1 Kings 13
Overview
13:1 Jeroboam's hand withers,
13:6 and at the prayer of the prophet is restored;
13:7 The prophet departs from Beth-el;
13:11 An old prophet brings him back;
13:20 He is reproved by God,
13:23 slain by a lion,
13:26 buried by the old prophet,
13:31 who confirms his prophecy;
13:33 Jeroboam's obstinacy. Verse 1there came1 Kings 12:22; 2 Kings 23:17; 2 Chronicles 9:29 by the word1 Kings 13:5, 13:9, 13:26, 13:32, 20:35; Jeremiah 25:3; 1 Thessalonians 4:15 Jeroboam1 Kings 12:32, 12:33; 2 Chronicles 26:18 burnor, offer, Numbers 16:40; Jeremiah 11:12, 32:29; Malachi 1:11; Revelation 8:3ReciprocalLeviticus 10:1 - put incense; Deuteronomy 33:1 - the man; Joshua 14:6 - the man; 1 Samuel 2:27 - a man; 9:6 - city; 2 Samuel 12:1 - the Lord; 1 Kings 11:26 - Jeroboam; 13:14 - Art thou; 13:17 - by the word; 17:18 - O thou man; 20:28 - there came; 2 Kings 2:2 - Bethel; 4:9 - man of God; 8:7 - General; 16:12 - approached; 17:11 - burnt; 23:16 - burned; 23:18 - the bones of the prophet; 2 Chronicles 8:14 - so had David the man of God commanded; 25:7 - a man of God; 26:16 - to burn; Psalm 90:1 - the man; Jeremiah 35:4 - a man; Hosea 12:10 - have also; Amos 7:13 - for; 1 Timothy 6:11 - O man; 2 Peter 1:21 - in old time Verse 2O altarDeuteronomy 32:1; Isaiah 1:2, 58:1; Jeremiah 22:29; Ezekiel 36:1, 36:4, 38:4; Luke 19:40 Josiah by name2 Kings 22:1, 22:2, 23:15-18; 2 Chronicles 34:1, 34:4-7; Isaiah 42:9, 44:26-28, 46:10; 48:5-7 offer2 Kings 23:15-17ReciprocalLeviticus 10:1 - put incense; 26:30 - I will destroy; 1 Kings 13:32 - the saying; 20:35 - in the word; 2 Kings 2:2 - Bethel; 17:23 - as he had said; 17:27 - one of the priests; 23:16 - burned; 23:20 - he slew; 2 Chronicles 34:5 - he; Ecclesiastes 3:2 - time to be born; Isaiah 7:2 - the house; Jeremiah 8:1 - General; Ezekiel 6:4 - and I; 37:4 - Prophesy; Hosea 10:8 - their altars; Amos 3:14 - I will; Matthew 1:10 - Josias Verse 3Exodus 4:3-5, 4:8, 4:9, 7:10; Deuteronomy 13:1-3; 1 Samuel 2:34; 2 Kings 20:8; Isaiah 7:11-14; 38:6-8, 38:22; Jeremiah 44:29; Matthew 12:38-40; John 2:18; 1 Corinthians 1:22ReciprocalDeuteronomy 13:2 - General; 1 Kings 13:5 - General; Isaiah 37:30 - this shall; 44:26 - confirmeth; John 6:30 - What Verse 4Lay hold2 Chronicles 16:10, 18:25-27, 25:15, 25:16; Psalm 105:15; Jeremiah 20:2-4; 26:8-11, 26:20-23, 38:4-6; Amos 7:10-17; Matthew 25:40, 26:57; Mark 14:44-46; John 13:20; Acts 6:12-14 his handGenesis 19:11; 2 Kings 6:18-20; Jeremiah 20:4-6; Luke 3:19, 3:20, 6:10; John 18:6; Acts 9:4, 9:5, 13:8-11; Revelation 11:5Reciprocal2 Samuel 12:13 - David; 1 Kings 12:22 - the man; Ezekiel 11:13 - when; Hosea 7:5 - he stretched; Zechariah 11:17 - his arm; Matthew 12:10 - which; Mark 3:1 - withered; Luke 6:6 - there; John 5:3 - withered Verse 51 Kings 13:3, 22:28, 22:35; Exodus 9:18-25; Numbers 16:23-35; Deuteronomy 18:22; Jeremiah 28:16, 28:17; Mark 16:20; Acts 5:1-10Reciprocal1 Kings 12:22 - the man; 13:1 - by the word; 17:16 - according; 2 Kings 21:26 - Josiah; John 6:30 - What Verse 6nowExodus 8:8, 8:28, 9:28, 10:17, 12:32; Numbers 21:7; 1 Samuel 12:19; Jeremiah 37:3, 42:2-4; Acts 8:24; James 5:16; Revelation 3:9 besoughtExodus 8:12, 8:13; Numbers 12:13; 1 Samuel 12:23; Matthew 5:44; Luke 6:27, 6:28, 23:34; Acts 7:60; Romans 12:14, 12:21; James 5:16-18 LordHeb. face of the LordReciprocalGenesis 20:7 - pray; Numbers 12:11 - I beseech thee; Deuteronomy 33:1 - the man; Judges 11:8 - the elders; 2 Kings 1:13 - besought; Zechariah 7:2 - pray before the Lord; Mark 3:5 - Stretch; Luke 6:10 - Stretch Verse 7refreshGenesis 18:5; Judges 13:15, 19:21 I will giveAs great men in the East make no presents to equals or inferiors when visited, Sir John Chardin thinks that the king intended by this to treat the prophet as his superior. 1 Samuel 9:7, 9:8; 2 Kings 5:15; Jeremiah 40:5; Malachi 1:10; Acts 8:18-20; 1 Peter 5:2ReciprocalJudges 19:5 - Comfort; 1 Kings 14:3 - And take; 2 Kings 5:5 - and took Verse 8IfNumbers 22:18, 24:13; Exodus 5:3, 5:6, 7:2; Mark 6:23 go2 Kings 5:16, 5:26, 5:27; Mark 6:11; 2 Corinthians 11:9, 11:10ReciprocalGenesis 14:23 - That I; Deuteronomy 9:9 - I neither; 1 Kings 13:16 - General; 18:4 - bread and water; Ezekiel 18:11 - eaten Verse 9For1 Kings 13:1, 13:21, 13:22; 1 Samuel 15:22; Job 23:12; John 13:17, 15:9, 15:10, 15:14 Eat no breadNumbers 16:26; Deuteronomy 13:13-18; Psalm 141:4; Romans 16:17; 1 Corinthians 5:11; Ephesians 5:11; 2 John 1:10, 1:11; Revelation 18:4ReciprocalDeuteronomy 9:9 - I neither; 1 Kings 13:16 - General; 13:19 - General; 13:26 - which he spake; 18:4 - bread and water; 1 Thessalonians 4:15 - by the Verse 11an old prophet1 Kings 13:20, 13:21; Numbers 23:4, 23:5, 24:2; 1 Samuel 10:11; 2 Kings 23:18; Ezekiel 13:2, 13:16; Matthew 7:22; 2 Peter 2:16 sonsHeb. soncame1 Timothy 3:5Reciprocal1 Kings 12:22 - the man Verse 131 Kings 13:27; Numbers 22:21; Judges 5:10, 10:4; 2 Samuel 19:26Reciprocal2 Kings 4:24 - Then she Verse 14sitting1 Kings 19:4; John 4:6, 4:34; 1 Corinthians 4:11, 4:12; 2 Corinthians 11:27; Philippians 4:12, 4:13 Art thou1 Kings 13:1ReciprocalJoshua 14:6 - the man Verse 161 Kings 13:8, 13:9; Genesis 3:1-3; Numbers 22:13, 22:19; Matthew 4:10, 16:23Reciprocal1 Kings 18:4 - bread and water Verse 17It wasHeb. a word wasby the word1 Kings 13:1, 20:35; 1 Thessalonians 4:15Reciprocal1 Kings 13:21 - Thus saith; Romans 3:7 - if the truth Verse 18an angelNumbers 22:35; Judges 6:11, 6:12, 13:3 ButGenesis 3:4, 3:5; Isaiah 9:15; Jeremiah 5:12, 5:31, 23:14, 23:17, 23:32, 28:15, 28:16; Ezekiel 13:9, 13:10, 13:22; Matthew 7:15, 24:24; Romans 16:18; 2 Corinthians 11:3, 11:13-15; 2 Peter 2:1; 1 John 4:1; Revelation 19:20ReciprocalGenesis 27:19 - I am; Exodus 18:17 - not good; Leviticus 19:11 - lie one; Deuteronomy 13:1 - a prophet; 1 Samuel 2:24 - ye make; 21:2 - The king; 1 Kings 20:35 - in the word; 2 Kings 5:22 - My master; 18:25 - Amos I now; Proverbs 11:9 - An hypocrite; Isaiah 36:10 - General; Jeremiah 28:11 - Thus; Micah 2:11 - a man; Romans 3:7 - if the truth; Ephesians 4:25 - putting; 1 Thessalonians 4:15 - by the; 1 Timothy 4:2 - lies Verse 191 Kings 13:9; Genesis 3:6; Deuteronomy 13:1, 13:3, 13:5, 18:20; Acts 4:19; 2 Peter 2:18, 2:19Reciprocal1 Kings 13:22 - eaten Verse 20the word of the Lord"A great clamour," says Dr. Kennicott, "has been raised against this part of history, on account of God's denouncing sentence on the true prophet by the mouth of the false prophet; but if we examine with attention the original words here, they will be found to signify either he who brought him back, or, whom he had brought back; for the very same words, asher heshivo, occur again, 1 Kings 13:23, where they are now translated, whom he had brought back; and where they cannot be translated otherwise. This being the case, we are at liberty to consider the words of the Lord as delivered to the true prophet, thus brought back; and then the sentence is pronounced by God himself, calling to him out of heaven, as in Genesis 22:11. And that this doom was thus pronounced by God, not by the false prophet, we are assured in 1 Kings 13:26. The Lord hath delivered him unto the lion, according to the word of the Lord, which He spake unto him.' Josephus (and also the Arabic) asserts, that the sentence was declared by God to the true prophet." Numbers 23:5, 23:16, 24:4, 24:16-24; Matthew 7:22; John 11:51; 1 Corinthians 13:2Reciprocal1 Kings 13:11 - an old prophet; 14:6 - for I am; Jeremiah 1:2 - the word Verse 21Thus saith1 Kings 13:17; Genesis 3:7; Esther 6:13; Jeremiah 2:19; Galatians 1:8, 1:9 thou hast disobeyedLeviticus 10:3; Numbers 20:12, 20:24; 1 Samuel 4:18, 13:13, 13:14, 15:19, 15:22-24; 2 Samuel 6:7; 12:9-11, 24:13; Revelation 3:19ReciprocalNumbers 20:11 - smote; Deuteronomy 4:22 - General; 32:51 - because ye; 1 Kings 13:9 - For; 13:11 - an old prophet; 20:36 - General; 1 Chronicles 21:10 - that I may; 2 Chronicles 22:9 - in Samaria; Lamentations 1:18 - commandment; Ezekiel 2:8 - Be; 1 Corinthians 11:30 - many Verse 22eaten1 Kings 13:19 of the13:9 carcase13:30, 14:13; 2 Chronicles 21:19, 21:20; Isaiah 14:18-20; Jeremiah 22:18, 22:19ReciprocalGenesis 47:30 - General; Deuteronomy 4:22 - General; 2 Samuel 19:37 - by the grave; 1 Chronicles 21:10 - that I may; Ezekiel 2:8 - Be; 18:11 - eaten; Amos 8:14 - sin; 1 Thessalonians 4:15 - by the Verse 23Reciprocal1 Kings 13:20 - the word of the Lord; 2 Kings 4:24 - Then she Verse 24a lion1 Kings 20:36; 2 Kings 2:24; Proverbs 22:13, 26:13; Amos 5:19; 1 Corinthians 11:31, 11:32; 1 Peter 4:17, 4:18ReciprocalGenesis 37:20 - Some; 37:33 - evil beast; Exodus 4:24 - sought; Numbers 22:33 - surely; 1 Kings 12:31 - an house; 2 Kings 17:25 - the Lord sent; Proverbs 11:31 - General; Isaiah 38:13 - as a lion Verse 26the manLeviticus 10:3; 2 Samuel 12:10, 12:14; Psalm 119:120; Proverbs 11:31; Ezekiel 9:6; 1 Corinthians 11:30; Habakkuk 3:1, 3:1; 1 Peter 4:17 tornHeb. brokenwhich he spake1 Kings 13:9Reciprocal13:1 - by the word; 13:20 - the word of the Lord; 20:36 - General; Jeremiah 35:4 - a man; Romans 3:7 - if the truth; 1 Timothy 6:11 - O man Verse 27Reciprocal1 Kings 13:13 - General Verse 28the lion hadAll here was supernatural. The lion, though he had killed the man, yet, contrary to his nature, did not devour him, nor tear the ass, nor meddle with the travellers that passed by; while the ass stood quietly by, not fearing the lion, nor betaking himself to flight: both stood as guardians of the fallen prophet, till this extraordinary intelligence was carried into the city which rendered the miracle the more illustrious and plainly shewed that this event did not happen by chance. This concatenation of miracles marked the death of the man of God as a Divine rebuke for his disobedience in eating bread at idolatrous Beth-el; and here we see, as in various other cases, that "often judgment begins at the house of God." The true prophet, for suffering himself to be seduced by the old prophet, and for receiving that as a revelation from God which was opposed to the revelation which himself had received, and which was confirmed by so many miracles, is slain by a lion, and his body deprived of the burial of his fathers; while the wicked king and the fallen prophet are both permitted to live. 1 Kings 17:4, 17:6; Leviticus 10:2, 10:5; Job 38:11; Psalm 148:7, 148:8; Jeremiah 5:22, 5:23; Daniel 3:22, 3:27, 3:28, 6:22-24; Acts 16:26; Habakkuk 3:1, 3:1 tornHeb. broken

Verse 29ReciprocalMark 6:29 - they came Verse 30mourned over1 Kings 14:13; Jeremiah 22:18; Acts 8:2Reciprocal1 Kings 13:22 - carcase; 2 Kings 23:17 - It is the sepulchre; Mark 6:29 - they came Verse 31lay my bonesNumbers 23:10; Psalm 26:9; Ecclesiastes 8:10; Luke 16:22, 16:23Reciprocal2 Kings 17:32 - the houses; 23:17 - It is the sepulchre; 23:18 - the bones of the prophet Verse 32the saying1 Kings 13:2; 2 Kings 23:16-19 the houses1 Kings 12:29, 12:31; Leviticus 26:30 in the cities1 Kings 16:24; 2 Chronicles 25:13; Ezra 4:10; John 4:4, 4:5Reciprocal1 Kings 13:1 - by the word; 21:18 - which is in Samaria; 2 Kings 10:1 - in Samaria; 23:19 - the houses; Micah 1:5 - is it Verse 33 amJeroboam1 Kings 12:31-33; 2 Chronicles 11:15, 13:9; Amos 6:11 made againHeb. returned and made, Psalm 78:34; Jeremiah 18:4 *marg. 2 Timothy 3:13 whosoeverNumbers 1:51, 3:10, 17:5, 17:12, 17:13 consecrated himHeb. filled his hand, Exodus 28:41 *marg. Judges 17:12Reciprocal17:5 - consecrated; 1 Kings 14:1 - that time; 14:9 - hast done; 15:26 - walked; 15:34 - walked; 16:2 - thou hast walked; 16:26 - he walked; 2 Kings 3:3 - he departed; 10:29 - the sins; 17:32 - made unto themselves; 2 Chronicles 11:14 - Jeroboam; 17:4 - not after; Amos 7:10 - the priest; Micah 1:13 - she Verse 34became sin1 Kings 12:30; 2 Kings 10:31, 17:21 to cut it off1 Kings 12:26, 14:10, 15:29, 15:30; Proverbs 13:6ReciprocalExodus 9:15 - cut off; Leviticus 14:35 - a plague; Deuteronomy 6:15 - destroy; Judges 17:5 - consecrated; 17:12 - his priest; 1 Kings 14:9 - hast done; 14:16 - who did sin; 15:26 - walked; 15:34 - walked; 16:2 - thou hast walked; 16:26 - he walked; 2 Kings 10:29 - the sins; 2 Chronicles 17:4 - not after; Psalm 21:10 - General; Jeremiah 28:16 - I will; Hosea 8:4 - that they; 10:8 - the sin; Amos 9:8 - and I; Micah 1:13 - she