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1. 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.
1. And, behold H2009 , there came H935 a man H376 of God H430 out of Judah H4480 H3063 by the word H1697 of the LORD H3068 unto H413 Bethel H1008 : and Jeroboam H3379 stood H5975 by H5921 the altar H4196 to burn incense H6999 .
2. With the authority of the LORD he cried out against the altar, "O altar, altar! This is what the LORD says, 'Look, a son named Josiah will be born to the Davidic dynasty. He will sacrifice on you the priests of the high places who offer sacrifices on you. Human bones will be burned on you.'"
2. And he cried H7121 against H5921 the altar H4196 in the word H1697 of the LORD H3068 , and said H559 , O altar H4196 , altar H4196 , thus H3541 saith H559 the LORD H3068 ; Behold H2009 , a child H1121 shall be born H3205 unto the house H1004 of David H1732 , Josiah H2977 by name H8034 ; and upon H5921 thee shall he offer H2076 H853 the priests H3548 of the high places H1116 that burn incense H6999 upon H5921 thee , and men H120 's bones H6106 shall be burnt H8313 upon H5921 thee.
3. That day he also announced a sign, "This is the sign the LORD has predetermined: The altar will be split open and the ashes on it will fall to the ground."
3. And he gave H5414 a sign H4159 the same H1931 day H3117 , saying H559 , This H2088 is the sign H4159 which H834 the LORD H3068 hath spoken H1696 ; Behold H2009 , the altar H4196 shall be rent H7167 , and the ashes H1880 that H834 are upon H5921 it shall be poured out H8210 .
4. When the king heard what the prophet cried out against the altar in Bethel, Jeroboam, standing at the altar, extended his hand and ordered, "Seize him!" The hand he had extended shriveled up and he could not pull it back.
4. And it came to pass H1961 , when king H4428 Jeroboam H3379 heard H8085 H853 the saying H1697 of the man H376 of God H430 , which H834 had cried H7121 against H5921 the altar H4196 in Bethel H1008 , that he put forth H7971 H853 his hand H3027 from H4480 H5921 the altar H4196 , saying H559 , Lay hold H8610 on him . And his hand H3027 , which H834 he put forth H7971 against H5921 him , dried up H3001 , so that he could H3201 not H3808 pull it in again H7725 to H413 him.
5. The altar split open and the ashes fell from the altar to the ground, in fulfillment of the sign the prophet had announced with the LORD's authority.
5. The altar H4196 also was rent H7167 , and the ashes H1880 poured out H8210 from H4480 the altar H4196 , according to the sign H4159 which H834 the man H376 of God H430 had given H5414 by the word H1697 of the LORD H3068 .
6. The king pled with the prophet, "Seek the favor of the LORD your God and pray for me, so that my hand may be restored." So the prophet sought the LORD's favor and the king's hand was restored to its former condition.
6. And the king H4428 answered H6030 and said H559 unto H413 the man H376 of God H430 , Entreat H2470 now H4994 H853 the face H6440 of the LORD H3068 thy God H430 , and pray H6419 for H1157 me , that my hand H3027 may be restored me again H7725 H413 . And the man H376 of God H430 besought H2470 H853 the LORD H6440 H3068 , and the king H4428 's hand H3027 was restored him again H7725 H413 , and became H1961 as it was before H7223 .
7. The king then said to the prophet, "Come home with me and have something to eat. I'd like to give a present."
7. And the king H4428 said H1696 unto H413 the man H376 of God H430 , Come H935 home H1004 with H854 me , and refresh H5582 thyself , and I will give H5414 thee a reward H4991 .
8. But the prophet said to the king, "Even if you were to give me half your possessions, I could not go with you and eat and drink in this place.
8. And the man H376 of God H430 said H559 unto H413 the king H4428 , If H518 thou wilt give H5414 me H853 half H2677 thine house H1004 , I will not H3808 go in H935 with H5973 thee, neither H3808 will I eat H398 bread H3899 nor H3808 drink H8354 water H4325 in this H2088 place H4725 :
9. For the LORD gave me strict orders, 'Do not eat or drink there and do not go home the way you came.'"
9. For H3588 so H3651 was it charged H6680 me by the word H1697 of the LORD H3068 , saying H559 , Eat H398 no H3808 bread H3899 , nor H3808 drink H8354 water H4325 , nor H3808 turn again H7725 by the same way H1870 that H834 thou camest H1980 .
10. So he started back on another road; he did not travel back on the same road he had taken to Bethel.
10. So he went H1980 another H312 way H1870 , and returned H7725 not H3808 by the way H1870 that H834 he came H935 to H413 Bethel H1008 .
11. Now there was an old prophet living in Bethel. When his sons came home, they told their father everything the prophet had done in Bethel that day and all the words he had spoken to the king.
11. Now there dwelt H3427 an old H259 H2205 prophet H5030 in Bethel H1008 ; and his sons H1121 came H935 and told H5608 him H853 all H3605 the works H4639 that H834 the man H376 of God H430 had done H6213 that day H3117 in Bethel H1008 : H853 the words H1697 which H834 he had spoken H1696 unto H413 the king H4428 , them they told H5608 also to their father H1 .
12. Their father asked them, "Which road did he take?" His sons showed him the road the prophet from Judah had taken.
12. And their father H1 said H1696 unto H413 them, What H335 H2088 way H1870 went H1980 he? For his sons H1121 had seen H7200 H853 what H834 way H1870 the man H376 of God H430 went H1980 , which H834 came H935 from Judah H4480 H3063 .
13. He then told his sons, "Saddle the donkey for me." When they had saddled the donkey for him, he mounted it
13. And he said H559 unto H413 his sons H1121 , Saddle H2280 me the ass H2543 . So they saddled H2280 him the ass H2543 : and he rode H7392 thereon H5921 ,
14. and took off after the prophet, whom he found sitting under an oak tree. He asked him, "Are you the prophet from Judah?" He answered, "Yes, I am."
14. And went H1980 after H310 the man H376 of God H430 , and found H4672 him sitting H3427 under H8478 an oak H424 : and he said H559 unto H413 him, Art thou H859 the man H376 of God H430 that H834 camest H935 from H4480 Judah H3063 ? And he said H559 , I H589 am .
15. He then said to him, "Come home with me and eat something."
15. Then he said H559 unto H413 him, Come H1980 home H1004 with H854 me , and eat H398 bread H3899 .
16. But he replied, "I can't go back with you or eat and drink with you in this place.
16. And he said H559 , I may H3201 not H3808 return H7725 with H854 thee , nor go in H935 with H854 thee: neither H3808 will I eat H398 bread H3899 nor H3808 drink H8354 water H4325 with H854 thee in this H2088 place H4725 :
17. For the LORD gave me strict orders, 'Do not eat or drink there; do not go back the way you came.'"
17. For H3588 it was said H1697 to H413 me by the word H1697 of the LORD H3068 , Thou shalt eat H398 no H3808 bread H3899 nor H3808 drink H8354 water H4325 there H8033 , nor H3808 turn again H7725 to go H1980 by the way H1870 that H834 thou camest H1980 .
18. The old prophet then said, "I too am a prophet like you. An angel told me with the LORD's authority, 'Bring him back with you to your house so he can eat and drink.'" But he was lying to him.
18. He said H559 unto him, I H589 am a prophet H5030 also H1571 as thou art ; and an angel H4397 spoke H1696 unto H413 me by the word H1697 of the LORD H3068 , saying H559 , Bring him back H7725 with H854 thee into H413 thine house H1004 , that he may eat H398 bread H3899 and drink H8354 water H4325 . But he lied H3584 unto him.
19. So the prophet went back with him and ate and drank in his house.
19. So he went back H7725 with H854 him , and did eat H398 bread H3899 in his house H1004 , and drank H8354 water H4325 .
20. While they were sitting at the table, the LORD spoke through the old prophet
20. And it came to pass H1961 , as they H1992 sat H3427 at H413 the table H7979 , that the word H1697 of the LORD H3068 came H1961 unto H413 the prophet H5030 that H834 brought him back H7725 :
21. and he cried out to the prophet from Judah, "This is what the LORD says, 'You have rebelled against the LORD and have not obeyed the command the LORD your God gave you.
21. And he cried H7121 unto H413 the man H376 of God H430 that H834 came H935 from H4480 Judah H3063 , saying H559 , Thus H3541 saith H559 the LORD H3068 , Forasmuch H3282 H3588 as thou hast disobeyed H4784 the mouth H6310 of the LORD H3068 , and hast not H3808 kept H8104 H853 the commandment H4687 which H834 the LORD H3068 thy God H430 commanded H6680 thee,
22. You went back and ate and drank in this place, even though he said to you, "Do not eat or drink there." Therefore your corpse will not be buried in your ancestral tomb.'"
22. But camest back H7725 , and hast eaten H398 bread H3899 and drunk H8354 water H4325 in the place H4725 , of the which H834 the LORD did say H1696 to H413 thee, Eat H398 no H408 bread H3899 , and drink H8354 no H408 water H4325 ; thy carcass H5038 shall not H3808 come H935 unto H413 the sepulcher H6913 of thy fathers H1 .
23. When the prophet from Judah finished his meal, the old prophet saddled his visitor's donkey for him.
23. And it came to pass H1961 , after H310 he had eaten H398 bread H3899 , and after H310 he had drunk H8354 , that he saddled H2280 for him the ass H2543 , to wit , for the prophet H5030 whom H834 he had brought back H7725 .
24. As the prophet from Judah was traveling, a lion attacked him on the road and killed him. His corpse was lying on the road, and the donkey and the lion just stood there beside it.
24. And when he was gone H1980 , a lion H738 met H4672 him by the way H1870 , and slew H4191 him : and his carcass H5038 was H1961 cast H7993 in the way H1870 , and the ass H2543 stood H5975 by H681 it , the lion H738 also stood H5975 by H681 the carcass H5038 .
25. Some men came by and saw the corpse lying in the road with the lion standing beside it. They went and reported what they had seen in the city where the old prophet lived.
25. And, behold H2009 , men H376 passed by H5674 , and saw H7200 H853 the carcass H5038 cast H7993 in the way H1870 , and the lion H738 standing H5975 by H681 the carcass H5038 : and they came H935 and told H1696 it in the city H5892 where H834 the old H2205 prophet H5030 dwelt H3427 .
26. When the old prophet who had invited him to his house heard the news, he said, "It is the prophet who rebelled against the LORD. The LORD delivered him over to the lion and it ripped him up and killed him, just as the LORD warned him."
26. And when the prophet H5030 that H834 brought him back H7725 from H4480 the way H1870 heard H8085 thereof , he said H559 , It H1931 is the man H376 of God H430 , who H834 was disobedient H4784 unto H853 the word H6310 of the LORD H3068 : therefore the LORD H3068 hath delivered H5414 him unto the lion H738 , which hath torn H7665 him , and slain H4191 him , according to the word H1697 of the LORD H3068 , which H834 he spoke H1696 unto him.
27. He told his sons, "Saddle my donkey," and they did so.
27. And he spoke H1696 to H413 his sons H1121 , saying H559 , Saddle H2280 me H853 the ass H2543 . And they saddled H2280 him .
28. He went and found the corpse lying in the road with the donkey and the lion standing beside it; the lion had neither eaten the corpse nor attacked the donkey.
28. And he went H1980 and found H4672 H853 his carcass H5038 cast H7993 in the way H1870 , and the ass H2543 and the lion H738 standing H5975 by H681 the carcass H5038 : the lion H738 had not H3808 eaten H398 H853 the carcass H5038 , nor H3808 torn H7665 H853 the ass H2543 .
29. The old prophet picked up the corpse of the prophet, put it on the donkey, and brought it back. The old prophet then entered the city to mourn him and to bury him.
29. And the prophet H5030 took up H5375 H853 the carcass H5038 of the man H376 of God H430 , and laid H5117 it upon H413 the ass H2543 , and brought it back H7725 : and the old H2205 prophet H5030 came H935 to H413 the city H5892 , to mourn H5594 and to bury H6912 him.
30. He put the corpse into his own tomb, and they mourned over him, saying, "Ah, my brother!"
30. And he laid H5117 H853 his carcass H5038 in his own grave H6913 ; and they mourned H5594 over H5921 him, saying , Alas H1945 , my brother H251 !
31. After he buried him, he said to his sons, "When I die, bury me in the tomb where the prophet is buried; put my bones right beside his bones,
31. And it came to pass H1961 , after H310 he had buried H6912 him , that he spoke H559 to H413 his sons H1121 , saying H559 , When I am dead H4191 , then bury H6912 me in the sepulcher H6913 wherein H834 the man H376 of God H430 is buried H6912 ; lay H5117 H853 my bones H6106 beside H681 his bones H6106 :
32. for the prophecy he announced with the LORD's authority against the altar in Bethel and against all the temples on the high places in the cities of the north will certainly be fulfilled."
32. For H3588 the saying H1697 which H834 he cried H7121 by the word H1697 of the LORD H3068 against H5921 the altar H4196 in Bethel H1008 , and against H5921 all H3605 the houses H1004 of the high places H1116 which H834 are in the cities H5892 of Samaria H8111 , shall surely come to pass H1961 H1961 .
33. After this happened, Jeroboam still did not change his evil ways; he continued to appoint common people as priests at the high places. Anyone who wanted the job he consecrated as a priest.
33. After H310 this H2088 thing H1697 Jeroboam H3379 returned H7725 not H3808 from his evil way H4480 H1870 H7451 , but made H6213 again H7725 of the lowest H4480 H7098 of the people H5971 priests H3548 of the high places H1116 : whosoever would H2655 , he consecrated H4390 H853 H3027 him , and he became H1961 one of the priests H3548 of the high places H1116 .
34. This sin caused Jeroboam's dynasty to come to an end and to be destroyed from the face of the earth.
34. And this H2088 thing H1697 became H1961 sin H2403 unto the house H1004 of Jeroboam H3379 , even to cut it off H3582 , and to destroy H8045 it from off H4480 H5921 the face H6440 of the earth H127 .
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