A Man of God Confronts Jeroboam

1 Kings 13

¹ And behold, _a a man of God went from Judah to Bethel ₁ by the word of the LORD, _b and Jeroboam stood by the altar to burn incense. ² Then he cried out against the altar ₂ by the word of the LORD, and said, "O altar, altar! Thus says the LORD: 'Behold, a child, _c Josiah by name, shall be born to the house of David; and on you he shall sacrifice the priests of the high places who burn incense on you, and men's bones shall be _d burned on you.' " ³ And he gave _e a sign the same day, saying, "This is the sign which the LORD has spoken: Surely the altar shall split apart, and the ashes on it shall be poured out." ⁴ So it came to pass when King Jeroboam heard the saying of the man of God, who cried out against the altar in Bethel, that he stretched out his hand from the altar, saying, "Arrest him!" Then his hand, which he stretched out toward him, withered, so that he could not pull it back to himself. ⁵ The altar also was split apart, 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. ⁶ Then the king answered and said to the man of God, "Please _f entreat the favor of 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 became as before. ⁷ Then the king said to the man of God, "Come home with me and refresh yourself, and _g I will give you a reward." ⁸ But the man of God said to the king, _h "If you were to give me half your house, I would not go in with you; nor would I eat bread nor drink water in this place. ⁹ "For so it was commanded me by the word of the LORD, saying, _i 'You shall not eat bread, nor drink water, nor return by the same way you came.' " ¹⁰ So he went another way and did not return by the way he came to Bethel.

1. Cross References
   2 Kings 23:17
   Then he said, "What gravestone is this that I see?" So the men of the city told him, " It is the tomb of the man of God who came from Judah and proclaimed these things which you have done against the altar of Bethel.
   
2. Cross References
   1 Kings 12:32
   Jeroboam ordained a feast on the fifteenth day of the eighth month, like the feast that was in Judah, and offered sacrifices on the altar. So he did at Bethel, sacrificing to the calves that he had made. And at Bethel he installed the priests of the high places which he had made.
   1 Kings 12:33
   So he made offerings on the altar which he had made at Bethel on the fifteenth day of the eighth month, in the month which he had devised in his own heart. And he ordained a feast for the children of Israel, and offered sacrifices on the altar and burned incense.
   
3. Cross References
   2 Kings 23:15
   Moreover the altar that was at Bethel, and the high place which Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel sin, had made, both that altar and the high place he broke down; and he burned the high place and crushed it to powder, and burned the wooden image.
   2 Kings 23:16
   As Josiah turned, he saw the tombs that were there on the mountain. And he sent and took the bones out of the tombs and burned them on the altar, and defiled it according to the word of the LORD which the man of God proclaimed, who proclaimed these words.
   
4. Cross References
   Leviticus 26:30
   I will destroy your high places, cut down your incense altars, and cast your carcasses on the lifeless forms of your idols; and My soul shall abhor you.
   
5. Cross References
   Exodus 4:1 - 5
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   Judges 6:17
   Then he said to Him, "If now I have found favor...
   Isaiah 7:14
   Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign...
   Isaiah 38:7
   And this is the sign to you from the LORD, that...
   John 2:18
   So the Jews answered and said to Him, "What sig...
   1 Corinthians 1:22
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6. Cross References
   Exodus 8:8
   Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron, and sa...
   Exodus 9:28
   "Entreat the LORD, that there may be no more mi...
   Exodus 10:17
   "Now therefore, please forgive my sin only this...
   Numbers 21:7
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   Jeremiah 37:3
   And Zedekiah the king sent Jehucal the son of S...
   Acts 8:24
   Then Simon answered and said, "Pray to the Lord...
   James 5:16
   Confess your trespasses to one another, and pra...
   
7. Cross References
   1 Samuel 9:7
   Then Saul said to his servant, "But look, if we go, what shall we bring the man? For the bread in our vessels is all gone, and there is no present to bring to the man of God. What do we have?
   2 Kings 5:15
   And he returned to the man of God, he and all his aides, and came and stood before him; and he said, "Indeed, now I know that there is no God in all the earth, except in Israel; now therefore, please take a gift from your servant.
   
8. Cross References
   Numbers 22:18
   Then Balaam answered and said to the servants of Balak, "Though Balak were to give me his house full of silver and gold, I could not go beyond the word of the LORD my God, to do less or more.
   Numbers 24:13
   If Balak were to give me his house full of silver and gold, I could not go beyond the word of the LORD, to do good or bad of my own will. What the LORD says, that I must speak'?
   1 Kings 13:16
   And he said, "I cannot return with you nor go in with you; neither can I eat bread nor drink water with you in this place.
   1 Kings 13:17
   "For I have been told by the word of the LORD, 'You shall not eat bread nor drink water there, nor return by going the way you came.'"
   
9. Cross References
   1 Corinthians 5:11
   But now I have written to you not to keep company with anyone named a brother, who is sexually immoral, or covetous, or an idolater, or a reviler, or a drunkard, or an extortioner - not even to eat with such a person.