppet king by Pharaoh Necho after the defeat of Josiah at Megiddo in 609 b.c. (2 Kgs 23:34-35). According to Jer 46:2 Nebuchadnezzar defeated Necho at Carchemish in that same year. After defeating Necho, Nebuchadnezzar had hurried back to Babylon where he was made king. After being made king he then returned to Judah and attacked Jerusalem (Dan 1:1. The date given there is the third year of Jehoiakim but scholars are generally agreed that the dating there is based on a different system than the one here. It did not count the part of the year before New Year’s day as an official part of the king’s official rule. Hence, the third year there is the fourth year here.) The identity of the foe from the north referred to in general terms (4:6; 6:1; 15:12) now becomes clear.

[4:15]  ²⁰ tn Heb “For a voice declaring from Dan and making heard disaster from the hills of Ephraim.”