Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Kings 13

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1 Kings 13 . 1 , Jeroboam’s hand withers , 1 Kings 13 . 6 , and at the prayer of the prophet is restored; 1 Kings 13 . 7 , The prophet departs from Beth-el; 1 Kings 13 . 11 , An old prophet brings him back; 1 Kings 13 . 20 , He is reproved by God , 1 Kings 13 . 23 , slain by a lion , 1 Kings 13 . 26 , buried by the old prophet , 1 Kings 13 . 31 , who confirms his prophecy; 1 Kings 13 . 33 , Jeroboam’s obstinacy.

1 Kings 13:1

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.

1 Kings 13:1 · BSB

there came3 parallels

by the word7 parallels

Jeroboam3 parallels

burn5 parallels

or , offer

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1 Kings 13:2

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.'"

1 Kings 13:2 · BSB

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Josiah by name9 parallels

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1 Kings 13:3

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.’”

1 Kings 13:3 · BSB

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Exodus 4 . 3-5

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1 Kings 13:4

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.

1 Kings 13:4 · BSB

Lay hold15 parallels

his hand11 parallels

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1 Kings 13:5

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.

1 Kings 13:5 · BSB

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1 Kings 13:6

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.

1 Kings 13:6 · BSB

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besought12 parallels

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Lord Heb. face of the Lord

1 Kings 13:7

Then the king said to the man of God, “Come home with me and refresh yourself, and I will give you a reward.”

1 Kings 13:7 · BSB

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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

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1 Kings 13:8

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.

1 Kings 13:8 · BSB

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go6 parallels

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1 Kings 13:9

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.’”

1 Kings 13:9 · BSB

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Eat no bread9 parallels

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1 Kings 13:11

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.

1 Kings 13:11 · BSB

an old prophet11 parallels

came1 parallel

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sons Heb. son

1 Kings 13:13

So the prophet said to his sons, “Saddle the donkey for me.” Then they saddled the donkey for him, and he mounted it

1 Kings 13:13 · BSB

the whole verse5 parallels

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1 Kings 13:14

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.

1 Kings 13:14 · BSB

sitting8 parallels

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1 Kings 13:16

But the man replied, “I cannot return with you or eat bread or drink water with you in this place.

1 Kings 13:16 · BSB

the whole verse7 parallels

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1 Kings 13:17

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.’”

1 Kings 13:17 · BSB

by the word3 parallels

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It was Heb. a word was

1 Kings 13:18

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,

1 Kings 13:18 · BSB

an angel4 parallels

But21 parallels

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1 Kings 13:19

but the man of God went back with him, ate bread in his house, and drank water.

1 Kings 13:19 · BSB

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1 Kings 13:20

While they were sitting at the table, the word of the LORD came to the prophet who had brought him back,

1 Kings 13:20 · BSB

the word of the Lord8 parallels

"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 , asher heshivo , occur again

  • 1 Kings 13:23 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 , as in Genesis 22 . 11. And that this doom was thus pronounced by God , not by the false prophet , we are assured in 1 Kings 13 . 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."
  • Numbers 23:5
  • Numbers 23:16
  • Numbers 24:4
  • Numbers 24:16-24
  • Matthew 7:22
  • John 11:51
  • 1 Corinthians 13:2

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1 Kings 13:21

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,

1 Kings 13:21 · BSB

Thus saith6 parallels

thou hast disobeyed12 parallels

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1 Kings 13:22

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.’”

1 Kings 13:22 · BSB

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1 Kings 13:23

And after the man of God had finished eating and drinking, the old prophet who had brought him back saddled the donkey for him.

1 Kings 13:23 · BSB

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1 Kings 13:24

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.

1 Kings 13:24 · BSB

a lion9 parallels

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1 Kings 13:26

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.”

1 Kings 13:26 · BSB

the man10 parallels

which he spake1 parallel

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torn Heb. broken

1 Kings 13:27

Then the old prophet instructed his sons, “Saddle the donkey for me.” So they saddled it,

1 Kings 13:27 · BSB

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1 Kings 13:28

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.

1 Kings 13:28 · BSB

the lion had16 parallels

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 , nor 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

torn Heb. broken

1 Kings 13:29

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.

1 Kings 13:29 · BSB

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1 Kings 13:30

Then he laid the body in his own tomb, and they lamented over him, “Oh, my brother!”

1 Kings 13:30 · BSB

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1 Kings 13:31

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,

1 Kings 13:31 · BSB

lay my bones5 parallels

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1 Kings 13:32

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.”

1 Kings 13:32 · BSB

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the houses3 parallels

in the cities5 parallels

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1 Kings 13:33

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.

1 Kings 13:33 · BSB

Jeroboam4 parallels

made again3 parallels

Heb. returned and made

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consecrated him2 parallels

Heb. filled his hand

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am 3030-3050 , bc 974-954

1 Kings 13:34

And this was the sin of the house of Jeroboam that led to its extermination and destruction from the face of the earth.

1 Kings 13:34 · BSB

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to cut it off5 parallels

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