1 Kings 13:5

And the altar was broken and the burned waste on it overturned; this was the sign which the man of God had given by the word of the Lord.

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In The King James Version

The altar also was rent, and the ashes poured out from the altar, according to the sign which the man of God had given by the word of the LORD.

In Context

4Then the king, hearing the man of God crying out against the altar at Beth-el, put out his hand from the altar, saying, Take him prisoner. And his hand, stretched out against him, became dead, and he had no power of pulling it back.

6Then the king made answer and said to the man of God, Make a prayer now for the grace of the Lord your God, and for me, that my hand may be made well. And in answer to the prayer of the man of God, the king's hand was made well again, as it was before.

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Cross References

Exodus 9:18Truly, tomorrow about this time I will send down an ice-storm, such as never was in Egypt from its earliest days till now.

Deuteronomy 18:22When a prophet makes a statement in the name of the Lord, if what he says does not take place and his words do not come true, then his word is not the word of the Lord: the words of the prophet were said in the pride of his heart, and you are to have no fear of him.

1 Kings 17:16The store of meal did not come to an end, and the bottle was never without oil, as the Lord had said by the mouth of Elijah.

1 Kings 22:35But the fight became more violent while the day went on; and the king was supported in his war-carriage facing the Aramaeans, and the floor of the carriage was covered with the blood from his wound, and by evening he was dead.

Amos 3:14For in the day when I give Israel punishment for his sins, I will send punishment on the altars of Beth-el, and the horns of the altar will be cut off and come down to the earth.

Acts 5:1But a certain man named Ananias, with Sapphira his wife, got money for his property,

Matthew Henry on 1 Kings 13:2-11

A Prophet Sent to Jeroboam; the Withering of Jeroboam's Hand. ( b. c. 974.) 1 And, behold, there came a man of God out of Judah by the word of the Lord unto Beth-el: and Jeroboam stood by the altar to burn incense. 2 And he cried against the altar in the word of the Lord , and said, O altar, altar, thus saith the Lord ; Behold, a child shall be born unto the house of David, Josiah by name; and upon thee shall he offer the priests of the high places that burn incense upon thee, and men's bones shall be burnt upon… Read the whole commentary →

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