1 Kings 18:28

18:28 So they yelled louder and, in accordance with their prescribed ritual, ¹  mutilated themselves with swords and spears until their bodies were covered with blood. ² 

1 Kings 13:3

13:3 That day he also announced ³  a sign, “This is the sign the Lord has predetermined: ⁴  The altar will be split open and the ashes ⁵  on it will fall to the ground.” ⁶ 

1 Kings 13:5

13:5 The altar split open and the ashes ⁷  fell from the altar to the ground, ⁸  in fulfillment of the sign the prophet had announced with the Lord’s authority. ⁹ 

1 Kings 2:31

2:31 The king told him, “Do as he said! Strike him down and bury him. Take away from me and from my father’s family ¹⁰  the guilt of Joab’s murderous, bloody deeds. ¹¹ 

[18:28]  ¹ tn Or “as was their custom.”

[18:28]  ² tn Heb “until blood poured out on them.”

[13:3]  ³ tn Heb “gave.”

[13:3]  ⁴ tn Heb “spoken.”

[13:3]  ⁵ tn Heb “the fat.” Reference is made to burnt wood mixed with fat. See HALOT 234 s.v. דשׁן.

[13:3]  ⁶ tn Heb “will be poured out.”

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

[13:5]  ⁶ tn Heb “were poured out from the altar.”

[13:5]  ⁷ tn Heb “according to the sign which the man of God had given by the word of the Lord.”

[2:31]  ⁷ tn Heb “house.”

[2:31]  ⁸ tn Heb “take away the undeserved bloodshed which Joab spilled from upon me and from upon the house of my father.”