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מִזְבַּח בֵּית אֵל

Yeravam at Beis El: The Mizbeach Torn Apart

A man of Elokim came from Yehuda, and Yeravam was standing on the mizbeach.

וְהִנֵּה אִישׁ אֱלֹקִים בָּא מִיהוּדָה בִּדְבַר ה' אֶל בֵּית אֵל וְיָרׇבְעָם עֹמֵד עַל הַמִּזְבֵּחַ לְהַקְטִיר׃

מלכים א יג:א

"And behold, a man of Elokim came from Yehuda by the word of Hashem to Beis El, and Yeravam was standing on the mizbeach to burn incense."

Melachim Aleph 13:1

Seize him! And his hand dried up.

וַיִּשְׁלַח יָרׇבְעָם אֶת יָדוֹ מֵעַל הַמִּזְבֵּחַ לֵאמֹר תִּפְשֻׂהוּ וַתִּיבַשׁ יָדוֹ אֲשֶׁר שָׁלַח עָלָיו וְלֹא יָכֹל לַהֲשִׁיבָהּ אֵלָיו׃

מלכים א יג:ד

"Yeravam stretched out his hand from on the mizbeach, saying, Seize him! And the hand he stretched out against him dried up, and he could not draw it back to himself."

Melachim Aleph 13:4

The mizbeach was torn apart, and the ashes poured out.

וְהַמִּזְבֵּחַ נִקְרָע וַיִּשָּׁפֵךְ הַדֶּשֶׁן מִן הַמִּזְבֵּחַ כַּמּוֹפֵת אֲשֶׁר נָתַן אִישׁ הָאֱלֹקִים בִּדְבַר ה'׃

מלכים א יג:ה

"And the mizbeach was torn apart, and the ashes poured out from the mizbeach, as the sign the man of Elokim had given by the word of Hashem."

Melachim Aleph 13:5

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