13:1 And behold, there came a man of Elohim out
of Judah by the word of Yehovah to Baethel, and Jeroboam stood at the altar
to sacrifice.
13:2 And he cried against the altar by the word of Yehovah, and said, O
altar, altar, thus saith Yehovah, Behold, a son is [to be] born to the
house of David, Josias by name; and he shall offer upon thee the priests of
the high places, [even] of them that sacrifice upon thee, and [he] shall
burn men's bones upon thee.
13:3 And in that day one shall give a sign, saying, This [is] the word which
Yehovah has spoken, saying, Behold, the altar is rent, and the fatness upon
it shall be poured out.
13:4 And it came to pass when king Jeroboam heard the words of the man of
Elohim who called on the altar that was in Baethel, that the king stretched
forth his hand from the altar, saying, Take hold of him. And, behold, his
hand, which he stretched forth against him, withered, and he could not draw
it back to himself.
13:5 And the altar was rent, and the fatness was poured out from the altar,
according to the sign which the man of Elohim gave by the word of Yehovah.
13:6 And king Jeroboam said to the man of Elohim, Intreat Yehovah thy Elohim, and
let my hand be restored to me. And the man of Elohim intreated Yehovah, and he
restored the king's hand to him, and it became as before.
13:7 And the king said to the man of Elohim, Enter with me into the house, and
dine, and I will give thee a gift.
13:8 And the man of Elohim said to the king, If thou shouldest give me the half
of thine house, I would not go in with thee, neither will I eat bread,
neither will I drink water in this place; for thus Yehovah charged me by
[his] word, saying,
13:9 Eat no bread, and drink no water, and return not by the way by which
thou camest.
13:10 So he departed by another way, and returned not by the way by which he
came to Baethel.
13:11 And there dwelt an old prophet in Baethel; and his sons came and told
him all the works that the man of Elohim did on that day in Baethel, and the
words which he spoke to the king: and they turned the face of their father.
13:12 And their father spoke to them, saying, Which way went he? and his
sons shew him the way by which the man of Elohim who came out of Judah went up.
13:13 And he said to his sons, Saddle me the ass: and they saddled him the
ass, and he mounted it,
13:14 and went after the man of Elohim, and found him sitting under an oak: and
he said to him, Art thou the man of Elohim that came out of Judah? And he said
to him, I [am].
13:15 And he said to him, Come with me, and eat bread.
13:16 And he said, I shall not by any means be able to return with thee,
neither will I eat bread, neither will I drink water in this place.
13:17 For thus Yehovah commanded me by word, saying, Eat not bread there,
and drink not water, and return not thither by the way by which thou camest.
13:18 And he said to him, I also am a prophet as thou [art]; and an Messenger
spoke to me by the word of Yehovah, saying, Bring him back to thee into thy
house, and let him eat bread and drink water: but he lied to him.
13:19 And he brought him back, and he ate bread and drank water in his
house.
13:20 And it came to pass while they were sitting at the table, that the
word of Yehovah came to the prophet that brought him back;
13:21 and he spoke to the man of Elohim that came out of Judah, saying, Thus
saith Yehovah, Because thou hast resisted the word of Yehovah, and hast
not kept the commandment which Yehovah thy Elohim commanded thee,
13:22 but hast returned, and eaten bread and drunk water in the place of
which he spoke to thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat bread, and shalt not
drink water; [therefore] thy body shall in nowise enter into the sepulchre
of thy fathers.
13:23 And it came to pass after he had eaten bread and drunk water, that he
saddled the ass for him, and he turned and departed.
13:24 And a lion found him in the way, and slew him; and his body was cast
out in the was, and the ass was standing by it, and the lion [also] was
standing by the body.
13:25 And, behold, men [were] passing by, and saw the carcase cast in the
way, and the lion was standing near the carcase: and they went in and spoke
[of it] in the city where the old prophet dwelt.
13:26 And [the prophet] that turned him back out of the way heard, and said,
This is the man of Elohim who rebelled against the word of Yehovah.
13:27 {see Appendix]
13:28 And he went and found the body cast in the way, and the ass and the
lion were standing by the body: and the lion had not devoured the body of
the man of Elohim, and had not torn the ass.
13:29 And the prophet took up the body of the man of Elohim, and laid it on his
ass; and the prophet brought him back to his city, to bury him in his own
tomb,
13:30 and they bewailed him, [saying], Alas, brother.
13:31 And it came to pass after he had lamented him, that he spoke to his
sons, saying, Whenever I die, bury me in this tomb wherein the man of Elohim is
buried; lay me by his bones, that my bones may be preserved with his bones.
13:32 For the word will surely come to pass which he spoke by the word of
Yehovah against the altar in Baethel, and against the high houses in
Samaria.
13:33 And after this Jeroboam turned not from his sin, but he turned and
made of part of the people priests of the [high places]: whoever would, he
consecrated him, and he became a priest for the high places.
13:34 And this thing became sin to the house of Jeroboam, even to its
destruction and its removal from the face of the earth. |
13:1 And, behold, there came a man of Elohim
out of Judah by the word of Yehovah unto Bethel: and Jeroboam stood by the
altar to burn incense.
13:2 And he cried against the altar in the word of Yehovah, and said, O
altar, altar, thus saith Yehovah; Behold, a child shall be born unto the
house of David, Josiah 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.
13:3 And he gave a sign the same day, saying, This is the sign which the
Yehovah hath spoken; Behold, the altar shall be rent, and the ashes that are
upon it shall be poured out.
13:4 And it came to pass, when king Jeroboam heard the saying of the man of
Elohim, which had cried against the altar in Bethel, that he 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 pull it in again to him.
13:5 The altar also was rent, and the ashes poured out from the altar,
according to the sign which the man of Elohim had given by the word of the
Yehovah.
13:6 And the king answered and said unto the man of Elohim, Entreat now the
face of Yehovah thy Elohim, and pray for me, that my hand may be restored me
again. And the man of Elohim besought Yehovah, and the king's hand was
restored him again, and became as it was before.
13:7 And the king said unto the man of Elohim, Come home with me, and refresh
thyself, and I will give thee a reward.
13:8 And the man of Elohim said unto the king, If 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:
13:9 For so was it charged me by the word of Yehovah, saying, Eat no bread,
nor drink water, nor turn again by the same way that thou camest.
13:10 So he went another way, and returned not by the way that he came to
Bethel.
13:11 Now there dwelt an old prophet in Bethel; and his sons came and told
him all the works that the man of Elohim had done that day in Bethel: the words
which he had spoken unto the king, them they told also to their father.
13:12 And their father said unto them, What way went he? For his sons had
seen what way the man of Elohim went, which came from Judah.
13:13 And he said unto his sons, Saddle me the ass. So they saddled him the
ass: and he rode thereon,
13:14 And went after the man of Elohim, and found him sitting under an oak: and
he said unto him, Art thou the man of Elohim that camest from Judah? And he
said, I am.
13:15 Then he said unto him, Come home with me, and eat bread.
13:16 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:
13:17 For it was said to me by the word of Yehovah, Thou shalt eat no bread
nor drink water there, nor turn again to go by the way that thou camest.
13:18 He said unto him, I am a prophet also as thou art; and an Messenger spake
unto me by the word of Yehovah, saying, Bring him back with thee into thine
house, that he may eat bread and drink water. But he lied unto him.
13:19 So he went back with him, and did eat bread in his house, and drank
water.
13:20 And it came to pass, as they sat at the table, that the word of the
Yehovah came unto the prophet that brought him back:
13:21 And he cried unto the man of Elohim that came from Judah, saying, Thus
saith Yehovah, Forasmuch as thou hast disobeyed the mouth of Yehovah, and
hast not kept the commandment which Yehovah thy Elohim commanded thee,
13:22 But camest back, and hast eaten bread and drunk water in the place, of
the which Yehovah did say to thee, Eat no bread, and drink no water; thy
carcass shall not come unto the sepulchre of thy fathers.
13:23 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.
13:24 And when he was gone, a lion met him by the way, and slew him: and his
carcass was cast in the way, and the ass stood by it, the lion also stood by
the carcass.
13:25 And, behold, men passed by, and saw the carcass cast in the way, and
the lion standing by the carcass: and they came and told it in the city
where the old prophet dwelt.
13:26 And when the prophet that brought him back from the way heard thereof,
he said, It is the man of Elohim, who was disobedient unto the word of the
Yehovah: therefore Yehovah hath delivered him unto the lion, which hath torn
him, and slain him, according to the word of Yehovah, which he spake unto
him.
13:27 And he spake to his sons, saying, Saddle me the ass. And they saddled
him.
13:28 And he went and found his carcass cast in the way, and the ass and the
lion standing by the carcass: the lion had not eaten the carcass, nor torn
the ass.
13:29 And the prophet took up the carcass of the man of Elohim, and laid it
upon the ass, and brought it back: and the old prophet came to the city, to
mourn and to bury him.
13:30 And he laid his carcass in his own grave; and they mourned over him,
saying, Alas, my brother!
13:31 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 Elohim is buried; lay my bones beside his bones:
13:32 For the saying which he cried by the word of Yehovah against the
altar in Bethel, and against all the houses of the high places which are in
the cities of Samaria, shall surely come to pass.
13:33 After this thing Jeroboam returned not from his evil way, but made
again of the lowest of the people priests of the high places: whosoever
would, he consecrated him, and he became one of the priests of the high
places.
13:34 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. |