1 Kings 13 :: Legacy Standard Bible (LSB)

The Altar Shall Be Torn Apart

Now behold^H2009, there came^H935 a man^H376 of God^H430 from Judah^H3063 to Bethel^H1008 by the word^H1697 of Yahweh^H3068, while Jeroboam^H3379 was standing^H5975 by the altar^H4196 to burn^H6999 incense^H6999.

1Ki 13:2

1Ki 13:2And he cried against the altar by the word of Yahweh, and said, “O altar, altar, thus says Yahweh, ‘Behold, a son shall be born to the house of David, Josiah is his name; and on you he shall sacrifice the priests of the high places who burn incense on you, and human bones shall be burned on you.’”

1Ki 13:3

1Ki 13:3Then he gave a miraculous sign the same day, saying, “This is the miraculous sign which Yahweh has spoken, ‘Behold, the altar shall be torn apart and the [fn]ashes which are on it shall be poured out.’”

1Ki 13:4

1Ki 13:4Now it happened that when the king heard the word of the man of God, which he cried against the altar in Bethel, Jeroboam stretched out his hand from the altar, saying, “Seize him.” But his hand which he stretched out against him dried up, so that he could not draw it back to himself.

1Ki 13:5

1Ki 13:5The altar also was torn apart and the [fn]ashes were poured out from the altar, according to the miraculous sign which the man of God had given by the word of Yahweh.

1Ki 13:6

1Ki 13:6Then the king answered and said to the man of God, “Please [fn]entreat Yahweh your God, and pray for me, that my hand may be restored to me.” So the man of God [fn]entreated Yahweh, and the king’s hand was restored to him, and it became as it was before.

1Ki 13:7

1Ki 13:7Then the king said to the man of God, “Come home with me and refresh yourself, and I will give you a gift.”

1Ki 13:8

1Ki 13:8But the man of God said to the king, “If you were to give me half your house, I would not go with you, nor would I eat bread or drink water in this place.

1Ki 13:9

1Ki 13:9“For so [fn]it was commanded me by the word of Yahweh, saying, ‘You shall eat no bread, nor drink water, nor return by the way which you came.’”

1Ki 13:10

1Ki 13:10So he went another way and did not return by the way which he came to Bethel.

The Prophet Rebels Against Yahweh

1Ki 13:11

Now an old^H2205 prophet^H5030 was living^H3427 in Bethel^H1008; and his [fn]sons^H1121 came^H935 and recounted^H5608 to him all^H3605 the work^H4639 which^H834 the man^H376 of God^H430 had done^H6213 that day^H3117 in Bethel^H1008; the words^H1697 which^H834 he had spoken^H1696 to the king^H4428, these also they recounted^H5608 to their father^H1.

1Ki 13:12

1Ki 13:12And their father said to them, “[fn]Which way did he go?” And his sons [fn]had seen the way which the man of God who came from Judah had gone.

1Ki 13:13

1Ki 13:13Then he said to his sons, “Saddle the donkey for me.” So they saddled the donkey for him and he rode away on it.

1Ki 13:14

1Ki 13:14So he went after the man of God and found him sitting under [fn]an oak; and he said to him, “Are you the man of God who came from Judah?” And he said, “I am.”

1Ki 13:15

1Ki 13:15Then he said to him, “Come home with me and eat bread.”

1Ki 13:16

1Ki 13:16And he said, “I cannot return with you, nor go with you, nor will I eat bread or drink water with you in this place.

1Ki 13:17

1Ki 13:17“For a word came to me by the word of Yahweh, ‘You shall eat no bread, nor drink water there; do not return by going the way which you came.’”

1Ki 13:18

1Ki 13:18And he said to him, “I also am a prophet like you, and an angel spoke to me by the word of Yahweh, saying, ‘Bring him back with you to your house, that he may eat bread and drink water.’” But he dealt falsely with him.

1Ki 13:19

1Ki 13:19So he went back with him, and ate bread in his house and drank water.

1Ki 13:20

Now it happened^H1961 as they were sitting^H3427 down^H3427 at the table^H7979, that the word^H1697 of Yahweh^H3068 came^H1961 to the prophet^H5030 who^H834 had brought^H7725 him back^H7725;

1Ki 13:21

1Ki 13:21and he called out to the man of God who came from Judah, saying, “Thus says Yahweh, ‘Because you have rebelled against the [fn]word of Yahweh, and have not kept the commandment which Yahweh your God commanded you,

1Ki 13:22

1Ki 13:22but have returned and eaten bread and drunk water in the place of which He said to you, “Eat no bread and drink no water”; your body shall not come to the grave of your fathers.’”

1Ki 13:23

1Ki 13:23Now it happened after he had eaten bread and after he had drunk, that he saddled the donkey for him, for the prophet whom he had brought back.

1Ki 13:24

1Ki 13:24Then he went and on the way a lion met him and put him to death, and his body was thrown on the road, with the donkey standing beside it; the lion also was standing beside the body.

1Ki 13:25

1Ki 13:25And behold, men passed by and saw the body thrown on the road, and the lion standing beside the body; so they came and spoke about it in the city where the old prophet lived.

1Ki 13:26

Then the prophet^H5030, who^H834 brought^H7725 him back^H7725 from the way^H1870, heard^H8085 it and said^H559, “It is the man^H376 of God^H430, who^H834 rebelled^H4784 against the [fn]command^H6310 of Yahweh^H3068; therefore Yahweh^H3068 has given^H5414 him to the lion^H738, which has mauled^H7665 him and put^H4191 him to^H4191 death^H4191, according to the word^H1697 of Yahweh^H3068 which^H834 He spoke^H1696 to him.”

1Ki 13:27

1Ki 13:27Then he spoke to his sons, saying, “Saddle the donkey for me.” And they saddled it.

1Ki 13:28

1Ki 13:28And he went and found his body thrown on the road with the donkey and the lion standing beside the body; the lion had not eaten the body nor mauled the donkey.

1Ki 13:29

1Ki 13:29So the prophet took up the body of the man of God and laid it on the donkey and brought it back, and he came to the city of the old prophet to mourn and to bury him.

1Ki 13:30

1Ki 13:30He laid his body in his own grave, and they mourned over him, saying, “Alas, my brother!”

1Ki 13:31

1Ki 13:31Now it happened after he had buried him, that he spoke to his sons, saying, “When I die, you shall bury me in the grave in which the man of God is buried; lay my bones beside his bones.

1Ki 13:32

1Ki 13:32“For the word shall surely happen which he cried by the word of Yahweh against the altar in Bethel and against all the houses of the high places which are in the cities of Samaria.”

1Ki 13:33

After^H310 this^H2088 event^H1697 Jeroboam^H3379 did not return^H7725 from his evil^H7451 way^H1870, but he returned^H7725 and made^H6213 priests^H3548 of the high^H1116 places^H1116 from among [fn]all^H7098 the people^H5971; any who delighted^H2655 to be so, he ordained^H4390^H3027. So [fn]they became priests^H3548 of the high^H1116 places^H1116.