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 

[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.”

[13:6]  ⁴ tn Heb “The king answered and said to.”

[13:6]  ⁵ tn Heb “the man of God” (a second time later in this verse, and once in v. 7 and v. 8).

[13:6]  ⁶ tn Heb “appease the face of.”

[13:6]  ⁷ tn Heb “appeased the face of the Lord.”

[13:6]  ⁸ tn Heb “and it was as in the beginning.”