1 A man of God came from Judah to Bethel by the word of the LORD, while Jeroboam was standing at the altar to offer sacrifice.
2 He cried out against the altar the word of the LORD: "O altar, altar, the LORD says, 'A child shall be born to the house of David, Josiah by name, who shall slaughter upon you the priests of the high places who offer sacrifice upon you, and he shall burn human bones upon you.'"
3 He gave a sign that same day and said: "This is the sign that the LORD has spoken: The altar shall break up and the ashes on it shall be strewn about.
4 When King Jeroboam heard what the man of God was crying out against the altar, he stretched forth his hand from the altar and said, "Seize him!" But the hand he stretched forth against him withered, so that he could not draw it back.
5 Moreover, the altar broke up and the ashes from it were strewn about--the sign the man of God had given as the word of the LORD.
6 Then the king appealed to the man of God. "Entreat the LORD, your God," he said, "and intercede for me that I may be able to withdraw my hand." So the man of God entreated the LORD, and the king recovered the normal use of his hand.
7 "Come home with me for some refreshment," the king invited the man of God, "and I will give you a present."
8 "If you gave me half your kingdom," the man of God said to the king, "I would not go with you, nor eat bread or drink water in this place.
9 For I was instructed by the word of the LORD not to eat bread or drink water and not to return by the way I came."
10 So he departed by another road and did not go back the way he had come to Bethel.
11 There was an old prophet living in the city, whose sons came and told him all that the man of God had done that day in Bethel. When they repeated to their father the words he had spoken to the king,
12 the father asked them, "Which way did he go?" And his sons pointed out to him the road taken by the man of God who had come from Judah.
13 Then he said to his sons, "Saddle the ass for me." When they had saddled it, he mounted
14 and followed the man of God, whom he found seated under a terebinth. When he asked him, "Are you the man of God who came from Judah?" he answered, "Yes."
15 Then he said, "Come home with me and have some bread."
16 "I cannot go back with you, and I cannot eat bread or drink water with you in this place," he answered,
17 "for I was told by the word of the LORD neither to eat bread nor drink water here, and not to go back the way I came."
18 But he said to him, "I, too, am a prophet like you, and an angel told me in the word of the LORD to bring you back with me to my house and to have you eat bread and drink water." He was lying to him, however.
19 So he went back with him, and ate bread and drank water in his house.
20 But while they were sitting at table, the LORD spoke to the prophet who had brought him back,
21 and he cried out to the man of God who had come from Judah: "The LORD says, 'Because you rebelled against the command of the LORD and did not keep the command which the LORD, your God, gave you,
22 but returned and ate bread and drank water in the place where he told you to do neither, your corpse shall not be brought to the grave of your ancestors.'"
23 After he had eaten bread and drunk water, the ass was saddled for him, and he again
24 set out. But a lion met him on the road, and killed him. His corpse lay sprawled on the road, and the ass remained standing by it, and so did the lion.
25 Some passers-by saw the body lying in the road, with the lion standing beside it, and carried the news to the city where the old prophet lived.
26 On hearing it, the prophet who had brought him back from his journey said: "It is the man of God who rebelled against the command of the LORD. He has delivered him to a lion, which mangled and killed him, as the LORD predicted to him."
27 Then he said to his sons, "Saddle the ass for me." When they had saddled it,
28 he went off and found the body lying in the road with the ass and the lion standing beside it. The lion had not eaten the body nor had it harmed the ass.
29 The prophet lifted up the body of the man of God and put it on the ass, and brought it back to the city to mourn over it and to bury it.
30 He laid the man's body in his own grave, and they mourned over it: "Alas, my brother!"
31 After he had buried him, he said to his sons, "When I die, bury me in the grave where the man of God is buried. Lay my remains beside his.
32 For the word of the LORD which he proclaimed against the altar in Bethel and against all the shrines on the high places in the cities of Samaria shall certainly come to pass."
33 Jeroboam did not give up his evil ways after this event, but again made priests for the high places from among the common people. Whoever desired it was consecrated and became a priest of the high places.
34 This was a sin on the part of the house of Jeroboam for which it was to be cut off and destroyed from the earth.
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Chapter 13 of 1 Kings narrates the story of a prophet who is sent by God to rebuke King Jeroboam for his idolatry. The prophet performs a miracle before the king, but is deceived by an elderly man who is passed by a prophet and convinces him to disobey God's instructions. As a result, the prophet is killed by a lion. Below are five verses from other Bible books that relate to the topics addressed in 1 Kings 13.
Deuteronomy 13:1-4: "If a prophet or someone who has dreams and gives you a sign or wonder arises, and if this sign or wonder he has announced if he fulfills, and if he says, 'Let's follow Other gods' - gods you do not know - 'and let us worship them,' do not listen to the words of this prophet or dreamer. The Lord, your God, is testing you to know if you love you with all your heart and all the soul." This verse highlights the importance of obeying God's instructions, even when it may seem difficult or contrary to other people's opinions.
Jeremiah 23:16: "Thus saith the Lord of hosts: 'Do not listen to what the prophets say. They are making them foolish. They speak visions of their own minds, not the mouth of the Lord." This verse warns against believing In false prophets who speak in the name of God, but whose words are not really inspired by Him.
2 Peter 2:1: "There have also been false prophets among the people, just as there will be false masters. They will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the sovereign who rescued them, bringing upon themselves sudden destruction." This verse warns that there are still people who are going through spiritual leaders, but in fact they are preaching misleading messages that can take people away from God.
Psalm 119:105: "Lamp for my feet is your word, and light to my way." This verse highlights the importance of God's Word as a guide to the Christian life. The Prophet in 1 Kings 13 would have avoided death if he had faithfully followed God's instructions.
Proverbs 3:5-6: "Trust in the Lord with all your heart and do not rely on your own understanding; recognize the Lord in all your ways, and He will straighten your paths." This verse encourages Christians to trust God instead of trusting themselves or in other people's opinions. This is especially important in situations where the choices we make can have serious consequences.
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