The altar also was torn to pieces and the [a]ashes were poured out from the altar, in accordance with the [b]sign which the man of God had given by the word of the Lord. And the king responded and said to the man of God, “Please [c](A)appease the Lord your God and pray for me, so that my hand may be restored to me.” So (B)the man of God [d]appeased the Lord, and the king’s hand was restored to him, and it became as it was before. Then the king said to the man of God, “Come home with me and refresh yourself, and (C)I will give you a gift.”

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 13:5 Lit ashes of fat
  2. 1 Kings 13:5 Or wonder
  3. 1 Kings 13:6 Lit soften the face of
  4. 1 Kings 13:6 Lit softened the face of

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