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And his hand, which he put forth against him, dried up, so that he could not draw it back again to him. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/13-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>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. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/13-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>And the king answered and said unto the man of God, Entreat now the favour of the LORD thy God, and pray for me, that my hand may be restored me again. And the man of God entreated the LORD, and the king's hand was restored him again, and became as it was before. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/13-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>And the king said unto the man of God, Come home with me, and refresh thyself, and I will give thee a reward. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/13-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>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: <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/13-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>for so was it charged me by the word of the LORD, saying, Thou shalt eat no bread, nor drink water, neither return by the way that thou camest. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/13-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>So he went another way, and returned not by the way that he came to Beth-el.</p> <a name="11" id="11"></a><p class="hdg">The Prophet's Disobedience<br /><p class="cross">(<a href="../leviticus/20.htm">Leviticus 20:1-9</a>; <a href="../leviticus/26.htm#14">Leviticus 26:14-39</a>; <a href="../deuteronomy/28.htm#15">Deuteronomy 28:15-68</a>; <a href="../1_samuel/15.htm">1 Samuel 15:1-9</a>)</p></p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/13-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Now there dwelt an old prophet in Beth-el; and one of his sons came and told him all the works that the man of God had done that day in Beth-el: the words which he had spoken unto the king, them also they told unto their father. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/13-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>And their father said unto them, What way went he? Now his sons had seen what way the man of God went, which came from Judah. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/13-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>And he said unto his sons, Saddle me the ass. So they saddled him the ass: and he rode thereon. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/13-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>And he 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. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/13-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Then he said unto him, Come home with me, and eat bread. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/13-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>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: <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/13-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>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. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/13-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>And he said unto him, I also am a prophet 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. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/13-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>So he went back with him, and did eat bread in his house, and drank water.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/13-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>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: <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/13-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>and he cried unto the man of God that came from Judah, saying, Thus saith the LORD, Forasmuch as thou hast been disobedient unto the mouth of the LORD, and hast not kept the commandment which the LORD thy God commanded thee, <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/13-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>but camest back, and hast eaten bread and drunk water in the place of the which he said to thee, Eat no bread, and drink no water; thy carcase shall not come unto the sepulchre of thy fathers. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/13-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>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. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/13-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>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. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/13-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>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.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/13-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>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 mouth 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. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/13-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>And he spake to his sons, saying, Saddle me the ass. And they saddled it. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/13-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>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. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/13-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>And the prophet took up the carcase of the man of God, and laid it upon the ass, and brought it back: and he came to the city of the old prophet, to mourn, and to bury him. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/13-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>And he laid his carcase in his own grave; and they mourned over him, saying, Alas, my brother! <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/13-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>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. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/13-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>For the saying which he cried by the word of the LORD against the altar in Beth-el, and against all the houses of the high places which are in the cities of Samaria, shall surely come to pass.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/13-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span>After this thing Jeroboam returned not from his evil way, but made again from among all the people priests of the high places: whosoever would, he consecrated him, that there might be priests of the high places. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/13-34.htm"><b>34</b></a></span>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.</p></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">English Revised Version, 1885<br /><br /><a href="//bereanbible.com">Section Headings Courtesy BereanBible.com<br />© 2013, 2014 Used by Permission</a><span class="p"><br /><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/">Bible Hub</a></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../1_kings/12.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="1 Kings 12"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="1 Kings 12" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../1_kings/14.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="1 Kings 14"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="1 Kings 14" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="rightbox"><div class="padright"><div id="pic"><iframe width="100%" height="860" scrolling="no" src="//biblescan.com/mpad/1_kings/13-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></div></div><div id="rightbox4"><div class="padright2"><div id="spons1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td class="sp1"><iframe src="//biblemenus.com/adframe120.htm" width="122" height="602" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe><br /><br /></td></tr></table></div></div></div> <div align="center"><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnm2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe><div align="center"><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span></div></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>