1 Kings Chapter 13
1 Kings is the 11th book in the Holy Bible.
This page contains 1 Kings 13:1 to 1 Kings 13:9.
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1 Kings 13:1
Now behold, there came a man of God from Judah to Bethel by the word of the LORD, while Jeroboam was standing by the altar to burn incense.
1 Kings 13:2
He cried against the altar by the word of the LORD, and said, "O altar, altar, thus says the LORD, 'Behold, a son shall be born to the house of David, Josiah by name; and on you he shall sacrifice the priests of the high places who burn incense on you, and human bones shall be burned on you.'"
1 Kings 13:3
Then he gave a sign the same day, saying, "This is the sign which the LORD has spoken, 'Behold, the altar shall be split apart and the ashes which are on it shall be poured out.'"
1 Kings 13:4
Now when the king heard the saying of the man of God, which he cried against the altar in Bethel, Jeroboam stretched out his hand from the altar, saying, "Seize him." But his hand which he stretched out against him dried up, so that he could not draw it back to himself.
1 Kings 13:5
The altar also was split apart and the ashes were poured out from the altar, according to the sign which the man of God had given by the word of the LORD.
1 Kings 13:6
The king said to the man of God, "Please entreat the LORD your God, and pray for me, that my hand may be restored to me." So the man of God entreated the LORD, and the king's hand was restored to him, and it became as it was before.
1 Kings 13:7
Then the king said to the man of God, "Come home with me and refresh yourself, and I will give you a reward."
1 Kings 13:8
But the man of God said to the king, "If you were to give me half your house I would not go with you, nor would I eat bread or drink water in this place.
1 Kings 13:9
"For so it was commanded me by the word of the LORD, saying, 'You shall eat no bread, nor drink water, nor return by the way which you came.'"
1 Kings 13:10
So he went another way and did not return by the way which he came to Bethel.
1 Kings 13:11
Now an old prophet was living in Bethel; and his sons came and told him all the deeds which the man of God had done that day in Bethel; the words which he had spoken to the king, these also they related to their father.
1 Kings 13:12
Their father said to them, "Which way did he go?" Now his sons had seen the way which the man of God who came from Judah had gone.
1 Kings 13:13
Then he said to his sons, "Saddle the donkey for me." So they saddled the donkey for him and he rode away on it.
1 Kings 13:14
So he went after the man of God and found him sitting under an oak; and he said to him, "Are you the man of God who came from Judah?" And he said, "I am."
1 Kings 13:15
Then he said to him, "Come home with me and eat bread."
1 Kings 13:16
He said, "I cannot return with you, nor go with you, nor will I eat bread or drink water with you in this place.
1 Kings 13:17
"For a command came to me by the word of the LORD, 'You shall eat no bread, nor drink water there; do not return by going the way which you came.'"
1 Kings 13:18
He said to him, "I also am a prophet like you, and an angel spoke to me by the word of the LORD, saying, 'Bring him back with you to your house, that he may eat bread and drink water.'" But he lied to him.
1 Kings 13:19
So he went back with him, and ate bread in his house and drank water.
1 Kings 13:20
Now it came about, as they were sitting down at the table, that the word of the LORD came to the prophet who had brought him back;
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