"And he cried unto the man of God that came from Judah, saying, Thus saith the LORD, Forasmuch as thou hast disobeyed the mouth of the LORD, and hast not kept the commandment which the LORD thy God commanded thee,"
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Verse 1 Kings 13:21. _AND HE_] That is, according to the above
interpretation, _the voice of God_ from heaven addressing the man of
God, the old prophet having nothing to do in this business....
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FORASMUCH AS THOU HAST DISOBEYED THE MOUTH OF THE LORD - It was his
duty not to have suffered himself to be persuaded. He should have felt
that his obedience was being tried, and should have required,...
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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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DISOBEYED. rebelled against. The same expression used of Moses and
Aaron at Meribah (Numbers 20:24; Numbers 27:14). Safety found only in
the path of obedience. Compare 1 Kings 13:26....
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_as thou hast disobeyed_ The expression is precisely the same as in 1
Kings 13:26 below. There the A.V. has -disobedient unto", and for the
sake of consistency that rendering has been adopted here by...
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C. THE CONDEMNATION OF THE MAN OF GOD 13:20-26
TRANSLATION
(20) And it came to pass as they were sitting at the table, that the
word of the LORD came unto the prophet who brought him back; (21) and
h...
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_AND HE CRIED UNTO THE MAN OF GOD THAT CAME FROM JUDAH, SAYING, THUS
SAITH THE LORD, FORASMUCH AS_ _ THOU HAST DISOBEYED THE MOUTH OF THE
LORD, AND HAST NOT KEPT THE COMMANDMENT WHICH THE LORD THY GOD...
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13:21 word (a-23) Lit. 'mouth;' and so ver. 26 (first time)....
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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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וַ יִּקְרָ֞א אֶל ־אִ֣ישׁ הָ אֱלֹהִ֗ים
אֲשֶׁר ־בָּ֤א מִֽ יהוּדָה֙ לֵ אמֹ֔ר
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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BREAKING THREE COMMANDMENTS
1 Kings 21:1; 1 Kings 1:1; 1 Kings 2:1; 1 Kings 3:1; 1 Kings 4:1; 1
Kings 5:1; 1 Kings 6:1; 1 Kings 7:1; 1 Kings 8:1;...
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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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And he cried unto the man of God that came from Judah, saying, Thus
saith the LORD, (i) Forasmuch as thou hast disobeyed the mouth of the
LORD, and hast not kept the commandment which the LORD thy God...
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(12) And their father said unto them, What way went he? For his sons
had seen what way the man of God went, which came from Judah. (13) And
he said unto his sons, Saddle me the ass. So they saddled hi...
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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 UNTO THE MAN OF GOD THAT CAME FROM JUDAH,.... His mind
being greatly affected with the word brought to him, partly on his own
account, who, by a lie his conscience must accuse him of, had...
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And he cried unto the man of God that came from Judah, saying, Thus
saith the LORD, Forasmuch as thou hast disobeyed the mouth of the
LORD, and hast not kept the commandment which the LORD thy God
com...
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_The word of the Lord came_, &c. God obliged the prophet, who had
caused him to sin, to denounce a punishment against him for it, that
it might the more affect him; nothing being more piercing than to...
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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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THE PROPHET PUNISHED FOR HIS DISOBEDIENCE...
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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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11-22 The old prophet's conduct proves that he was not really a godly
man. When the change took place under Jeroboam, he preferred his ease
and interest to his religion. He took a very bad method to b...
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HE CRIED with a loud voice, the effect of his passion, both for his
own guilt and shame, and for the prophet's approaching misery, and his
unhappy influence both in procuring and in denouncing of it....
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1 Kings 13:21 out H7121 (H8799) man H376 God H430 came H935 (H8804)
Judah H3063 saying H559 (H8800) says H559 (H8804) LORD H3068 Because
H3282 disobeyed H4784 (H8804) word H6310 LORD H3068 kept H8104...
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THE OLD PROPHET AND THE MAN OF GOD (1 KINGS 13:11).
Meanwhile dwelling in Bethel was an old prophet who had served YHWH
for many years. The fact that he was not present at the celebrations
taking pla...
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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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_Now there dwelt an old man in Bethel _
THE NAMELESS PROPHET
This passage forms part of a very remarkable narrative.
The miraculous element is so prominent that certain critics would have
the chapt...
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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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CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.—
1 Kings 13:11. AN OLD PROPHET IN BETHEL: who had been faithless amid
surrounding faithlessness. His alertness to win the prophet of Judah
to his house arose from
(1)...
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EXPOSITION
THE DISOBEDIENCE AND DEATH OF THE MAN OF GOD.—The seduction of the
man of God, who has borne such fearless witness against Jeroboam's
ecclesiastical policy, and his tragical end, are now na...
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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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1 Kings 13:17; 1 Samuel 13:13; 1 Samuel 13:14; 1 Samuel 15:19; 1
Samuel 15:22; 1 Samuel 4:18; 2 Samuel 12:9; 2 Samuel 24:13; 2 Samuel
6:7;...
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Cried — With a loud voice, the effect of his passion, both for his
own guilt and shame, and for the prophet's approaching misery....