1 Kings 13:5

5 The altar broke apart, and the ashes spilled out from the altar, just like the sign that the man of God gave by the LORD's word.

1 Kings 13:5 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 13:5

The altar also was rent
Split into two parts perhaps, and one fell one way, and the other another;

and the ashes poured out from the altar;
the ashes of the burnt offering, these were spilled on the ground; all which was done without any outward force, or any visible means thereof:

according to the sign which the man of God had given by the word of the
Lord;
by his direction and order.

1 Kings 13:5 In-Context

3 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.'"

4 When the king heard the word of the man of God and how he cried out to the altar at Bethel, Jeroboam stretched his hand from the altar and said, "Seize him!" But the hand that Jeroboam stretched out against the man of God grew stiff. Jeroboam wasn't able to bend it back to himself.

5 The altar broke apart, and the ashes spilled out from the altar, just like the sign that the man of God gave by the LORD's word.

6 The king said to the man of God, "Plead before the LORD your God and pray for me so that I can bend my hand back again." So the man of God pleaded before the LORD, and the king's hand returned to normal and was like it used to be.

7 The king spoke to the man of God: "Come with me to the palace and refresh yourself. Let me give you a gift."