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1 Kings 13:3

1 Suddenly, as Jeroboam was standing beside the altar to burn incense, there came a man of God from Judah to Bethel by the word of the LORD.

2 And he cried out against the altar by the word of the LORD, “O altar, O altar, this is what the LORD says: ‘A son named Josiah will be born to the house of David, and upon you he will sacrifice the priests of the high places who burn incense upon you, and human bones will be burned upon you.’”

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.’”

4 Now when King Jeroboam, who was at the altar in Bethel, heard the word that the man of God had cried out against it, he stretched out his hand and said, “Seize him!” But the hand he stretched out toward him withered, so that he could not pull it back.

5 And the altar was split apart, and the ashes poured out, according to the sign that the man of God had given by the word of the LORD.

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BSB
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.’”
KJV
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.
WEB
He gave a sign the same day, saying, “This is the sign which the LORD has spoken: Behold, the altar will be split apart, and the ashes that are on it will be poured out.”
ASV
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.
DARBY
And he gave a sign the same day, saying, This is the sign that Jehovah hath spoken: Behold, the altar shall be rent, and the ashes that are upon it shall be poured out.
BLB
And he gave that day a sign, saying, “This [is] the sign that YHWH has spoken: ‘Behold, the altar shall be split apart, and the ashes shall be poured out that [are] on it.’”
ÅB
På samme tid forkynte han et tegn og sa: Dette er tegnet på at Herren har talt: Alteret skal revne, og asken som er på det, skal spredes.
OTB
Så ga han et tegn den dagen og sa, “Dette er tegnet Herren har erklært: Se, alteret skal brytes fra hverandre, og asken på det skal bli spilt ut.”
B1930
På samme tid forkynte han et tegn og sa: Dette er tegnet på at Herren har talt: Alteret skal revne, og asken som er på det, skal spredes.

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