1 Kings 13:3

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.

And he gave {H5414} a sign {H4159} the same day {H3117}, saying {H559}, This is the sign {H4159} which the LORD {H3068} hath spoken {H1696}; Behold, the altar {H4196} shall be rent {H7167}, and the ashes {H1880} that are upon it shall be poured out {H8210}.

That same day he also gave a sign: "Here is the sign which ADONAI has decreed: "'The altar will be split apart; the ashes on it will be scattered about.'"

That day the man of God gave a sign, saying, “The LORD has spoken this sign: ‘Surely the altar will be split apart, and the ashes upon it will be poured out.’”

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.

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Cross-References

  • 1 Corinthians 1:22 (4 votes)

    For the Jews require a sign, and the Greeks seek after wisdom:

  • Exodus 4:3 (3 votes)

    And he said, Cast it on the ground. And he cast it on the ground, and it became a serpent; and Moses fled from before it.

  • Exodus 4:5 (3 votes)

    That they may believe that the LORD God of their fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath appeared unto thee.

  • Judges 6:17 (3 votes)

    And he said unto him, If now I have found grace in thy sight, then shew me a sign that thou talkest with me.

  • John 2:18 (3 votes)

    Then answered the Jews and said unto him, What sign shewest thou unto us, seeing that thou doest these things?

  • Isaiah 38:22 (2 votes)

    Hezekiah also had said, What [is] the sign that I shall go up to the house of the LORD?

  • Exodus 7:10 (2 votes)

    And Moses and Aaron went in unto Pharaoh, and they did so as the LORD had commanded: and Aaron cast down his rod before Pharaoh, and before his servants, and it became a serpent.