Verse
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
ASV
American Standard Version
Suddenly
, as
Jeroboam
was
standing
beside
the
altar
to
burn
incense
, there came a man of God from
Judah to
Bethel
by the word of the LORD
.
And
, behold
, there came a man of God out
of
Judah by the word of Jehovah
unto
Beth-el:
and
Jeroboam
was
standing
by
the altar
to
burn
incense
.
And he cried out
against the altar by the word of the
LORD
, “
O altar, O
altar, this
is
what
the
LORD
says
: ‘
A son named
Josiah
will
be born to
the house of David, and upon you
he will
sacrifice the priests of the high places who
burn incense upon you
, and human
bones will
be
burned
upon you
. ’”
And he cried against the altar by the word of Jehovah
, and
said,
O altar, altar, thus
saith
Jehovah
: Behold,
a son shall
be born unto
the house of David, Josiah
by
name;
and upon thee
shall
he sacrifice the priests of the high places that
burn incense upon thee
, and men's
bones shall
they
burn
upon thee
.
That
day
the
man
of
God
gave a sign, saying, “The
LORD
has
spoken
this sign: ‘Surely
the altar will
be split
apart
, and the ashes upon it will
be poured out. ’”
And
he
gave a sign the
same
day
, saying, This is
the
sign which
Jehovah
hath
spoken
: Behold,
the altar shall
be rent
, and the ashes that
are
upon it shall
be poured out.
Now
when
King
Jeroboam
, who
was
at
the altar
in
Bethel,
heard the word
that
the man of God had
cried out
against it
, he
stretched
out
his hand and
said
, “Seize
him !”
But
the
hand he stretched
out
toward
him withered
, so that he could not pull
it back.
And
it
came
to
pass
, when
the king
heard the saying
of
the man of God ,
which
he
cried against the
altar
in
Beth-el
, that
Jeroboam
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 draw
it back again
to
him
.
And
the altar was split
apart
, and the ashes poured out, according to the sign that
the man of God had given by the word of the
LORD
.
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 Jehovah
.
Then
the king responded
to
the man of God, “Intercede
with
the LORD
your
God and pray that my hand may be restored. ”
So
the man of God interceded
with
the
LORD
, and the king’s
hand was restored to
him as it was before.
And
the king answered
and
said
unto
the man of God, Entreat
now
the favor
of
Jehovah
thy
God ,
and pray for
me,
that my hand may be restored me
again
. And
the man of God entreated
Jehovah
, and the king's
hand was restored him again,
and
became
as it was before.
Then
the king said to
the man of God, “
Come home with me and refresh yourself
, and I will give you
a reward. ”
And
the king said unto
the man of God, Come home with me ,
and refresh thyself
, and I will give thee
a reward.
But
the man of God replied
, “
If you
were
to
give me half your
possessions
, I still
would
not go with you
, nor
would
I eat bread or
drink water in this place .
And
the man of God said
unto
the
king
, If thou
wilt
give me half thy
house
, I will
not go in
with thee
, neither
will
I eat bread nor
drink water in this place ;
For this
is
what
I
was commanded
by the word of the
LORD:
‘You
must
not
eat bread or
drink water or
return by the way you
came
. ’”
for so
was it
charged
me
by the word of Jehovah,
saying,
Thou
shalt
eat no
bread ,
nor
drink water ,
neither
return by the way that
thou
camest
.
So the
man
of
God
went another way and did
not return
by the way he had
come
to Bethel
.
So he
went another way ,
and returned
not by the way that
he came
to Beth-el
.
Now a
certain
old prophet was
living
in Bethel,
and his sons came and told him all the deeds
that the man of God had done that day in Bethel.
They
also
told
their
father
the words that
the
man
had spoken to
the king.
Now there
dwelt
an
old prophet in Beth-el;
and one
of
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
also
they
told
unto
their
father
.
“Which
way did
he go
? ”
their
father
asked.
And
his sons showed
him
the
way taken
by
the man of God, who
had
come
from Judah.
And
their
father
said
unto
them,
What
way went
he? Now
his sons had
seen
what
way the man of God went
, that
came
from Judah.
So
the
prophet
said to
his sons, “
Saddle the
donkey
for
me. ”
Then
they saddled the
donkey
for
him ,
and he mounted
it
And
he
said unto
his sons, Saddle me the
ass
. So
they saddled him the
ass;
and he rode
thereon.
and went after the man of God .
He
found him sitting under an oak tree
and asked
, “Are
you
the man of God who
came
from Judah? ”
“
I am ,”
he
replied
.
And he
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.
So
the
prophet
said to
the
man
of
God
, “
Come home with me and eat some
bread. ”
Then
he
said unto
him
, Come home with me ,
and eat bread.
But
the
man
replied
, “
I cannot
return with you
or
eat bread or
drink water with you
in this place .
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 :
For I
have
been
told
by the word of the
LORD:
‘You
must
not
eat bread or
drink water there or
return
by the way you
came
. ’”
for it
was
said
to
me
by the word of Jehovah,
Thou
shalt
eat no
bread nor
drink water there ,
nor
turn
again
to
go
by the way that
thou
camest
.
Then
the
prophet
replied
, “
I too
am a prophet like
you,
and an angel spoke
to
me by the word of the
LORD
, saying, ‘
Bring him back with you
to
your
house, so
that he may eat bread and drink water. ’”
The
old
prophet
was
lying
to
him ,
And
he
said
unto
him
, I also
am a prophet as
thou
art;
and an angel spake
unto
me by the word of Jehovah
, saying, Bring him back with thee
into
thy
house, that he may eat bread and drink water. `But'
he
lied
unto
him .
but
the
man
of
God
went back with him, ate
bread in his house, and drank water.
So
he
went back with him, and
did
eat
bread in his house, and drank water.
While
they were
sitting
at the table, the word of the
LORD
came to
the prophet who
had
brought him back ,
And
it
came
to
pass,
as
they sat
at the table, that
the word of Jehovah
came unto
the prophet that
brought him back ;
and the
prophet
cried out
to
the man of God who
had
come
from Judah, “This
is
what
the
LORD
says:
‘Because
you
have
defied
the word
of the
LORD
and have
not kept the commandment that
the
LORD
your
God gave
you
,
and he
cried unto
the man of God that
came
from Judah, saying,
Thus
saith
Jehovah,
Forasmuch
as
thou
hast
been
disobedient
unto
the mouth
of Jehovah,
and hast
not kept the commandment which
Jehovah
thy
God commanded
thee
,
but you
went
back and ate
bread and drank
water in the place where
He told
you
not
to do
so
, your
body shall never
reach
the tomb
of your
fathers. ’”
but camest
back ,
and hast
eaten
bread and drunk
water in the place of
which
he said
to thee
, Eat
no
bread,
and
drink
no
water;
thy
body shall not
come
unto
the sepulchre
of thy
fathers.
And after the
man
of
God
had finished
eating
and drinking
, the old
prophet who
had brought him
back saddled
the
donkey
for
him
.
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.
As
he went
on
his
way
, a lion met him on
the road
and killed
him ,
and his body was left
lying
in the road
, with
the
donkey
and the lion
standing
beside
it.
And
when
he was
gone
, a lion met him by
the way,
and slew
him :
and his body was cast
in the way
, and the ass
stood
by
it ;
the
lion
also
stood
by
the
body
.
And there
were
men passing
by who
saw the body lying
in the road
with
the lion standing beside
it,
and they went
and reported
this
in the city where the old prophet lived
.
And ,
behold,
men passed
by ,
and
saw the body cast
in the way,
and
the lion standing by
the
body;
and they came
and told
it
in the city where the old prophet dwelt
.
When the prophet who
had
brought him back from his
journey
heard this
, he said, “
It is the man of God who disobeyed
the command
of the
LORD.
Therefore the
LORD
has
delivered him to
the lion, and
it
has
mauled
him and killed
him, according to the word that
the
LORD
had
spoken
to
him. ”
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 mouth
of Jehovah:
therefore Jehovah
hath
delivered him unto
the lion, which
hath
torn
him ,
and slain
him, according to the word of
Jehovah,
which
he
spake
unto
him.
Then
the
old
prophet
instructed
his sons, “
Saddle the
donkey
for
me. ”
So
they saddled it ,
And
he
spake
to
his sons, saying,
Saddle me the
ass
. And
they saddled it .
and he went and found the
body lying
in the road
, with
the donkey
and the lion standing beside
it.
The lion had not eaten the body or
mauled
the donkey
.
And he went and found his
body cast
in the way
, and
the ass
and the lion standing by
the body:
the
lion had not eaten the body ,
nor
torn
the ass
.
So
the old
prophet lifted
up the body of the man of God, laid it on
the donkey
, and brought it back to his
own
city to mourn for
him
and bury him.
And
the prophet took
up the body of the man of God, and
laid it upon
the ass
, and brought it back ;
and
he
came
to the
city of
the
old
prophet,
to mourn ,
and to
bury him.
Then
he laid the
body in his own tomb,
and they lamented
over him, “Oh
, my brother! ”
And
he laid his
body in his own grave;
and they mourned
over him, `saying'
, Alas,
my brother!
After he had buried him, the
prophet
said
to his sons, “
When I die
, you
must
bury me in the tomb
where
the man of God is buried .
Lay my bones beside his bones ,
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 .
for the message
that
he cried out
by the word of the
LORD
against the altar in Bethel
and against all the shrines
on
the high places in the cities of Samaria will
surely come to pass. ”
For the saying
which
he cried by the word of Jehovah
against the altar in Beth-el,
and against all the houses
of
the high places which
are
in the cities of Samaria ,
shall
surely come to pass.
Even
after these
events,
Jeroboam did
not repent
of
his evil ways
, but again he
appointed
priests for
the high places from
every
class
of
people.
He ordained
anyone
who
desired
to
be a
priest
of the high places.
After this
thing
Jeroboam returned
not from
his evil way
, but made
again from
among
all
the
people
priests of
the high places :
whosoever
would,
he consecrated
him,
that
there
might
be priests
of the high places.
And this was
the
sin of
the house of Jeroboam that
led
to its
extermination
and destruction
from the face of the earth.
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.
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