1 Kings 13:3 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

He gave a sign the same day, saying, “This is the sign that the Lord has spoken: The altar shall be torn down, and the ashes that are on it shall be poured out.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

And he gave a sign the same day, saying, This is the sign which the LORD hath spoken; Behold, the altar shall be rent, and the ashes that are upon it shall be poured out.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

And he gave a sign the same day, saying, This is the sign which the Lord has spoken: Behold, the altar shall be split and the ashes that are upon it shall be poured out. [Fulfilled in II Kings 23:15, 16.]

American Standard Version (1901)

And he gave a sign the same day, saying, This is the sign which Jehovah hath spoken: Behold, the altar shall be rent, and the ashes that are upon it shall be poured out.

Common English Bible

At that time the man of God gave a sign: “This is the sign that the LORD mentioned: ‘Look! The altar will be broken apart, and its ashes will spill out.’”

Catholic Public Domain Version

And he gave a sign on the same day, saying: "This will be the sign that the Lord has spoken. Behold, the altar shall be torn apart, and the ashes that are upon it shall be poured out."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

And he gave a sign the same day, saying: This shall be the sign, that the Lord hath spoken: Behold, the altar shall be rent; and the ashes that are upon it shall be poured out.

1 Kings 13:3 Cross References

1 Kings 13:4

When the king heard what the man of God cried out against the altar at Bethel, Jeroboam stretched out his hand from the altar, saying, “Seize him!” But the hand that he stretched out against him withered so that he could not draw it back to himself.

2 Kings 20:8

Hezekiah said to Isaiah, “What shall be the sign that the Lord will heal me and that I shall go up to the house of the Lord on the third day?”

Exodus 4:1

Then Moses answered, “But look, they may not believe me or listen to me but say, ‘The Lord did not appear to you.’ ”

Exodus 7:10

So Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and did as the Lord had commanded; Aaron threw down his staff before Pharaoh and his officials, and it became a snake.

Isaiah 38:22

Hezekiah also had said, “What is the sign that I shall go up to the house of the Lord?”]]

Jeremiah 44:29

This shall be the sign to you, says the Lord, that I am going to punish you in this place, in order that you may know that my words of disaster against you will surely be carried out:

John 2:18

The Jews then said to him, “What sign can you show us for doing this?”

1 Corinthians 1:22

For Jews ask for signs and Greeks desire wisdom,

Judges 6:17

Then he said to him, “If now I have found favor with you, then show me a sign that it is you who speak with me.

1 Samuel 2:34

The fate of your two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, shall be the sign to you: both of them shall die on the same day.