Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 1 Kings 13:5
The altar also was rent, and the ashes poured out from the altar, according to the sign which the man of God had given by the word of the LORD.
We need not suppose a complete shattering of the altar, but rather the appearance of a crack or fissure in the fabric, which, extending from top to bottom, caused the embers and the fragments of the victims to fall until they reached the ground.
Fuente: Albert Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
Verse 5. The altar was also rent] It split or clave of its own accord; and, as the split parts would decline at the top from the line of their perpendicular, so the ashes and coals would fall off, or be poured out.
Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible
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.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
1Ki 13:5 The altar also was rent, and the ashes poured out from the altar, according to the sign which the man of God had given by the word of the LORD.
Ver. 5. The altar was rent. ] But not till the violence intended against God’s prophet was revenged: so dear to him are such, and so tender is he of their safety.
According to the sign.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
1Ki 13:3, 1Ki 22:28, 1Ki 22:35, Exo 9:18-25, Num 16:23-35, Deu 18:22, Jer 28:16, Jer 28:17, Mar 16:20, Act 5:1-10
Reciprocal: 1Ki 12:22 – the man 1Ki 13:1 – by the word 1Ki 17:16 – according 2Ki 21:26 – Josiah Joh 6:30 – What