“1 And, behold, there came a man of God out of Judah by the word of
the LORD unto Bethel: and Jeroboam stood by the altar to burn incense. 2
And he cried against the altar in the word of the LORD, and said, O
altar, altar, thus saith the LORD; Behold, a child shall be born unto
the house of David, Josiah by name; and upon thee shall he offer the
priests of the high places that burn incense upon thee, and men’s bones
shall be burnt upon thee. 3 And he gave a sign the same day, saying,
This [is] the sign which the LORD hath spoken; Behold, the altar shall
be rent, and the ashes that [are] upon it shall be poured out. 4 And it
came to pass, when king Jeroboam heard the saying of the man of God,
which had cried against the altar in Bethel, that he put forth his hand
from the altar, saying, Lay hold on him. And his hand, which he put
forth against him, dried up, so that he could not pull it in again to
him. 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. 6 And the king answered and said unto the man of God, Intreat now
the face of the LORD thy God, and pray for me, that my hand may be
restored me again. And the man of God besought the LORD, and the king’s
hand was restored him again, and became as [it was] before. 7 And the
king said unto the man of God, Come home with me, and refresh thyself,
and I will give thee a reward. 8 And the man of God said unto the king,
If thou wilt give me half thine house, I will not go in with thee,
neither will I eat bread nor drink water in this place: 9 For so was it
charged me by the word of the LORD, saying, Eat no bread, nor drink
water, nor turn again by the same way that thou camest. 10 So he went
another way, and returned not by the way that he came to Bethel.”
“11 Now there dwelt an old prophet in Bethel; and his sons came and
told him all the works that the man of God had done that day in Bethel:
the words which he had spoken unto the king, them they told also to
their father. 12 And their father said unto them, What way went he? For
his sons had seen what way the man of God went, which came from Judah.
13 And he said unto his sons, Saddle me the ass. So they saddled him the
ass: and he rode thereon, 14 And went after the man of God, and found
him sitting under an oak: and he said unto him, [Art] thou the man of
God that camest from Judah? And he said, I [am]. 15 Then he said unto
him, Come home with me, and eat bread. 16 And he said, I may not return
with thee, nor go in with thee: neither will I eat bread nor drink water
with thee in this place: 17 For it was said to me by the word of the
LORD, Thou shalt eat no bread nor drink water there, nor turn again to
go by the way that thou camest. 18 He said unto him, I [am] a prophet
also as thou [art]; and an angel spake unto me by the word of the LORD,
saying, Bring him back with thee into thine house, that he may eat bread
and drink water. [But] he lied unto him. 19 So he went back with him,
and did eat bread in his house, and drank water. 20 And it came to pass,
as they sat at the table, that the word of the LORD came unto the
prophet that brought him back: 21 And he cried unto the man of God that
came from Judah, saying, Thus saith the LORD, Forasmuch as thou hast
disobeyed the mouth of the LORD, and hast not kept the commandment which
the LORD thy God commanded thee, 22 But camest back, and hast eaten
bread and drunk water in the place, of the which [the LORD] did say to
thee, Eat no bread, and drink no water; thy carcase shall not come unto
the sepulchre of thy fathers.”
“23 And it came to pass, after he had eaten bread, and after he had
drunk, that he saddled for him the ass, [to wit], for the prophet whom
he had brought back. 24 And when he was gone, a lion met him by the way,
and slew him: and his carcase was cast in the way, and the ass stood by
it, the lion also stood by the carcase. 25 And, behold, men passed by,
and saw the carcase cast in the way, and the lion standing by the
carcase: and they came and told [it] in the city where the old prophet
dwelt. 26 And when the prophet that brought him back from the way heard
[thereof], he said, It [is] the man of God, who was disobedient unto the
word of the LORD: therefore the LORD hath delivered him unto the lion,
which hath torn him, and slain him, according to the word of the LORD,
which he spake unto him. 27 And he spake to his sons, saying, Saddle me
the ass. And they saddled [him]. 28 And he went and found his carcase
cast in the way, and the ass and the lion standing by the carcase: the
lion had not eaten the carcase, nor torn the ass. 29 And the prophet
took up the carcase of the man of God, and laid it upon the ass, and
brought it back: and the old prophet came to the city, to mourn and to
bury him. 30 And he laid his carcase in his own grave; and they mourned
over him, [saying], Alas, my brother! 31 And it came to pass, after he
had buried him, that he spake to his sons, saying, When I am dead, then
bury me in the sepulchre wherein the man of God [is] buried; lay my
bones beside his bones: 32 For the saying which he cried by the word of
the LORD against the altar in Bethel, and against all the houses of the
high places which [are] in the cities of Samaria, shall surely come to
pass. 33 After this thing Jeroboam returned not from his evil way, but
made again of the lowest of the people priests of the high places:
whosoever would, he consecrated him, and he became [one] of the priests
of the high places. 34 And this thing became sin unto the house of
Jeroboam, even to cut [it] off, and to destroy [it] from off the face of
the earth.” (1 Kings 13:1-34 AV)
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