CHAPTER ELEVEN JEROBOAM AND THE PROPHETS 1 Kings 13:1 to 1 Kings 14:20 Because of his religious deviations, Jeroboam lost the support of the influential and conservative prophetic order. This section consists in the main of two narratives. The first relates how Jeroboam was publicly denounced by a... [ Continue Reading ]
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 had initiated his apostate religion in Israel, he lost the support of the prophetic community. But whi... [ Continue Reading ]
B. THE DECEPTION OF THE MAN OF GOD 13:11-19 TRANSLATION (11) Now a certain old prophet lived in Bethel; and his son[347] came and related to him all which the man of God had done that day in Bethel; the words which he had spoken unto the king, they told to their father. (12) And their father spoke... [ Continue Reading ]
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 he cried unto the man of God which came from Judah, saying, Thus says the LORD, Because you rebelled... [ Continue Reading ]
D. THE LAMENTATION FOR THE MAN OF GOD 13:27-32 TRANSLATION (27) Then he spoke unto his sons, saying, saddle for me the donkey, and they saddled it. (28) And he went and found his carcass cast in the way with the donkey and the lion standing beside the carcass; the lion had not eaten the carcass no... [ Continue Reading ]
E. THE DEPRECATION OF JEROBOAM 13:33-34 TRANSLATION (33) After this thing, Jeroboam did not turn from his evil way, but again made priests of the high places from all classes of the people. Anyone who desired, he ordained to be priests of the high places. (34) And this thing became a sin of the ho... [ Continue Reading ]