1 Kings 13

1 Kings Chapter 13 KJV

1A man of God out of Judah prophesieth against the altar in Beth-el. 4Jeroboam's hand, which he put forth against him, withereth, but at the prayer of the prophet is restored. 7The prophet refuseth the king's offered entertainment, and departeth from Beth-el. 11He is seduced and brought back by an old prophet, 20who denounceth God's judgment against him for his disobedience to the divine command. 23A lion killeth him on his way home. 26The old prophet bringeth his carcase back, burieth it, and confirmeth his prophecy. 33Jeroboam still persisteth in his evil courses.
1 And, behold, there came a man of 1God out of Judah 2by the word of the Lord unto Beth-el: and Jeroboam stood by the altar ato burn incense.
2 And he 1cried 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, 2Josiah 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 1gave 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 Beth-el, that he 1put forth his hand from the altar, saying, Lay hold on him. And his hand, which he put forth against him, 2dried 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, 1Intreat 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 2besought athe 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 1refresh thyself, and I will give thee a 2reward.
8 And the man of God said unto the king, 1If 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 1so was it charged me by the word of the Lord, saying, 2Eat 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 Beth-el.
11 ¶ Now there dwelt 1an old prophet in Beth-el; and his sons came and told him all the works that the man of God had done that day in Beth-el: 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, 1Saddle me the ass. So they saddled him the ass: and he rode thereon,
14 And went after the man of God, and found him 1sitting 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, 1Come home with me, and eat bread.
16 And he said, 1I 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 ait 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 1angel 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 1went 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 1came 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 1as 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; 1thy 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, 1a 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 1where 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 atorn 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 1had not eaten the carcase, nor atorn 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 1mourned 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 1bury me in the sepulchre wherein the man of God is buried; lay my bones beside his bones:
32 For 1the saying which he cried by the word of the Lord against the altar in Beth-el, and against all the 2houses of the high places which are in the cities of 3Samaria, shall surely come to pass.
33 ¶ After this thing Jeroboam 1returned not from his evil way, but amade again of the lowest of the people priests of the high places: whosoever would, he bconsecrated him, and he became one of the priests of the high places.
34 And this thing 1became sin unto the house of Jeroboam, even 2to cut it off, and to destroy it from off the face of the earth.
1 Kings 13