1-5 Jeroboam's hand withers 6 and at the prayer of the prophet is restored 7-10 The prophet departs from Beth-el 11-19 An old prophet brings him back 20-22 He is reproved by God 23-25 slain by a lion 26-30 buried by the old prophet 31,32 who confirms the prophecy 33,34 Jeroboam's obstinacy

there came 1Ki 12:22 2Ki 23:17 2Ch 9:29

by the word 1Ki 13:5,9,26,32 20:35 Jer 25:3 1Th 4:15

Jeroboam 1Ki 12:32,33 2Ch 26:18

burn. or, offer Nu 16:40 Jer 11:12 32:29 Mal 1:11 Re 8:3

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.

O altar De 32:1 Isa 1:2 58:1 Jer 22:29 Eze 36:1,4 38:4 Lu 19:40

Josiah by name 2Ki 22:1,2 23:15-18 2Ch 34:1,4-7 Isa 42:9 44:26-28 46:10 48:5-7

offer 2Ki 23:15-17

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.

Ex 4:3-5,8,9 7:10 De 13:1-3 1Sa 2:34 2Ki 20:8 Isa 7:11-14 38:6-8,22 Jer 44:29 Mt 12:38-40 Joh 2:18 1Co 1:22

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.

Lay hold 2Ch 16:10 18:25 25:15,16 Ps 105:15 Jer 20:2-4 26:8-11,20-23 38:4-6 Am 7:10-17 Mt 25:40 26:57 Mr 14:44-46 Joh 13:20 Ac 6:12-14

his hand Ge 19:11 2Ki 6:18-20 Jer 20:4-6 Lu 3:19,20 6:10 Joh 18:6 Ac 9:4,5 13:8-11 Re 11:5

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.

1Ki 13:3 22:28,35 Ex 9:18-25 Nu 16:23-35 De 18:22 Jer 28:16,17 Mr 16:20 Ac 5:1-10

6 And the king answered and said unto the man of God, Entreat 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.

now Ex 8:8,28 9:28 10:17 12:32 Nu 21:7 1Sa 12:19 Jer 37:3 42:2-4 Ac 8:24 Jas 5:16 Re 3:9

besought Ex 8:12,13 Nu 12:13 1Sa 12:23 Mt 5:44 Lu 6:27,28 23:34 Ac 7:60 Ro 12:14,21 Jas 5:16-18

Lord [heb] face of the Lord

7 And the king said unto the man of God, Come home with me, and refresh thyself, and I will give thee a reward.

refresh Ge 18:5 Jud 13:15 19:21

I will give As great men in the East make no presents to equals or inferiors when visited, Sir John Chardin thinks that the king intended by this to treat the prophet as his superior 1Sa 9:7,8 2Ki 5:15 Jer 40:5 Mal 1:10 Ac 8:18-20 1Pe 5:2

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:

If Nu 22:18 24:13 Ex 5:3,6 7:2 Mr 6:23

go 2Ki 5:16,26,27 Mr 6:11 2Co 11:9,10

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.

For 1Ki 12:1,21,22 1Sa 15:22 Job 23:12 Joh 13:17 15:9,10,14

Eat no bread Nu 16:26 De 13:13-18 Ps 141:4 Ro 16:17 1Co 5:11 Eph 5:11 2Jo 1:10,11 Re 18:4

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.

an old prophet 1Ki 13:20,21 Nu 23:4,5 24:2 1Sa 10:11 2Ki 23:18 Eze 13:2,16 Mt 7:22 2Pe 2:16

sons [heb] son
came 1Ti 3:5

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,

1Ki 13:27 Nu 22:21 Jud 5:10 10:4 2Sa 19:26

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.

siting 1Ki 19:4 Joh 4:6,34 1Co 4:11,12 2Co 11:27 Php 4:12,13

Art thou 1Ki 13:1

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:

1Ki 13:8,9 Ge 3:1-3 Nu 22:13,19 Mt 4:10 16:23

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.

It was [heb] a word was
by the word 1Ki 13:1 20:35 1Th 4:15

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.

an angel Nu 22:35 Jud 6:11,12 13:3

But Ge 3:4,5 Isa 9:15 Jer 5:12,31 23:14,17,32 28:15,16 Eze 13:9,10,22 Mt 7:15 24:24 Ro 16:18 2Co 11:3,13-15 2Pe 2:1 1Jo 4:1 Re 19:20

19 So he went back with him, and did eat bread in his house, and drank water.

an angel Nu 22:35 Jud 6:11,12 13:3

But Ge 3:4,5 Isa 9:15 Jer 5:12,31 23:14,17,32 28:15,16 Eze 13:9,10,22 Mt 7:15 24:24 Ro 16:18 2Co 11:3,13-15 2Pe 2:1 1Jo 4:1 Re 19:20

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:

the word of the Lord
A great clamour,' says Dr. Kennicott, has been raised against this part of history, on account of God's denouncing sentence on the {true} prophet by the mouth of the {false} prophet; but if we examine with attention the original words here, they will be found to signify either {he who brought him back} or {whom he had brought back}; for the very same words, ahser heshivo, occur again, ver. 23, where they are now translated, {whom he had brought back}; and where they cannot be translated otherwise. This being the case, we are at liberty to consider the words of the Lord as delivered to the {true} prophet, thus brought back; and then the sentence is pronounced by God himself, calling to him out of heaven, and in Ge 22:11. and that this doom was thus pronounced by God, not by the false prophet, we are assured in verse 26. `The Lord hath delivered him unto the lion, according to the word of the Lord, which HE spake unto him.' Josephus [and also the {Arabic}] asserts, that the sentence was declared by God to the {true} prophet. Nu 23:5,16 24:4,16-24 Mt 7:22 Joh 11:51 1Co 13:2

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,

Thus saith 1Ki 13:17 Ge 3:7 Es 6:13 Jer 2:19 Ga 1:8,9

thou hast disobeyed Le 10:3 Nu 20:12,24 1Sa 4:18 13:13,14 15:19,22-24 2Sa 6:7 12:9-11 24:13 Re 3:19

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 carcass shall not come unto the sepulchre of thy fathers.

eaten 1Ki 13:19

of the 1Ki 13:9

carcase 1Ki 13:30 14:13 2Ch 21:19,20 Isa 14:18-20 Jer 22:18,19

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 carcass was cast in the way, and the ass stood by it, the lion also stood by the carcass.

a lion 1Ki 20:36 2Ki 2:24 Pr 22:13 26:13 Am 5:19 1Co 11:31,32 1Pe 4:17,18

25 And, behold, men passed by, and saw the carcass cast in the way, and the lion standing by the carcass: 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.

the man Le 10:3 2Sa 12:10,14 Ps 119:120 Pr 11:31 Eze 9:6 9:6 1Co 11:30 Heb 12:28,29 1Pe 4:17

torn [heb] broken
which he spake 1Ki 13:9

27 And he spake to his sons, saying, Saddle me the ass. And they saddled him.

28 And he went and found his carcass cast in the way, and the ass and the lion standing by the carcass: the lion had not eaten the carcass, nor torn the ass.

the lion had All here was supernatural. The lion, though he had killed the man, yet, contrary to his nature, did not devour him, nor tear the ass, nor meddle with the travellers that passed by; while the ass stood quietly by, not fearing the lion, not betaking himself to flight: both stood as guardians of the fallen prophet, till this extraordinary intelligence was carried into the city which rendered the miracle the more illustrious and plainly shewed that this event did not happen by chance. This concatenation of miracles marked the death of the man of God as a Divine rebuke for his disobedience in eating bread at idolatrous Beth-el; and here we see, as in various other cases, that `often judgment begins at the house of God.' The true prophet, for suffering himself to be seduced by the old prophet, and for receiving that as a revelation from God which was opposed to the revelation which himself had received, and which was confirmed by so many miracles, is slain by a lion, and his body deprived of the burial of his fathers; while the wicked king and the fallen prophet are both permitted to live. 1Ki 17:4,6 Le 10:2,5 Job 38:11 Ps 148:7,8 Jer 5:22,23 Da 3:22,27,28 6:22-24 Ac 16:26 Heb 11:33,34

torn [heb] broken

29 And the prophet took up the carcass 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 carcass in his own grave; and they mourned over him, saying, Alas, my brother!

mourned over 1Ki 14:13 Jer 22:18 Ac 8:2

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:

lay my bones Nu 23:10 Ps 26:9 Ec 8:10 Lu 16:22,23

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.

the saying 1Ki 13:2 2Ki 23:16-19

the houses 1Ki 12:29,31 Le 26:30

in the cities 1Ki 16:24 2Ch 25:13 Ezr 4:10 Joh 4:4,5

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.

A.M. 3030-3050 B.C. 974-954
Jeroboam 1Ki 12:31-33 2Ch 11:15 13:9 Am 6:11

made again [heb] returned and made Ps 78:34 Jer 18:4 2Ti 3:13

whosoever Nu 1:1 3:10 17:5 12:13

consecrated him [heb] filled his hand Ex 28:41 Jud 17:12

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.

became sin 1Ki 12:30 2Ki 10:31 17:21

to cut it off 1Ki 12:26 14:10 15:29,30 Pr 13:6