"And he cried against the altar in the word of the LORD, and said, O altar, altar, thus saith the LORD; Behold, a child shall be born unto the house of David, Josiah by name; and upon thee shall he offer the priests of the high places that burn incense upon thee, and men's bones shall be burnt upon thee."
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Verse 1 Kings 13:2. _HE CRIED AGAINST THE ALTAR_] He denounced the
destruction of this idolatrous system.
_A CHILD SHALL BE BORN - JOSIAH BY NAME_] This is one of the most
remarkable and most singul...
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A CHILD SHALL BE BORN ... JOSIAH BY NAME - Divine predictions so
seldom descend to such particularity as this, that doubts are
entertained, even by orthodox theologians, with respect to the actual
men...
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2. JEROBOAM AND REHOBOAM AND THEIR REIGN
CHAPTER 13 The Man of God from Judah
_ 1. The man of God and Jeroboam (1 Kings 13:1)_
2. The temptation and lying message (1 Kings 13:11)
3. Judgment annou...
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1 Kings 12:25 to 1 Kings 13:34. THE SIN OF JEROBOAM. THE PROPHET AT
BETHEL. The sources cannot be exactly determined. Some (see Cent.B)
may belong to the annals of the northern kingdom, but the tone i...
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O ALTAR, ALTAR. Figures of speech _Apostrophe_ and _E_ pizeuxis.
CHILD. son.
JOSIAH BY NAME. Cyrus is the only other so foretold (177 years
before). Josiah knew (2 Kings 23:17; 2 Kings 23:18). Cyrus...
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_he cried against the altar in the word of the Lord_ The Hebrew is the
same as in the preceding verse. Render therefore (with R.V.) -by the
word." The meaning is that both the journey from Judah and t...
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THERE CAME A MAN OF GOD— Commentators are not agreed who this
prophet was, neither is there any foundation for so much as a
conjecture. The prophesy, however, is one of the most remarkable that
we hav...
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I. DENUNCIATION OF JEROBOAM 13:1-32
Chapter 13 narrates a thought-provoking episode from the early history
of the Northern Kingdom. The historical message of the chapter is
clear. Because Jeroboam ha...
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_AND HE CRIED AGAINST THE ALTAR IN THE WORD OF THE LORD, AND SAID, O
ALTAR, ALTAR, THUS SAITH THE LORD; BEHOLD, A CHILD SHALL BE BORN UNTO
THE HOUSE OF DAVID, JOSIAH BY NAME; AND UPON THEE SHALL HE OF...
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13:2 sacrifice (a-39) Or 'slay,' same as Deuteronomy 12:15 ....
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THE DISOBEDIENT PROPHET
2. Josiah] for the fulfilment see 2 Kings 23:15. Some 300 years
separated the prediction from the event, and the mention by name of
the king destined to accomplish it is unlik...
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GOD’S LESSONS FROM HISTORY
1 KINGS
_PHILIP SMITH_
CHAPTER 13
A *PROPHET WARNS JEROBOAM
The *kingdom that David and Solomon used to rule had divided into two
*kingdoms. The northern *tribes were...
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THUS SAITH THE LORD. — This is one of those rather unfrequent
prophecies found in Holy Scripture, which, not content to foreshadow
the future in general outline, descend to striking particularity of
d...
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וַ יִּקְרָ֤א עַל ־הַ מִּזְבֵּ֨חַ֙ בִּ
דְבַ֣ר יְהוָ֔ה וַ יֹּ֨אמֶר֙
מִזְבֵּ֣חַ מִזְבֵּ֔חַ כֹּ֖ה אָמַ֣ר...
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JEROBOAM AND THE MAN OF GOD
1 Kings 13:1
"Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they
are of God."
- 1 John 4:1
WE are told that Jeroboam, whose position probably made him r...
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JUDGMENT UPON WORTHLESS WORSHIP
1 Kings 13:1
What a noble name for anyone to bear- _a man of God!_ Yet we all might
so bear the impress of God in our character that those who come in
contact with us...
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In this chapter are two lessons of supreme value; first, the patient
grace of God, and, second, the solemn responsibility of such as bear
His message.
The first of these is brought out in the story o...
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_Altar, in which the prodigy was to take place, for the instruction of
all. (Menochius) --- Name: 340 (Calmet) or 350 years after. (Salien)
--- This prediction proves the truth of the religion; for, t...
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(2) And he cried against the altar in the word of the LORD, and said,
O altar, altar, thus saith the LORD; Behold, a child shall be born
unto the house of David, Josiah by name; and upon thee shall he...
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Solomon was now at the height of his glory, a vivid type of a greater
than Solomon. And it is only when we see that he really does thus
prefigure the Lord Jesus as King that we can understand the impo...
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_THE PROPHET OF JUDAH_
‘The prophet of Judah.’
1 Kings 13:1
The altar at Beth-el was an ill-omened altar. The shadow of ruin was
on it from the first. On the very morning of its inauguration, when...
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But the testimony and the judgment of God tarried not according to the
mercy of God towards His people. Prophecy immediately re-appears; for
the faithful love of God to His people never grows weary. H...
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AND HE CRIED AGAINST THE ALTAR IN THE WORD OF THE LORD,.... By his
order and command:
AND SAID, O ALTAR, ALTAR; addressing himself not to Jeroboam, but the
altar, thereby reproving his stupidity, the...
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And he cried against the altar in the word of the LORD, and said, O
altar, altar, thus saith the LORD; Behold, a child shall be born unto
the house of David, Josiah by name; and upon thee shall he off...
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_He cried against the altar_ And consequently against all the worship
performed at it. _O altar, altar_ He directs his speech against the
altar, because the following signs were to be wrought upon it....
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1 Ieroboams hand, that offered violence to him that prophesied against
his altar at Bethel, withereth,
6 and at the prayer of the Prophet is restored.
7 The Prophet, refusing the kings intertainment...
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JEROBOAM REPROVED FOR HIS SIN...
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A SOLEMN MESSAGE FROM GOD
(vs.1-10)
God would not leave Jereboam without clear witness to God's abhorrence
of the evil that Jereboam had introduced in Israel. The Lord sent a
man of God from Judah t...
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1-10 In threatening the altar, the prophet threatens the founder and
worshippers. Idolatrous worship will not continue, but the word of the
Lord will endure for ever. The prediction plainly declared...
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HE CRIED AGAINST THE ALTAR; and consequently, against all that
worship, which is oft signified by the name of the _altar_. See ISAIAH
19:19 1 CORINTHIANS 9:13 HEBREWS 7:13, HEBREWS 13:10. _O altar,
al...
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1 Kings 13:2 out H7121 (H8799) altar H4196 word H1697 LORD H3068 said
H559 (H8799) altar H4196 altar H4196 says H559 (H8804) LORD H3068
child H1121 Josiah H2977 name H8034 born H3205 (H8737) house H10...
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CONTENTS: Warning of punishment for idolatry. Disobedience and death
of the prophet.
CHARACTERS: God, Jeroboam, disobedient prophet, lying prophet.
CONCLUSION: If we offer to God that which is an ab...
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1 Kings 13:1. _Bethel._ See the notes on 1 Kings 12 1 Kings 12. The
man of God from Judah is called Jaddo by Josephus.
1 Kings 13:2. _Josiah._ Cyrus is mentioned by name, as well as Josiah.
Isaiah 44...
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1 KINGS—NOTE ON 1 KINGS 13:1 Just as Solomon had stood at his altar
in Jerusalem (1 Kings 8:22), Jeroboam now stands at the altar of his
new temple in Bethel, ready to dedicate it to his gods. However...
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THE MYSTERIOUS PROPHET OF JUDAH
CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.—
1 Kings 13:1. THERE CAME A MAN OF GOD: an unknown prophet. Josephus
suggests _Jadon_, confounding him with Iddo (2 Chronicles 13:22),...
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EXPOSITION
THE TESTIMONY OF GOD AGAINST THE CALF WORSHIP.—We have in this
chapter, which some commentators consider to be derived from a
different source from the narratives which precede and follow i...
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And so there came a young man out of Judah by the word of the LORD to
Bethel: where Jeroboam was standing by the altar ready to burn
incense. And he cried against the altar in the word of the LORD, an...
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2 Chronicles 34:1; 2 Chronicles 34:4; 2 Kings 22:1; 2 Kings 22:2; 2
Kings 23:15; 2 Kings 23:15; Deuteronomy 32:1; Ezekiel 36:1; Ezekiel
36:4;...
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The altar — And consequently, against all that worship. O altar —
He directs his speech to the altar, because the following signs were
wrought upon it. Josiah — Which being done above three hundred ye...