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1Kings 13
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The Message of the Man of God

13And behold, a man of God went from Judah to Bethel by the word of the LORD, and Jeroboam stood by the altar to burn incense.H935H376H430H3063H1697H3068H1008H3379H5975H4196H6999 2Then he cried out against the altar by the word of the LORD, and said, "O altar, altar! Thus says the LORD: 'Behold, a child, Josiah by name, shall be born to the house of David; and on you he shall sacrifice the priests of the high places who burn incense on you, and men's bones shall be burned on you.'"H7121H4196H1697H3068H559H4196H4196H559H3068H1121H3205H1004H1732H2977H8034H2076H3548H1116H6999H120H6106H8313 3And he gave a sign the same day, saying, "This is the sign which the LORD has spoken: Surely the altar shall split apart, and the ashes on it shall be poured out."H5414H4159H3117H559H4159H3068H1696H4196H7167H1880H8210 4So it came to pass when King Jeroboam heard the saying of the man of God, who cried out against the altar in Bethel, that he stretched out his hand from the altar, saying, "Arrest him!" Then his hand, which he stretched out toward him, withered, so that he could not pull it back to himself.H4428H3379H8085H1697H376H430H7121H4196H1008H7971H3027H4196H559H8610H3027H7971H3001H3201H7725 5The altar also was split apart, 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.H4196H7167H1880H8210H4196H4159H376H430H5414H1697H3068 6Then the king answered and said to the man of God, "Please entreat the favor of the LORD your God, and pray for me, that my hand may be restored to me." So the man of God entreated the LORD, and the king's hand was restored to him, and became as before.H4428H6030H559H376H430H2470H6440H3068H430H6419H3027H7725H376H430H2470H6440H3068H4428H3027H7725H7223 7Then the king said to the man of God, "Come home with me and refresh yourself, and I will give you a reward."H4428H1696H376H430H935H1004H5582H5414H4991 8But the man of God said to the king, "If you were to give me half your house, I would not go in with you; nor would I eat bread nor drink water in this place.H376H430H559H4428H5414H2677H1004H935H398H3899H8354H4325H4725 9"For so it was commanded me by the word of the LORD, saying, 'You shall not eat bread, nor drink water, nor return by the same way you came.'"H6680H1697H3068H559H398H3899H8354H4325H7725H1870H1980 10So he went another way and did not return by the way he came to Bethel.H3212H312H1870H7725H1870H935H1008

Death of the Man of God

11Now an old prophet dwelt in Bethel, and his sons came and told him all the works that the man of God had done that day in Bethel; they also told their father the words which he had spoken to the king.H3427H259H2205H5030H1008H1121H935H5608H4639H376H430H6213H3117H1008H1697H1696H4428H5608H1 12And their father said to them, "Which way did he go?" For his sons had seen which way the man of God went who came from Judah.H1H1696H1870H1980H1121H7200H335H1870H376H430H1980H935H3063 13Then he said to his sons, "Saddle the donkey for me." So they saddled the donkey for him; and he rode on it,H559H1121H2280H2543H2280H2543H7392 14and went after the man of God, and found him sitting under an oak. Then he said to him, "Are you the man of God who came from Judah?" And he said, "I am."H3212H310H376H430H4672H3427H424H559H376H430H935H3063H559 15Then he said to him, "Come home with me and eat bread."H559H3212H1004H398H3899 16And he said, "I cannot return with you nor go in with you; neither can I eat bread nor drink water with you in this place.H559H3201H7725H935H398H3899H8354H4325H4725 17"For I have been told by the word of the LORD, 'You shall not eat bread nor drink water there, nor return by going the way you came.'"H1697H1697H3068H398H3899H8354H4325H7725H3212H1870H1980 18He said to him, "I too am a prophet as you are, and an angel spoke to me by the word of the LORD, saying, 'Bring him back with you to your house, that he may eat bread and drink water.'" (He was lying to him.)H559H5030H4397H1696H1697H3068H559H7725H1004H398H3899H8354H4325H3584 19So he went back with him, and ate bread in his house, and drank water.H7725H398H3899H1004H8354H4325 20Now it happened, as they sat at the table, that the word of the LORD came to the prophet who had brought him back;H3427H7979H1697H3068H5030H7725 21and he cried out to the man of God who came from Judah, saying, "Thus says the LORD: 'Because you have disobeyed the word of the LORD, and have not kept the commandment which the LORD your God commanded you,H7121H376H430H935H3063H559H559H3068H3282H4784H6310H3068H8104H4687H3068H430H6680 22'but you came back, ate bread, and drank water in the place of which the Lord said to you, "Eat no bread and drink no water," your corpse shall not come to the tomb of your fathers.'"H7725H398H3899H8354H4325H4725H1696H398H3899H8354H4325H5038H935H6913H1 23So it was, after he had eaten bread and after he had drunk, that he saddled the donkey for him, the prophet whom he had brought back.H310H398H3899H310H8354H2280H2543H5030H7725 24When he was gone, a lion met him on the road and killed him. And his corpse was thrown on the road, and the donkey stood by it. The lion also stood by the corpse.H3212H738H4672H1870H4191H5038H7993H1870H2543H5975H681H738H5975H5038 25And there, men passed by and saw the corpse thrown on the road, and the lion standing by the corpse. Then they went and told it in the city where the old prophet dwelt.H582H5674H7200H5038H7993H1870H738H5975H681H5038H935H1696H5892H2205H5030H3427 26Now when the prophet who had brought him back from the way heard it, he said, "It is the man of God who was disobedient to the word of the LORD. Therefore the LORD has delivered him to the lion, which has torn him and killed him, according to the word of the LORD which He spoke to him."H5030H7725H1870H8085H559H376H430H4784H6310H3068H3068H5414H738H7665H4191H1697H3068H1696 27And he spoke to his sons, saying, "Saddle the donkey for me." So they saddled it.H1696H1121H559H2280H2543H2280 28Then he went and found his corpse thrown on the road, and the donkey and the lion standing by the corpse. The lion had not eaten the corpse nor torn the donkey.H3212H4672H5038H7993H1870H2543H738H5975H681H5038H738H398H5038H7665H2543 29And the prophet took up the corpse of the man of God, laid it on the donkey, and brought it back. So the old prophet came to the city to mourn, and to bury him.H5030H5375H5038H376H430H3240H2543H7725H2205H5030H935H5892H5594H6912 30Then he laid the corpse in his own tomb; and they mourned over him, saying, "Alas, my brother!"H3240H5038H6913H5594H1945H251 31So it was, after he had buried him, that he spoke to his sons, saying, "When I am dead, then bury me in the tomb where the man of God is buried; lay my bones beside his bones.H310H6912H559H1121H559H4191H6912H6913H376H430H6912H3240H6106H681H6106 32"For the saying which he cried out by the word of the LORD against the altar in Bethel, and against all the shrines on the high places which are in the cities of Samaria, will surely come to pass."H1697H7121H1697H3068H4196H1008H1004H1116H5892H8111 33After this event Jeroboam did not turn from his evil way, but again he made priests from every class of people for the high places; whoever wished, he consecrated him, and he became one of the priests of the high places.H310H1697H3379H7725H7451H1870H6213H7725H7098H5971H3548H1116H2655H4390H3027H3548H1116 34And this thing was the sin of the house of Jeroboam, so as to exterminate and destroy it from the face of the earth.H1697H2403H1004H3379H3582H8045H6440H127


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