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Jeroboam was standing by the altar to make offerings. <a href="/bsb/1_kings/13.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> Suddenly, as Jeroboam was standing beside the altar to burn incense, there came a man of God from Judah to Bethel by the word of the LORD. <a href="/kjv/1_kings/13.htm">King James Bible</a> 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. <a href="/nkjv/1_kings/13.htm">New King James Version</a> And behold, a man of God went from Judah to Bethel by the word of the LORD, and Jeroboam stood by the altar to burn incense. <a href="/nasb_/1_kings/13.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> Now behold, a man of God came from Judah to Bethel by the word of the LORD, while Jeroboam was standing at the altar to burn incense. <a href="/nasb/1_kings/13.htm">NASB 1995</a> 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. <a href="/nasb77/1_kings/13.htm">NASB 1977 </a> 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. <a href="/lsb/1_kings/13.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> Now behold, there came a man of God from Judah to Bethel by the word of Yahweh, while Jeroboam was standing by the altar to burn incense. <a href="/amp/1_kings/13.htm">Amplified Bible</a> Now behold, there came a man of God from Judah to Bethel by the word (command) of the LORD, while Jeroboam was standing by the altar [which he had built] to burn incense. <a href="/csb/1_kings/13.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> A man of God came, however, from Judah to Bethel by the word of the LORD while Jeroboam was standing beside the altar to burn incense. <a href="/hcsb/1_kings/13.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> A man of God came from Judah to Bethel by a revelation from the LORD while Jeroboam was standing beside the altar to burn incense. <a href="/asv/1_kings/13.htm">American Standard Version</a> And, behold, there came a man of God out of Judah by the word of Jehovah unto Beth-el: and Jeroboam was standing by the altar to burn incense. <a href="/erv/1_kings/13.htm">English Revised Version</a> And, behold, there came a man of God out of Judah by the word of the LORD unto Beth-el: and Jeroboam was standing by the altar to burn incense. <a href="/gwt/1_kings/13.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> A man of God from Judah had come to Bethel. When he arrived, Jeroboam was standing at the altar to offer a sacrifice. <a href="/gnt/1_kings/13.htm">Good News Translation</a> At the LORD's command a prophet from Judah went to Bethel and arrived there as Jeroboam stood at the altar to offer the sacrifice. <a href="/isv/1_kings/13.htm">International Standard Version</a> Right when Jeroboam was standing by the altar to burn some incense, a man of God arrived in Bethel from Judah in obedience to a command from the LORD. <a href="/msb/1_kings/13.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> Suddenly, as Jeroboam was standing beside the altar to burn incense, there came a man of God from Judah to Bethel by the word of the LORD. <a href="/net/1_kings/13.htm">NET Bible</a> Just then a prophet from Judah, sent by the LORD, arrived in Bethel, as Jeroboam was standing near the altar ready to offer a sacrifice. <a href="/nheb/1_kings/13.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> Look, there came a man of God out of Judah by the word of the LORD to Beth El: and Jeroboam was standing by the altar to burn incense. <a href="/wbt/1_kings/13.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> And behold, there came a man of God out of Judah by the word of the LORD to Beth-el: and Jeroboam stood by the altar to burn incense. <a href="/web/1_kings/13.htm">World English Bible</a> Behold, a man of God came out of Judah by Yahweh’s word to Bethel; and Jeroboam was standing by the altar to burn incense. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/1_kings/13.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> And behold, a man of God has come from Judah, by the word of YHWH, to Beth-El, and Jeroboam is standing by the altar—to make incense; <a href="/ylt/1_kings/13.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> And lo, a man of God hath come from Judah, by the word of Jehovah, unto Beth-El, and Jeroboam is standing by the altar -- to make perfume; <a href="/slt/1_kings/13.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> And behold a man of God came out of Judah in the word of Jehovah to the house of God; and Jeroboam stood by the altar to burn incense.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/1_kings/13.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> And behold there came a man of God out of Juda, by the word of the Lord to Bethel, when Jeroboam was standing upon the altar, and burning incense. <a href="/cpdv/1_kings/13.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> And behold, by the word of the Lord, a man of God went from Judah to Bethel, when Jeroboam was standing over the altar, and burning incense. <a href="/nabre/1_kings/13.htm">New American Bible</a> A man of God came from Judah to Bethel by the word of the LORD, while Jeroboam was standing at the altar to burn incense. <a href="/nrsvce/1_kings/13.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> While Jeroboam was standing by the altar to offer incense, a man of God came out of Judah by the word of the LORD to Bethel<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/1_kings/13.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> - - - <a href="/hpbt/1_kings/13.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> And behold a Prophet of God came from Yehuda with the word of LORD JEHOVAH to Bayth Eil, and Yorbaam was standing on the altar to set incense.<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/1_kings/13.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> And, behold, there came a man of God out of Judah by the word of the LORD unto Beth-el; and Jeroboam was standing by the altar to offer. <a href="/sep/1_kings/13.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> And behold, there came a man of God out of Juda by the word of the Lord to Baethel, and Jeroboam stood at the altar to sacrifice. <a href="/parallel/1_kings/13-1.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Xx9A0AxPaoQ?start=5108" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/1_kings/13.htm">Jeroboam's Hand Withers</a> 1<a href="/hebrew/2009.htm" title="2009: wə·hin·nêh (Conj-w:: Interjection) -- Lo! behold! Prolongation for hen; lo!">Suddenly,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3379.htm" title="3379: wə·yā·rā·ḇə·‘ām (Conj-w:: N-proper-ms) -- From riyb and am; people will contend; Jarobam, the name of two Israelite kings.">as Jeroboam</a> <a href="/hebrew/5975.htm" title="5975: ‘ō·mêḏ (V-Qal-Prtcpl-ms) -- To take one's stand, stand. A primitive root; to stand, in various relations.">was standing</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘al- (Prep) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">beside</a> <a href="/hebrew/4196.htm" title="4196: ham·miz·bê·aḥ (Art:: N-ms) -- An altar. From zabach; an altar.">the altar</a> <a href="/hebrew/6999.htm" title="6999: lə·haq·ṭîr (Prep-l:: V-Hifil-Inf) -- To make sacrifices smoke. A primitive root; to smoke, i.e. Turn into fragrance by fire.">to burn incense,</a> <a href="/hebrew/935.htm" title="935: bā (V-Qal-Perf-3ms) -- To come in, come, go in, go. A primitive root; to go or come.">there came</a> <a href="/hebrew/376.htm" title="376: ’îš (N-msc) -- Man. Contracted for 'enowsh; a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term.">a man</a> <a href="/hebrew/430.htm" title="430: ’ĕ·lō·hîm (N-mp) -- Plural of 'elowahh; gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used of the supreme God">of God</a> <a href="/hebrew/3063.htm" title="3063: mî·hū·ḏāh (Prep-m:: N-proper-ms) -- From yadah; celebrated; Jehudah, the name of five Israelites; also of the tribe descended from the first, and of its territory.">from Judah</a> <a href="/hebrew/413.htm" title="413: ’el- (Prep) -- To, into, towards. ">to</a> <a href="/hebrew/1008.htm" title="1008: bêṯ- (Prep) -- From bayith and 'el; house of God; Beth-El, a place in Palestine."></a> <a href="/hebrew/1008.htm" title="1008: ’êl (N-proper-fs) -- From bayith and 'el; house of God; Beth-El, a place in Palestine.">Bethel</a> <a href="/hebrew/1697.htm" title="1697: biḏ·ḇar (Prep-b:: N-msc) -- Speech, word. From dabar; a word; by implication, a matter or thing; adverbially, a cause.">by the word</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">of the LORD.</a> 2And he cried out against the altar by the word of the LORD, “O altar, O altar, this is what the LORD says: ‘A son named Josiah will be born to the house of David, and upon you he will sacrifice the priests of the high places who burn incense upon you, and human bones will be burned upon you.’ ”…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/2_kings/23-15.htm">2 Kings 23:15-18</a> He even pulled down the altar at Bethel, the high place set up by Jeroboam son of Nebat, who had caused Israel to sin. Then he burned the high place, ground it to powder, and burned the Asherah pole. / And as Josiah turned, he saw the tombs there on the hillside, and he sent someone to take the bones out of the tombs, and he burned them on the altar to defile it, according to the word of the LORD proclaimed by the man of God who had foretold these things. / Then the king asked, “What is this monument I see?” And the men of the city replied, “It is the tomb of the man of God who came from Judah and proclaimed these things that you have done to the altar of Bethel.” ... <a href="/2_kings/23-16.htm">2 Kings 23:16-17</a> And as Josiah turned, he saw the tombs there on the hillside, and he sent someone to take the bones out of the tombs, and he burned them on the altar to defile it, according to the word of the LORD proclaimed by the man of God who had foretold these things. / Then the king asked, “What is this monument I see?” And the men of the city replied, “It is the tomb of the man of God who came from Judah and proclaimed these things that you have done to the altar of Bethel.” <a href="/2_chronicles/34-5.htm">2 Chronicles 34:5</a> Then he burned the bones of the priests on their altars. So he cleansed Judah and Jerusalem. <a href="/amos/3-7.htm">Amos 3:7</a> Surely the Lord GOD does nothing without revealing His plan to His servants the prophets. <a href="/matthew/12-39.htm">Matthew 12:39-41</a> Jesus replied, “A wicked and adulterous generation demands a sign, but none will be given it except the sign of the prophet Jonah. / For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the great fish, so the Son of Man will be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth. / The men of Nineveh will stand at the judgment with this generation and condemn it; for they repented at the preaching of Jonah, and now One greater than Jonah is here. <a href="/john/4-19.htm">John 4:19</a> “Sir,” the woman said, “I see that You are a prophet. <a href="/acts/3-22.htm">Acts 3:22-23</a> For Moses said, ‘The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your brothers. You must listen to Him in everything He tells you. / Everyone who does not listen to Him will be completely cut off from among his people.’ <a href="/acts/13-27.htm">Acts 13:27</a> The people of Jerusalem and their rulers did not recognize Jesus, yet in condemning Him they fulfilled the words of the prophets that are read every Sabbath. <a href="/hebrews/1-1.htm">Hebrews 1:1</a> On many past occasions and in many different ways, God spoke to our fathers through the prophets. <a href="/jeremiah/26-18.htm">Jeremiah 26:18</a> “Micah the Moreshite prophesied in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah and told all the people of Judah that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘Zion will be plowed like a field, Jerusalem will become a heap of rubble, and the temple mount a wooded ridge.’ <a href="/jeremiah/35-15.htm">Jeremiah 35:15</a> Again and again I have sent you all My servants the prophets, proclaiming: ‘Turn now, each of you, from your wicked ways, and correct your actions. Do not go after other gods to serve them. Live in the land that I have given to you and your fathers.’ But you have not inclined your ear or listened to Me. <a href="/isaiah/44-26.htm">Isaiah 44:26</a> who confirms the message of His servant and fulfills the counsel of His messengers, who says of Jerusalem, ‘She will be inhabited,’ and of the cities of Judah, ‘They will be rebuilt, and I will restore their ruins,’ <a href="/isaiah/45-23.htm">Isaiah 45:23</a> By Myself I have sworn; truth has gone out from My mouth, a word that will not be revoked: Every knee will bow before Me, every tongue will swear allegiance. <a href="/deuteronomy/18-15.htm">Deuteronomy 18:15-22</a> The LORD your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your brothers. You must listen to him. / This is what you asked of the LORD your God at Horeb on the day of the assembly, when you said, “Let us not hear the voice of the LORD our God or see this great fire anymore, so that we will not die!” / Then the LORD said to me, “They have spoken well. ... <a href="/2_kings/17-13.htm">2 Kings 17:13</a> Yet through all His prophets and seers, the LORD warned Israel and Judah, saying, “Turn from your wicked ways and keep My commandments and statutes, according to the entire Law that I commanded your fathers and delivered to you through My servants the prophets.”</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>And, behold, there came a man of God out of Judah by the word of the LORD to Bethel: and Jeroboam stood by the altar to burn incense.there came<a href="/1_kings/12-22.htm">1 Kings 12:22</a> But the word of God came unto Shemaiah the man of God, saying,<a href="/2_kings/23-17.htm">2 Kings 23:17</a> Then he said, What title is that that I see? And the men of the city told him, It is the sepulchre of the man of God, which came from Judah, and proclaimed these things that thou hast done against the altar of Bethel.<a href="/2_chronicles/9-29.htm">2 Chronicles 9:29</a> Now the rest of the acts of Solomon, first and last, are they not written in the book of Nathan the prophet, and in the prophecy of Ahijah the Shilonite, and in the visions of Iddo the seer against Jeroboam the son of Nebat?by the word<a href="/1_kings/13-5.htm">1 Kings 13:5,9,26,32</a> 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… <a href="/1_kings/20-35.htm">1 Kings 20:35</a> And a certain man of the sons of the prophets said unto his neighbour in the word of the LORD, Smite me, I pray thee. And the man refused to smite him.<a href="/jeremiah/25-3.htm">Jeremiah 25:3</a> From the thirteenth year of Josiah the son of Amon king of Judah, even unto this day, that is the three and twentieth year, the word of the LORD hath come unto me, and I have spoken unto you, rising early and speaking; but ye have not hearkened.Jeroboam<a href="/1_kings/12-32.htm">1 Kings 12:32,33</a> And Jeroboam ordained a feast in the eighth month, on the fifteenth day of the month, like unto the feast that is in Judah, and he offered upon the altar. So did he in Bethel, sacrificing unto the calves that he had made: and he placed in Bethel the priests of the high places which he had made… <a href="/2_chronicles/26-18.htm">2 Chronicles 26:18</a> And they withstood Uzziah the king, and said unto him, It appertaineth not unto thee, Uzziah, to burn incense unto the LORD, but to the priests the sons of Aaron, that are consecrated to burn incense: go out of the sanctuary; for thou hast trespassed; neither shall it be for thine honour from the LORD God.burn.<a href="/numbers/16-40.htm">Numbers 16:40</a> To be a memorial unto the children of Israel, that no stranger, which is not of the seed of Aaron, come near to offer incense before the LORD; that he be not as Korah, and as his company: as the LORD said to him by the hand of Moses.<a href="/jeremiah/11-12.htm">Jeremiah 11:12</a> Then shall the cities of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem go, and cry unto the gods unto whom they offer incense: but they shall not save them at all in the time of their trouble.<a href="/jeremiah/32-29.htm">Jeremiah 32:29</a> And the Chaldeans, that fight against this city, shall come and set fire on this city, and burn it with the houses, upon whose roofs they have offered incense unto Baal, and poured out drink offerings unto other gods, to provoke me to anger.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/1_kings/12-33.htm">Altar</a> <a href="/1_kings/9-17.htm">Beth</a> <a href="/1_kings/12-33.htm">Bethel</a> <a href="/1_kings/12-33.htm">Beth-El</a> <a href="/1_kings/12-33.htm">Burn</a> <a href="/1_kings/11-36.htm">Burning</a> <a href="/joshua/19-38.htm">El</a> <a href="/1_kings/12-33.htm">Incense</a> <a href="/1_kings/12-32.htm">Jeroboam</a> <a href="/1_kings/12-26.htm">Jerobo'am</a> <a href="/1_kings/12-32.htm">Judah</a> <a href="/1_kings/12-33.htm">Offer</a> <a href="/1_kings/11-8.htm">Offerings</a> <a href="/1_kings/12-15.htm">Order</a> <a href="/1_kings/3-3.htm">Perfume</a> <a href="/1_kings/12-8.htm">Standing</a> <a href="/1_kings/12-8.htm">Stood</a> <a href="/1_kings/12-24.htm">Word</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/1_kings/13-2.htm">Altar</a> <a href="/1_kings/15-20.htm">Beth</a> <a href="/1_kings/13-4.htm">Bethel</a> <a href="/1_kings/13-4.htm">Beth-El</a> <a href="/1_kings/13-2.htm">Burn</a> <a href="/1_kings/16-18.htm">Burning</a> <a href="/genesis/14-6.htm">El</a> <a href="/1_kings/13-2.htm">Incense</a> <a href="/1_kings/13-4.htm">Jeroboam</a> <a href="/1_kings/13-33.htm">Jerobo'am</a> <a href="/1_kings/13-12.htm">Judah</a> <a href="/1_kings/13-2.htm">Offer</a> <a href="/2_kings/10-24.htm">Offerings</a> <a href="/1_kings/15-17.htm">Order</a> <a href="/2_kings/12-3.htm">Perfume</a> <a href="/1_kings/13-24.htm">Standing</a> <a href="/1_kings/13-24.htm">Stood</a> <a href="/1_kings/13-2.htm">Word</a><div class="vheading2">1 Kings 13</div>1. <a href="/1_kings/13-1.htm">Jeroboam's hand withers</a> 6. <a href="/1_kings/13-6.htm">and at the prayer of the prophet is restored</a> 7. <a href="/1_kings/13-7.htm">The prophet departs from Bethel</a> 11. <a href="/1_kings/13-11.htm">An old prophet brings him back</a> 20. <a href="/1_kings/13-20.htm">He is reproved by God</a> 23. <a href="/1_kings/13-23.htm">slain by a lion</a> 26. <a href="/1_kings/13-26.htm">buried by the old prophet</a> 31. <a href="/1_kings/13-31.htm">who confirms the prophecy</a> 33. <a href="/1_kings/13-33.htm">Jeroboam's obstinacy</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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Jeroboam established alternative worship centers in Bethel and Dan to prevent his subjects from traveling to Jerusalem in Judah, which was under the rule of Rehoboam. The act of burning incense was typically reserved for priests, and Jeroboam's participation in this ritual indicates his usurpation of religious authority, which was against the Mosaic Law (<a href="/exodus/30-7.htm">Exodus 30:7-9</a>). This act of idolatry and false worship is a direct violation of the first two commandments (<a href="/exodus/20-3.htm">Exodus 20:3-4</a>).there came a man of God from Judah to Bethel The "man of God" is an unnamed prophet sent by God from Judah, the southern kingdom, to confront Jeroboam. This highlights the division between the two kingdoms and underscores the faithfulness of Judah in maintaining the true worship of Yahweh. Bethel, meaning "house of God," was a significant religious site, but under Jeroboam, it became a center of idolatry. The presence of a prophet from Judah emphasizes the continuity of God's message and authority despite the political division.by the word of the LORD This phrase indicates that the prophet's mission was divinely ordained. The "word of the LORD" signifies the authority and power behind the prophet's message, emphasizing that it is not of human origin but a direct command from God. This underscores the prophetic tradition in Israel, where prophets served as God's mouthpieces, delivering messages of warning, judgment, and hope. The phrase also connects to the broader biblical theme of God's word being active and effective (<a href="/isaiah/55-11.htm">Isaiah 55:11</a>), and it foreshadows the ultimate revelation of God's word in Jesus Christ (<a href="/john/1.htm">John 1:1</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/j/jeroboam.htm">Jeroboam</a> The first king of the northern kingdom of Israel after the division of the united monarchy. He is known for leading Israel into idolatry by setting up golden calves in Bethel and Dan. 2. <a href="/topical/m/man_of_god.htm">Man of God</a> An unnamed prophet sent by God from Judah to deliver a message of judgment against Jeroboam's idolatrous practices. 3. <a href="/topical/j/judah.htm">Judah</a> The southern kingdom of Israel, from where the man of God was sent. It remained under the rule of the house of David. 4. <a href="/topical/a/altar.htm">Altar</a> The place where Jeroboam was burning incense, symbolizing his unauthorized religious practices. 5. <a href="/topical/w/word_of_the_lord.htm">Word of the LORD</a> The divine message or command that the man of God was delivering, emphasizing the authority and power of God's word.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/t/the_authority_of_god's_word.htm">The Authority of God's Word</a> The man of God acts solely on the command of the LORD, demonstrating the authority and power of God's word over human authority and idolatrous practices. <a href="/topical/t/the_danger_of_idolatry.htm">The Danger of Idolatry</a> Jeroboam's actions serve as a warning against the dangers of idolatry and the consequences of leading others away from true worship. <a href="/topical/o/obedience_to_god's_command.htm">Obedience to God's Command</a> The man of God's journey from Judah to Bethel illustrates the importance of obedience to God's commands, even when it involves personal risk or challenge. <a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty_in_judgment.htm">God's Sovereignty in Judgment</a> The event underscores God's sovereignty in executing judgment against sin and idolatry, reminding believers of the seriousness of disobedience. <a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_prophets.htm">The Role of Prophets</a> The man of God represents the role of prophets as messengers of God's truth, often standing against prevailing cultural and religious norms.<a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/1_kings/13.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(1) A man of God out of Judah.--Josephus calls him Jadon (Iddo); but from <a href="/2_chronicles/13-22.htm" title="And the rest of the acts of Abijah, and his ways, and his sayings, are written in the story of the prophet Iddo.">2Chronicles 13:22</a> it appears that Iddo was the chronicler of the reign of Abijah, and must, therefore, have lived till near the close of Jeroboam's reign. Probably the tradition came from a mistaken interpretation of the "visions of Iddo against Jeroboam."By the word of the Lord.--A weak rendering of the original, "in the word of the Lord." The constantly recurring prophetic phrases are, "the word of the Lord came to me," and "the Spirit of the Lord was upon me," enabling, or forcing, to declare it. The original phrase here implies both. The prophet came clothed in the inspiration of the word put into his mouth.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/1_kings/13.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 1. - And, behold, there came a man of God [see on 1 Kings 12:22. The "man of God" is throughout carefully distinguished from the "prophet." Josephus calls the former Jadon, probably the Grecized form of Iddo, עִדּו, which appears as יֶעְדו Ia'do in the Keri of <a href="/2_chronicles/9-29.htm">2 Chronicles 9:29</a>. Iddo, however, notwithstanding his "visions against Jeroboam the son of Nebat" (<a href="/2_chronicles/9-29.htm">2 Chronicles 9:29</a>), it cannot have been, for he survived to the reign of Abijah, and indeed wrote a "story" (Heb. Midrash, i.e., Commentary) of that reign, whereas this man of God died forthwith. For a similar reason, we cannot believe it to have been Shemaiah, the historian of the reign of Rehoboam (<a href="/2_chronicles/12-5.htm">2 Chronicles 12:5, 15</a>)] out of Judah [whither, as a rule, both priests and prophets would seem to have retreated (<a href="/2_chronicles/11-14.htm">2 Chronicles 11:14, 16</a>). It is clear, however, that the migration of the latter was not so general as that of the former. In ver. 11 we find a prophet at Bethel; in ch. 14. Ahijah is still at Shiloh, and at a later day we find schools of the prophets at Bethel, Jericho, etc. (<a href="/2_kings/2-3.htm">2 Kings 2:3, 5</a>). Stanley says with truth that "the prophetical activity of the time... is to be found in the kingdom, not of Judah, but of Israel," but omits to add that it was because the northern kingdom more especially needed their ministry. It was just for this reason that Ahijah and others remained at their posts.] by [Heb. in, same word as in vers. 2, 9, 17, 20, 32, etc. Similarly, <a href="/1_samuel/3-21.htm">1 Samuel 3:21</a>. The ב is not merely instrumental, but, like the ἐν, of the N.T., denotes the sphere or element. "By the word" would imply that he had received a Divine communication; "in the word," that his message possessed him, inspired him, was "in his heart as a burning fire shut up in his bones" (<a href="/jeremiah/20-9.htm">Jeremiah 20:9</a>)] the word of the Lord unto Bethel [It is worth remembering that the new sanctuary at Bethel would probably be visible from the temple (Porter, p. 219; Van de Velds, 2:283), so that this function was an act of open defiance]: and Jeroboam stood by [Heb. upon. See on 1 Kings 12:32, 33. It is the same occasion] the altar to burn incense [or to burn the fat, etc., of the sacrifice. See on 1 Kings 12:33. This altar was clearly, pro hac vice, an altar of burnt offering; not an altar of incense, as is proved by the next verse.] <a href="/commentaries/1_kings/13-1.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>Suddenly, וְהִנֵּ֣ה ׀ (wə·hin·nêh) Conjunctive waw | Interjection <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2009.htm">Strong's 2009: </a> Lo! behold! as Jeroboam וְיָרָבְעָ֛ם (wə·yā·rā·ḇə·‘ām) Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3379.htm">Strong's 3379: </a> Jeroboam -- 'the people increase', the name of two Israelites kings was standing עֹמֵ֥ד (‘ō·mêḏ) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5975.htm">Strong's 5975: </a> To stand, in various relations beside עַל־ (‘al-) Preposition <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> Above, over, upon, against the altar הַמִּזְבֵּ֖חַ (ham·miz·bê·aḥ) Article | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4196.htm">Strong's 4196: </a> An altar to burn incense, לְהַקְטִֽיר׃ (lə·haq·ṭîr) Preposition-l | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6999.htm">Strong's 6999: </a> To smoke, turn into fragrance by fire there came בָּ֧א (bā) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_935.htm">Strong's 935: </a> To come in, come, go in, go a man אִ֣ישׁ (’îš) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_376.htm">Strong's 376: </a> A man as an individual, a male person of God אֱלֹהִ֗ים (’ĕ·lō·hîm) Noun - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_430.htm">Strong's 430: </a> gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative from Judah מִיהוּדָ֛ה (mî·hū·ḏāh) Preposition-m | Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3063.htm">Strong's 3063: </a> Judah -- 'praised', a son of Jacob, also the southern kingdom, also four Israelites to אֶל־ (’el-) Preposition <a href="/hebrew/strongs_413.htm">Strong's 413: </a> Near, with, among, to Bethel אֵ֑ל (’êl) Noun - proper - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1008.htm">Strong's 1008: </a> Bethel -- 'house of God', a city in Ephraim, also a place in southern Judah by the word בִּדְבַ֥ר (biḏ·ḇar) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1697.htm">Strong's 1697: </a> A word, a matter, thing, a cause of the LORD. יְהוָ֖ה (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/1_kings/13-1.htm">1 Kings 13:1 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/1_kings/13-1.htm">1 Kings 13:1 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/1_kings/13-1.htm">1 Kings 13:1 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/1_kings/13-1.htm">1 Kings 13:1 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/1_kings/13-1.htm">1 Kings 13:1 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/1_kings/13-1.htm">1 Kings 13:1 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/1_kings/13-1.htm">1 Kings 13:1 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/1_kings/13-1.htm">1 Kings 13:1 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/1_kings/13-1.htm">1 Kings 13:1 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/1_kings/13-1.htm">1 Kings 13:1 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/1_kings/13-1.htm">OT History: 1 Kings 13:1 Behold there came a man of God (1Ki iKi i Ki 1 Kg 1kg) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/1_kings/12-33.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="1 Kings 12:33"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="1 Kings 12:33" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/1_kings/13-2.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="1 Kings 13:2"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="1 Kings 13:2" /></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="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>