1 Kings 13:3 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

And he gave a sign the same day, saying, “This is the sign that the Lord has spoken: ‘Behold, the altar shall be torn down, and the ashes that are upon 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

And when the king heard the saying of the man of God, which he cried against the altar at Bethel, Jeroboam stretched out his hand from the altar, saying, “Lay hold of him.” And his hand, which he stretched out against him, dried up, so that he could not draw it back to himself.

2 Kings 20:8

And 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 behold, they will not believe me or listen to my voice, for they will say, ‘The Lord did not appear to you.’ ”

Exodus 7:10

So Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and did as the Lord commanded; Aaron cast down his rod before Pharaoh and his servants, and it became a serpent.

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 will punish you in this place, in order that you may know that my words will surely stand against you for evil:

John 2:18

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

1 Corinthians 1:22

For Jews demand signs and Greeks seek wisdom,

Judges 6:17

And he said to him, “If now I have found favor with thee, then show me a sign that it is thou who speakest with me.

1 Samuel 2:34

And this which shall befall your two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, shall be the sign to you: both of them shall die on the same day.