And, behold, there came a man
of God
out of Judah
by the word
of the LORD
unto Bethel
: and Jeroboam
stood
by the altar
to burn incense
.
And he cried against the altar
in the word
of the LORD
, and said
, O altar
, altar
, thus saith
the LORD
; 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.
And he gave a sign
the same day
, saying
, This is the sign
which the LORD
hath spoken
; Behold, the altar
shall be rent
, and the ashes
that are upon it shall be poured out
.
And it came to pass, when king Jeroboam
heard
the saying
of the man
of God
, 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.
The altar also was rent
, and the ashes
poured out
from the altar
, according to the sign
which the man
of God
had given
by the word
of the LORD
.
And the king answered
and said
unto the man
of God
, Intreat
now the face
of the LORD
thy God
, and pray
for me, that my hand
may be restored me again
. And the man
of God
besought
the LORD
, and the king's
hand
was restored him again
, and became as it was before
.
And the king said
unto the man
of God
, Come
home
with me, and refresh
thyself, and I will give
thee a reward
.
And the man of God
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
:
For so was it charged me by the word
of the LORD
, saying
, Eat
no bread
, nor drink
water
, nor turn again
by the same way
that thou camest
.
So he went another
way
, and returned
not by the way
that he came
to Bethel
.
Now there dwelt an
old
prophet
in Bethel
; and his sons
came
and told
him all the works
that the man
of God
had done
that day
in Bethel
: the words
which he had spoken
unto the king
, them they told
also to their father
.
And their father said
unto them, What way
went
he? For his sons
had seen
what
way
the man
of God
went
, which came
from Judah
.
And he said unto his sons
, Saddle
me the ass
. So they saddled
him the ass
: and he rode
thereon,
And went after
the man
of God
, and found
him sitting
under an oak
: and he said
unto him, Art thou the man
of God
that camest
from Judah
? And he said
, I am .
Then he said unto him, Come
home
with me, and eat
bread
.
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
:
For it was said to me by the word
of the LORD
, Thou shalt eat
no bread
nor drink
water
there, nor turn again
to go
by the way
that thou camest
.
He said unto him, I am a prophet
also as thou art ; and an angel
spake
unto me by the word
of the LORD
, saying
, Bring him back
with thee into thine house
, that he may eat
bread
and drink
water
. But he lied
unto him.
So he went back with him, and did eat
bread
in his house
, and drank
water
.
And it came to pass, as they sat at the table
, that the word
of the LORD
came unto the prophet
that brought him back
:
And he cried unto the man
of God
that came
from Judah
, saying
, Thus saith
the LORD
, Forasmuch as
thou hast disobeyed
the mouth
of the LORD
, and hast not kept
the commandment
which the LORD
thy God
commanded
thee,
But camest back, and hast eaten
bread
and drunk
water
in the place
, of the which the LORD did say
to thee, Eat
no bread
, and drink
no water
; thy carcase
shall not come
unto the sepulchre
of thy fathers
.
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
.
And when he was gone, a lion
met
him by the way
, and slew
him: and his carcase
was cast
in the way
, and the ass
stood
by
it, the lion
also stood
by the carcase
.
And, behold, men passed by
, and saw
the carcase
cast
in the way
, and the lion
standing
by
the carcase
: and they came
and told
it in the city
where the old
prophet
dwelt
.
And when the prophet that brought him back
from the way
heard
thereof , he said
, It is the man
of God
, who was disobedient
unto the word
of the LORD
: therefore the LORD
hath delivered
him unto the lion
, which hath torn
him, and slain
him, according to the word
of the LORD
, which he spake
unto him.
And he spake to his sons
, saying
, Saddle
me the ass
. And they saddled
him .
And he went and found
his carcase
cast
in the way
, and the ass
and the lion
standing
by
the carcase
: the lion
had not eaten
the carcase
, nor torn
the ass
.
And the prophet took up
the carcase
of the man
of God
, and laid
it upon the ass
, and brought it back
: and the old
prophet
came
to the city
, to mourn
and to bury
him.
And he laid his carcase
in his own grave
; and they mourned
over him, saying , Alas
, my brother
!
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 God
is buried
; lay
my bones
beside
his bones
:
For the saying which he cried
by the word
of the LORD
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.
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
.
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
.