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1 Kings 13

A man of God from Judah confronts Jeroboam at Bethel and prophesies that a future king named Josiah will defile the altar. Jeroboam’s hand withers, the altar splits, and the man of God refuses the king’s hospitality because God commanded him not to eat or drink there. An old prophet deceives him into returning for a meal. Because he disobeys the command he had received, a lion kills him without eating the body. Jeroboam still does not turn from his false priesthood.

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A man of God from Judah confronts Jeroboam at Bethel and prophesies that a future king named Josiah will defile the altar. Jeroboam’s hand withers, the altar splits, and the man of God refuses the king’s hospitality because God commanded him not to eat or drink there. An old prophet deceives him into returning for a meal. Because he disobeys the command he had received, a lion kills him without eating the body. Jeroboam still does not turn from his false priesthood.

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Verses 1–10A man of God condemns Jeroboam’s altar, and the LORD gives signsVerses 11–19An old prophet deceives the man of God into returningVerses 20–25The word of the LORD judges the man of God, and a lion kills himVerses 26–32The old prophet mourns and buries the man of GodVerses 33–34Jeroboam continues in his evil way
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1And, behold, there came a man of God out of…2And he cried against the altar in the word of…3And he gave a sign the same day, saying, This…4And it came to pass, when king Jeroboam heard the…5The altar also was rent, and the ashes poured out…6And the king answered and said unto the man of…7And the king said unto the man of God, Come…8And the man of God said unto the king, If…9For so was it charged me by the word of…10So he went another way, and returned not by the…11Now there dwelt an old prophet in Bethel; and his…12And their father said unto them, What way went he?…13And he said unto his sons, Saddle me the ass.…14And went after the man of God, and found him…15Then he said unto him, Come home with me, and…16And he said, I may not return with thee, nor…17For it was said to me by the word of…18He said unto him, I am a prophet also as…19So he went back with him, and did eat bread…20And it came to pass, as they sat at the…21And he cried unto the man of God that came…22But camest back, and hast eaten bread and drunk water…23And it came to pass, after he had eaten bread,…24And when he was gone, a lion met him by…25And, behold, men passed by, and saw the carcase cast…26And when the prophet that brought him back from the…27And he spake to his sons, saying, Saddle me the…28And he went and found his carcase cast in the…29And the prophet took up the carcase of the man…30And he laid his carcase in his own grave; and…31And it came to pass, after he had buried him,…32For the saying which he cried by the word of…33After this thing Jeroboam returned not from his evil way,…34And this thing became sin unto the house of Jeroboam,…