1Kings 13:34 - Prayer Tents

13At the LORD's command a prophet from Judah went to Bethel and arrived there as Jeroboam stood at the altar to offer the sacrifice.H935H376H430H3063H1697H3068H1008H3379H5975H4196H6999 2Following the LORD's command, the prophet denounced the altar: "O altar, altar, this is what the LORD says: A child, whose name will be Josiah, will be born to the family of David. He will slaughter on you the priests serving at the pagan altars who offer sacrifices on you, and he will burn human bones on you."H7121H4196H1697H3068H559H4196H4196H559H3068H1121H3205H1004H1732H2977H8034H2076H3548H1116H6999H120H6106H8313 3And the prophet went on to say, "This altar will fall apart, and the ashes on it will be scattered. Then you will know that the LORD has spoken through me."H5414H4159H3117H559H4159H3068H1696H4196H7167H1880H8210 4When King Jeroboam heard this, he pointed at him and ordered, "Seize that man!" At once the king's arm became paralyzed so that he couldn't pull it back.H4428H3379H8085H1697H376H430H7121H4196H1008H7971H3027H4196H559H8610H3027H7971H3001H3201H7725 5The altar suddenly fell apart and the ashes spilled to the ground, as the prophet had predicted in the name of the LORD.H4196H7167H1880H8210H4196H4159H376H430H5414H1697H3068 6King Jeroboam said to the prophet, "Please pray for me to the LORD your God, and ask him to heal my arm!" The prophet prayed to the LORD, and the king's arm was healed.H4428H6030H559H376H430H2470H6440H3068H430H6419H3027H7725H376H430H2470H6440H3068H4428H3027H7725H7223 7Then the king said to the prophet, "Come home with me and have something to eat. I will reward you for what you have done."H4428H1696H376H430H935H1004H5582H5414H4991 8The prophet answered, "Even if you gave me half of your wealth, I would not go with you or eat or drink anything with you.H376H430H559H4428H5414H2677H1004H935H398H3899H8354H4325H4725 9The LORD has commanded me not to eat or drink a thing, and not to return home the same way I came."H6680H1697H3068H559H398H3899H8354H4325H7725H1870H1980 10So he did not go back the same way he had come, but by another road.H3212H312H1870H7725H1870H935H1008

The Old Prophet of Bethel

11At that time there was an old prophet living in Bethel. His sons came and told him what the prophet from Judah had done in Bethel that day and what he had said to King Jeroboam.H3427H259H2205H5030H1008H1121H935H5608H4639H376H430H6213H3117H1008H1697H1696H4428H5608H1 12"Which way did he go when he left?" the old prophet asked them. They showed him the roadH1H1696H1870H1980H1121H7200H335H1870H376H430H1980H935H3063 13and he told them to saddle his donkey for him. They did so, and he rode offH559H1121H2280H2543H2280H2543H7392 14down the road after the prophet from Judah and found him sitting under an oak tree. "Are you the prophet from Judah?" he asked. "I am," the man answered.H3212H310H376H430H4672H3427H424H559H376H430H935H3063H559 15"Come home and have a meal with me," he said.H559H3212H1004H398H3899 16But the prophet from Judah answered, "I can't go home with you or accept your hospitality. And I won't eat or drink anything with you here,H559H3201H7725H935H398H3899H8354H4325H4725 17because the LORD has commanded me not to eat or drink a thing, and not to return home the same way I came."H1697H1697H3068H398H3899H8354H4325H7725H3212H1870H1980 18Then the old prophet from Bethel said to him, "I, too, am a prophet just like you, and at the LORD's command an angel told me to take you home with me and offer you my hospitality." But the old prophet was lying.H559H5030H4397H1696H1697H3068H559H7725H1004H398H3899H8354H4325H3584 19So the prophet from Judah went home with the old prophet and had a meal with him.H7725H398H3899H1004H8354H4325 20As they were sitting at the table, the word of the LORD came to the old prophet,H3427H7979H1697H3068H5030H7725 21and he cried out to the prophet from Judah, "The LORD says that you disobeyed him and did not do what he commanded.H7121H376H430H935H3063H559H559H3068H3282H4784H6310H3068H8104H4687H3068H430H6680 22Instead, you returned and ate a meal in a place he had ordered you not to eat in. Because of this you will be killed, and your body will not be buried in your family grave."H7725H398H3899H8354H4325H4725H1696H398H3899H8354H4325H5038H935H6913H1 23After they had finished eating, the old prophet saddled the donkey for the prophet from Judah,H310H398H3899H310H8354H2280H2543H5030H7725 24who rode off. On the way a lion met him and killed him. His body lay on the road, and the donkey and the lion stood beside it.H3212H738H4672H1870H4191H5038H7993H1870H2543H5975H681H738H5975H5038 25Some men passed by and saw the body on the road, with the lion standing near by. They went on into Bethel and reported what they had seen.H582H5674H7200H5038H7993H1870H738H5975H681H5038H935H1696H5892H2205H5030H3427 26When the old prophet heard about it, he said, "That is the prophet who disobeyed the LORD's command! And so the LORD sent the lion to attack and kill him, just as the LORD said he would."H5030H7725H1870H8085H559H376H430H4784H6310H3068H3068H5414H738H7665H4191H1697H3068H1696 27Then he said to his sons, "Saddle my donkey for me." They did so,H1696H1121H559H2280H2543H2280 28and he rode off and found the prophet's body lying on the road, with the donkey and the lion still standing by it. The lion had not eaten the body or attacked the donkey.H3212H4672H5038H7993H1870H2543H738H5975H681H5038H738H398H5038H7665H2543 29The old prophet picked up the body, put it on the donkey, and brought it back to Bethel to mourn over it and bury it.H5030H5375H5038H376H430H3240H2543H7725H2205H5030H935H5892H5594H6912 30He buried it in his own family grave, and he and his sons mourned over it, saying, "Oh my brother, my brother!"H3240H5038H6913H5594H1945H251 31After the burial the prophet said to his sons, "When I die, bury me in this grave and lay my body next to his.H310H6912H559H1121H559H4191H6912H6913H376H430H6912H3240H6106H681H6106 32The words that he spoke at the LORD's command against the altar in Bethel and against all the places of worship in the towns of Samaria will surely come true."H1697H7121H1697H3068H4196H1008H1004H1116H5892H8111

Jeroboam’s Fatal Sin

33King Jeroboam of Israel still did not turn from his evil ways but continued to choose priests from ordinary families to serve at the altars he had built. He ordained as priest anyone who wanted to be one.H310H1697H3379H7725H7451H1870H6213H7725H7098H5971H3548H1116H2655H4390H3027H3548H1116 34This sin on his part brought about the ruin and total destruction of his dynasty.H1697H2403H1004H3379H3582H8045H6440H127