ASV_Strong : 1 Kings 13
1. And[H935], behold, there came a man[H376] of God[H430] out of Judah[H3063] by the word[H1697] of Jehovah[H3068] unto Beth-el[H1008]: and Jeroboam[H3379] was standing[H5975] by the altar[H4196] to burn incense[H6999].
2. And he cried[H7121] against the altar[H4196] by the word[H1697] of Jehovah[H3068], and said[H559], O altar[H4196], altar[H4196], thus saith[H559] Jehovah[H3068]: Behold[H1121], a son shall be born[H3205] unto the house[H1004] of David[H1732], Josiah[H2977] by name[H8034]; and upon thee shall he sacrifice[H2076] the priests[H3548] of the high places[H1116] that burn incense[H6999] upon thee[H120], and men's bones[H6106] shall they burn upon thee[H8313].
3. And he gave[H5414] a sign[H4159] the same day[H3117], saying[H559], This is the sign[H4159] which Jehovah[H3068] hath spoken[H1696]: Behold[H4196], the altar shall be rent[H7167], and the ashes[H1880] that are upon it shall be poured out[H8210].
4. And it came to pass[H4428], when the king heard[H8085] the saying[H1697] of the man[H376] of God[H430], which he cried[H7121] against the altar[H4196] in Beth-el[H1008], that Jeroboam[H3379] put forth[H7971] his hand[H3027] from the altar[H4196], saying[H559], Lay hold[H8610] on him[H3027]. And his hand, which he put forth[H7971] against him[H3001], dried up, so that he could[H3201] not draw it back again to him[H7725].
5. The altar[H4196] also was rent[H7167], and the ashes[H1880] poured out[H8210] from the altar[H4196], according to the sign[H4159] which the man[H376] of God[H430] had given[H5414] by the word[H1697] of Jehovah[H3068].
6. And the king[H4428] answered[H6030] and said[H559] unto the man[H376] of God[H430], Entreat[H2470] now the favor[H6440] of Jehovah[H3068] thy God[H430], and pray[H6419] for me[H3027], that my hand may be restored me again[H7725]. And the man[H376] of God[H430] entreated[H2470] Jehovah[H3068], and the king[H4428]'s hand[H3027] was restored him again[H7725], and became as it was before[H7223].
7. And the king[H4428] said[H1696] unto the man[H376] of God[H430], Come[H935] home[H1004] with me[H5582], and refresh thyself[H5414], and I will give thee a reward[H4991].
8. And the man[H376] of God[H430] said[H559] unto the king[H4428], If thou wilt give[H5414] me half[H2677] thy house[H1004], I will not go in[H935] with thee[H398], neither will I eat bread[H3899] nor drink[H8354] water[H4325] in this place[H4725];
9. for so was it charged[H6680] me by the word[H1697] of Jehovah[H3068], saying[H559], Thou shalt eat[H398] no bread[H3899], nor drink[H8354] water[H4325], neither return[H7725] by the way[H1870] that thou camest[H1980].
10. So he went[H3212] another[H312] way[H1870], and returned[H7725] not by the way[H1870] that he came[H935] to Beth-el[H1008].
11. Now there dwelt[H3427] an[H259] old[H2205] prophet[H5030] in Beth-el[H1008]; and one of his sons[H1121] came[H935] and told[H5608] him all the works[H4639] that the man[H376] of God[H430] had done[H6213] that day[H3117] in Beth-el[H1008]: the words[H1697] which he had spoken[H1696] unto the king[H4428], them also they told[H5608] unto their father[H1].
12. And their father[H1] said[H1696] unto them[H1870], What way went[H1980] he[H1121]? Now his sons had seen[H7200] what[H335] way[H1870] the man[H376] of God[H430] went[H1980], that came[H935] from Judah[H3063].
13. And he said[H559] unto his sons[H1121], Saddle[H2280] me the ass[H2543]. So they saddled[H2280] him the ass[H2543]; and he rode thereon[H7392].
14. And he went[H3212] after[H310] the man[H376] of God[H430], and found[H4672] him sitting[H3427] under an oak[H424]; and he said[H559] unto him[H376], Art thou the man of God[H430] that camest[H935] from Judah[H3063]? And he said[H559], I am.
15. Then he said[H559] unto him[H3212], Come home[H1004] with me[H398], and eat bread[H3899].
16. And he said[H559], I may[H3201] not return[H7725] with thee[H935], nor go in with thee[H398]; neither will I eat bread[H3899] nor drink[H8354] water[H4325] with thee in this place[H4725]:
17. for it was said[H1697] to me by the word[H1697] of Jehovah[H3068], Thou shalt eat[H398] no bread[H3899] nor drink[H8354] water[H4325] there[H7725], nor turn again to go[H3212] by the way[H1870] that thou camest[H1980].
18. And he said[H559] unto him[H5030], I also am a prophet as thou art[H4397]; and an angel spake[H1696] unto me by the word[H1697] of Jehovah[H3068], saying[H559], Bring him back[H7725] with thee into thy house[H1004], that he may eat[H398] bread[H3899] and drink[H8354] water[H4325]. But he lied unto him[H3584].
19. So he went back[H7725] with him[H398], and did eat bread[H3899] in his house[H1004], and drank[H8354] water[H4325].
20. And it came to pass[H3427], as they sat at the table[H7979], that the word[H1697] of Jehovah[H3068] came unto the prophet[H5030] that brought him back[H7725];
21. and he cried[H7121] unto the man[H376] of God[H430] that came[H935] from Judah[H3063], saying[H559], Thus saith[H559] Jehovah[H3068], Forasmuch as[H3282] thou hast been disobedient[H4784] unto the mouth[H6310] of Jehovah[H3068], and hast not kept[H8104] the commandment[H4687] which Jehovah[H3068] thy God[H430] commanded thee[H6680],
22. but camest back[H7725], and hast eaten[H398] bread[H3899] and drunk[H8354] water[H4325] in the place[H4725] of which he said[H1696] to thee[H398], Eat no bread[H3899], and drink[H8354] no water[H4325]; thy body[H5038] shall not come[H935] unto the sepulchre[H6913] of thy fathers[H1].
23. And it came to pass[H310], after he had eaten[H398] bread[H3899], and after[H310] he had drunk[H8354], that he saddled[H2280] for him the ass[H2543], to wit[H5030], for the prophet whom he had brought back[H7725].
24. And when he was gone[H3212], a lion[H738] met[H4672] him by the way[H1870], and slew[H4191] him[H5038]: and his body was cast[H7993] in the way[H1870], and the ass[H2543] stood[H5975] by[H681] it[H738]; the lion also stood[H5975] by the body[H5038].
25. And[H582], behold, men passed by[H5674], and saw[H7200] the body[H5038] cast[H7993] in the way[H1870], and the lion[H738] standing[H5975] by[H681] the body[H5038]; and they came[H935] and told[H1696] it in the city[H5892] where the old[H2205] prophet[H5030] dwelt[H3427].
26. And when the prophet[H5030] that brought him back[H7725] from the way[H1870] heard[H8085] thereof[H559], he said, It is the man[H376] of God[H430], who was disobedient[H4784] unto the mouth[H6310] of Jehovah[H3068]: therefore Jehovah[H3068] hath delivered[H5414] him unto the lion[H738], which hath torn[H7665] him[H4191], and slain him[H1697], according to the word of Jehovah[H3068], which he spake unto him[H1696].
27. And he spake[H1696] to his sons[H1121], saying[H559], Saddle[H2280] me the ass[H2543]. And they saddled it[H2280].
28. And he went[H3212] and found[H4672] his body[H5038] cast[H7993] in the way[H1870], and the ass[H2543] and the lion[H738] standing[H5975] by[H681] the body[H5038]: the lion[H738] had not eaten[H398] the body[H5038], nor torn[H7665] the ass[H2543].
29. And the prophet[H5030] took up[H5375] the body[H5038] of the man[H376] of God[H430], and laid[H3240] it upon the ass[H2543], and brought it back[H7725]; and he came[H935] to the city[H5892] of the old[H2205] prophet[H5030], to mourn[H5594], and to bury him[H6912].
30. And he laid[H3240] his body[H5038] in his own grave[H6913]; and they mourned[H5594] over him[H1945], saying, Alas, my brother[H251]!
31. And it came to pass[H310], after he had buried[H6912] him[H559], that he spake to his sons[H1121], saying[H559], When I am dead[H4191], then bury[H6912] me in the sepulchre[H6913] wherein the man[H376] of God[H430] is buried[H6912]; lay[H3240] my bones[H6106] beside[H681] his bones[H6106].
32. For the saying[H1697] which he cried[H7121] by the word[H1697] of Jehovah[H3068] against the altar[H4196] in Beth-el[H1008], and against all the houses[H1004] of the high places[H1116] which are in the cities[H5892] of Samaria[H8111], shall surely come to pass.
33. After[H310] this thing[H1697] Jeroboam[H3379] returned[H7725] not from his evil[H7451] way[H1870], but made[H6213] again[H7725] from among all[H7098] the people[H5971] priests[H3548] of the high places[H1116]: whosoever would[H2655], he consecrated[H4390] him[H3548], that there might be priests of the high places[H1116].
34. And this thing[H1697] became sin[H2403] unto the house[H1004] of Jeroboam[H3379], even to cut it off[H3582], and to destroy[H8045] it from off the face[H6440] of the earth[H127].
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