1 Kings 13:1-34 A Man of God Is Sent to Prophesy to Jeroboam

A Man of God Is Sent to Prophesy to Jeroboam

1 Kings 13:1-34                               1 Kings [in Smaller Chunks]

[See,] by the Word of the Lord, a man of God came there out of Judah, & [went] to BethEl. And Jeroboam, [a.k.a. Nebat’s son,] stood by the altar to burn incense. [1 Kings 12:28-29 [Upon which,] king [Jeroboam] took counsel &, made 2 calves of gold & said to them, It’s too much for you to go up to Jerusalem, [to sacrifice.]

[Look,] your gods, O Israel, [that] brought you up, out of the land of Egypt. And he [put] the one [gold calf] in BethEl, and the other he put in Dan.]

[The man of God] cried [out] against the altar [with] the Word of the Lord, & said, O altar, altar, the Lord [says this; Look,] a child shall be born to the house of David, [named] Josiah.

And upon you, [a.k.a. altar, Josiah] shall offer the priests of the high places [who] burn incense upon you, & men’s bones shall be burnt upon you. [2 Kings 23:1 And as Josiah turned himself, he spied the [tombs] that were in the mount, & [had] the bones [taken] out of [them,] & burned them upon the altar, & [defiled] it, according to the Word of the Lord, [that] the man of God, who proclaimed these Words, [declared.]

[The man of God] gave a sign the same day, saying, This is the sign [that] the Lord [has] spoken; [Watch,] the altar shall be [broken,] and the ashes that are upon it, shall be poured out.

And it [happened,] when king Jeroboam heard the saying of the man of God, [who] had cried [out] against the altar in BethEl, [Jeroboam] put [out] his hand from the altar, saying, [Seize] him.

And [Jeroboam’s] hand [that] he put [out] against [the man of God, shriveled] up, so that [Jeroboam] couldn’t pull [his hand] in again to him. The altar also was [split apart,] & the ashes poured out from the altar, according to the sign [that] the man of God had given [Jeroboam,] by the Word of the Lord [God.]

And king [Jeroboam] answered & said to the man of God, Now, [ask] the face of the Lord your God, & pray for me, [so] that my hand may be restored [to] me again.

And the man of God [begged] the Lord, & the king’s hand was restored [to] him again, & became [like] it was before. And the king said to the man of God, Come home with me, & refresh yourself, & I will give you a reward.

The man of God said to the king, [Even] if you [will] give me 1/2 [of] your house, I won’t go in with you, & neither will I eat bread nor drink water in this place, [because I] was charged by the Word of the Lord, saying, Eat no bread, nor drink water, nor [return] again by the same way you [came.]

So, [the man of God] went another way, & [didn't return] to BethEl, by the [same] way that he came. Now, an old prophet [lived] in BethEl; & his sons came & told him all the works, [a.k.a. deeds,] the man of God had done that day in BethEl, & the Words [that] he had spoken to the king. They also told them to their father.

And their father said to them, [Which] way [did] he [go?] For his sons had seen [the] way the man of God, [who] came from Judah, went. And [the old prophet] said to his sons, Saddle me a [mule,] so they [did,] & he rode [on it,] & went after the man of God, & found him sitting under an oak.

And [the old prophet asked, Are] you the man of God [who came] from Judah? And he said, I am. Then, [the old prophet] said to him, Come home with me, & eat bread. And [the man of God] said, I may not return with you, nor go in with you. Neither will I eat bread, nor drink water with you in this place.

For [I was told] by the Word of the Lord, You [shall not] eat bread, nor drink water there, nor [return] again the [same] way that you [came.] [The old prophet] said to him, I am also a prophet [like] you [are;] & an angel [spoke] to me by the word of the Lord, saying, Bring him back with you, into your house, [so] that he may eat bread & drink water.

But [the old prophet] lied to [the man of God.] So, the [man of God] went back with [the old prophet,] & [ate] bread & [drank] water in his house. And it [happened,] as they sat at the table, the Word of the Lord came to the prophet [who] brought him back.

He cried [out] to the man of God, [who] came from Judah, saying, The Lord [says this, Since] you [have] disobeyed the [Words] [from] the mouth of the Lord, & [haven’t] kept the commandment [that] the Lord your God commanded you, But [you] [came] back, & [have] eaten bread & [drank] water in this place, [that] the Lord [said] to you, Eat no bread, & drink no water.

Your [carcass, a.k.a. corpse,] shall not come [into] the [tomb] of your [forefathers.] And it [happened,] after he had eaten bread, & had drunk [water,] [the old prophet] saddled the [mule] for the prophet whom he had brought back.

And when [the man of God] was gone, a lion met him by the [road,] & slew him; & his [carcass] was [thrown] in the [road] & the [mule,] & the [lion] stood by the [carcass.] And [look,] men passed by, & saw the [carcass thrown] in the [road,] & the lion standing by the [carcass.] And they came & told [about] it in the city where the old prophet [lived.]

And when the prophet [who] brought him back from the [road] heard [of it,] he said, It is the man of God, who [disobeyed] the [Lord’s] Word. Therefore, the Lord [has] delivered him to the lion, [that has] torn, & [killed] him, according to the Word of the Lord, which He [spoke] to him.

And [the old prophet said] to his sons, Saddle me the [mule,] & [they did.] And he went & found his [carcass] in the [road,] & the [mule] & the lion standing by the [carcass.] And the lion hadn’t eaten the [carcass,] nor torn the [mule.]

And the prophet took up the [carcass] of the man of God, & laid it upon the [mule,] & brought it back, & the old prophet came to the city, to mourn & to bury him. And [the old prophet] laid his [carcass] [of the man of God] in his own grave; & they mourned over him, saying, Alas, my brother!

And it [happened,] after he had buried [the man of God,] that [the old prophet spoke] to his sons, saying, When I am dead, then bury me in the [tomb in which] the man of God is buried.

Lay my bones beside his bones: [Because of] the saying [that the man of God] cried [out] by the Word of the Lord against the altar of BethEl [Jeroboam had built,] & against all the houses [in] the high places [that] are in the cities of Samaria, shall surely [happen.]

After this thing, Jeroboam [didn’t return] from his evil [ways,] but again made the [lowliest] of people, priests of the high places. [Whoever] would [do it,] [Jeroboam] consecrated him, & he became one of the priests of the high places.  And this thing became sin unto the house of Jeroboam, even to cut it off, & to destroy it from off the [surface] of the earth.