1Ki 13 | ABEn | STEP | And behold, a man of God came from out of Judah with a word of the lord unto Beth-el. And Jeroboam stood upon the altar to sacrifice.

‏ 1 Kings 13

CHAPTER 13 The Man of God from Beth-el

1 And behold, a man of God came from out of Judah with a word of the lord unto Beth-el. And Jeroboam stood upon the altar to sacrifice. 2 And he called upon the altar with the word of the lord, and said, O altar, O altar, thus says the lord, Behold, a son is born to the house of David, Josiah is his name, and he shall sacrifice upon you the priests of the high places, the ones sacrificing upon you, and bones of men he shall burn upon you. 3 And he executed in that day a miracle, saying, This is the saying which the lord spoke, saying, Behold, the altar is torn, and [⁶shall be poured out ¹the ²fatness ³being ⁴upon ⁵it]. 4 And it came to pass as [³heard ¹king ²Jeroboam] the words of the man of God. of the one calling upon the altar in Beth-el, that he stretched out his hand from the altar, saying, Seize him! And [²withered ¹his hand] which he stretched out against him, and he was not able to return it to himself. 5 And the altar tore, and [³poured out ¹the ²fatness] from the altar, according to the portent which [⁴gave ¹the ²man ³of God] by the word of the lord. 6 And [³answered ¹the ²king], and said to the man of God, Beseech the face of the lord your God, and return my hand to me! And [⁴beseeched ¹the ²man ³of God] the face of the lord, and [⁵returned ¹the ²hand ³of the ⁴king] to him, and it became as formerly. 7 And [³spoke ¹the ²king] to the man of God, Enter with me to my house and dine, and I will give to you a gift! 8 And [⁴said ¹the ²man ³of God] to the king, If you should give to me half of your house, I will not enter with you, neither will I eat bread, nor drink water in this place. 9 For thus [²gave charge ³to me ¹the lord] by a word, saying, In no way should you eat bread, nor in any way should you drink water, nor in any way should you return in the way in which you came by it. 10 And he went forth by [²way ¹another], and did not return in the way which he came by it unto Beth-el.

The Prophet Tests the Man of God

11 And a prophet, one old man, dwelt in Beth-el. And [²came ¹his sons] and described to him all the works which [⁴did ¹the ²man ³of God] in that day in Beth-el, and the words which he spoke to the king. And they turned the face of their father. 12 And [²said ³to ⁴them ¹their father], saying, Which way has he went? And [²showed ³to him ¹his sons] the way which [⁴went ¹the ²man ³of God], the one coming from out of Judah. 13 And he said to his sons, Saddle for me the donkey! And they saddled for him the donkey. And he mounted upon him, 14 and he went after the man of God. And he found him sitting down under the oak. And he said to him, Are you the man of God, the one coming from out of Judah? And he said, I am. 15 And he said to him, Come with me, and eat bread! 16 And he said, In no way am I able to return with you, nor should I eat bread, nor in any way should I drink water in this place. 17 For so it has been given charge to me by the word of the lord, saying, You shall not eat bread there, and you shall not drink water, and you shall not return there in the way in which you went by it. 18 And he said to him, And I am a prophet as you, and an angel spoke to me by word of the lord, saying, Return him with yourself to your house, and let him eat bread, and drink water! But he lied to him. 19 And he returned him, and he ate bread, and he drank water in his house.

The Prophet Rebukes the Man of God

20 And it came to pass of them sitting down at the table, that [³came ¹the word ²of the lord] to the prophet, the one having returned him. 21 And he said to the man of God, the one having come from out of Judah, saying, Thus says the lord, Because you rebelled against the saying of the lord, and did not guard the commandment which [³gave charge ⁴to you ¹the lord ²your God], 22 but you returned and ate bread, and drank water in this place, in which he spoke to you, saying, You shall not eat bread nor drink water -- in no way shall [³enter ²body ¹your] into the burying-place of your fathers. 23 And it came to pass after he ate bread and drank water, that he saddled for him the donkey, for the prophet, and he returned. 24 And he went forth. And [²found ³him ¹a lion] in the way, and it killed him. And [²was ¹his body] tossed in the way, and the donkey stood by it, and the lion stood by the body. 25 And behold, men coming near also beheld the decaying flesh tossed in the way, and the lion standing next to the decaying flesh. And they entered and spoke in the city of which the prophet, the old man, dwelt in it. 26 And [⁷heard ¹the one ²returning ³him ⁴from out of ⁵the ⁶way], and said, [³the ⁴man ⁵of God ¹This ²is] who rebelled against the word of the lord; and [²gave ³him ¹the lord] to the lion, and it broke him, and it killed him, according to the word of the lord which he spoke to him. 27 And he spoke to his sons, saying, Saddle for me the donkey! And they saddled it. 28 And he went and found his body having been tossed in the way, and the donkey and the lion were standing by the body, and [³did not ⁴eat ¹the ²lion] the body, and it did not tear apart the donkey. 29 And [³lifted ¹the ²prophet] the body of the man of God, and he placed it upon the donkey, and he returned it to the city of the [²prophet ¹old], to lament and to entomb him. 30 And he put his body in his tomb; and they lamented him, saying, Woe O brother. 31 And it came to pass after lamenting him, that he said to his sons, saying, If I die, entomb me in this tomb in which the man of God was entombed in it! [³by ⁴his bones ¹Put ²me]! that [³should be preserved ²bones ¹my] with his bones. 32 For [⁸coming to pass ⁷will be ¹the ²saying ³which ⁴he spoke ⁵by the word ⁶of the lord] against the altar in Beth-el, and against the houses of the high places, of the ones in Samaria. 33 And after this saying [²did not ³turn ¹Jeroboam] from his evil, but he returned and appointed from part of the people priests of the high places. The one wanting to be a priest he filled the post by his hand, and he became priest of the high places. 34 And it came to pass this thing became sin to the house of Jeroboam, and for ruin, and for extinction from the face of the earth.