1 Kings 13:1–5

Jeroboam Warned, Stricken

¹Now behold, there came ^aa man of God from Judah to Bethel by the word of the Lord, while Jeroboam was standing by the altar ^bto burn incense.

^2aHe cried against the altar by the word of the Lord, and said, “O altar, altar, thus says the Lord, ‘Behold, a son shall be born to the house of David, ^bJosiah by name; and on you he shall sacrifice the priests of the high places who burn incense on you, and human bones shall be burned on you.’ ”

³Then he gave a ¹sign the same day, saying, “^aThis is the sign which the Lord has spoken, ‘Behold, the altar shall be split apart and the ²ashes which are on it shall be poured out.’ ”

⁴Now when the king heard the saying of the man of God, which he cried against the altar in Bethel, Jeroboam stretched out his hand from the altar, saying, “Seize him.” But his hand which he stretched out against him dried up, so that he could not draw it back to himself.

⁵The altar also was split apart and the ¹ashes were poured out from the altar, according to the ²sign which the man of God had given by the word of the Lord.