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Verse 1 Kings 13:4. _LAY HOLD ON HIM._] No doubt, stretching out his
own hand at the same time, through rage, pride, and haste, to execute
his own orders.
_AND HIS HAND DRIED UP_] The whole arm becam...
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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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PUT FORTH HIS HAND. One of the eleven rulers who thus assaulted
Jehovah's witnesses. See note on Exodus 10:28....
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_he put forth his hand from the altar_ He was busy in the operations
connected with the sacrifice, but the words of the prophet roused his
anger, and the raised hand is the sign of his wrath, as well...
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DISCOURSE: 339
JEROBOAM’S IDOLATRY REPROVED
1 Kings 13:4._ And it came to pass, when King Jeroboam heard the
saying of the man of God, which had cried against the altar in
Beth-el, that he put forth...
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AND HIS HAND—DRIED UP, &C.— The Almighty employs here three
striking proofs to convince a deluded people that HE is the true God,
and not those _calves_ which an idolatrous king had set up from a
prin...
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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 GAVE A SIGN THE SAME DAY, SAYING, THIS IS THE SIGN WHICH THE
LORD HATH SPOKEN; BEHOLD, THE ALTAR SHALL BE RENT, AND THE ASHES THAT
ARE UPON IT SHALL BE POURED OUT._
No JFB commentary on these...
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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 unlike...
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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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THE SIGN. — Both the signs, like most miraculous signs, shadow forth
plainly the thing signified. The sign, announced to secure credence to
the prediction, is itself a visible type of what that predic...
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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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BREAKING THREE COMMANDMENTS
1 Kings 21:1; 1 Kings 1:1; 1 Kings 2:1; 1 Kings 3:1;...
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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 of...
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And it came to pass, when king Jeroboam heard the saying of the man of
God, which had cried against the altar in Bethel, that he put forth
his hand from the altar, saying, (d) Lay hold on him. And his...
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(4) And it came to pass, when king Jeroboam heard the saying of the
man of God, which had cried against the altar in Bethel, that he put
forth his hand from the altar, saying, Lay hold on him. And his...
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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 IT CAME TO PASS, WHEN KING JEROBOAM HEARD THE SAYING OF THE MAN OF
GOD, WHO HAD CRIED AGAINST THE ALTAR IN BETHEL,.... He was highly
provoked: so that he put forth his hand from the altar; on whic...
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And it came to pass, when king Jeroboam heard the saying of the man of
God, which had cried against the altar in Bethel, that he put forth
his hand from the altar, saying, Lay hold on him. And his han...
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_He put forth his hand_ To point out the man on whom he would have the
people to lay hands. _From the altar_ Where he stood, and where his
hand was employed in offering something upon it. _And his han...
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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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And it came to pass, when King Jeroboam heard the saying of the man of
God which had cried against the altar in Bethel, that he put forth his
hand from the altar, in an angry and threatening gesture,...
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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 to...
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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 PUT FORTH HIS HAND, to point out the man whom he would have the
people lay hands on, and to stir them up to do so. FROM THE ALTAR;
where it was employed in offering something upon it. _Dried up_, o...
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1 Kings 13:4 King H4428 Jeroboam H3379 heard H8085 (H8800) saying
H1697 man H376 God H430 out H7121 ...
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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 m
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_He put forth his hand._
THE PROPHECY AGAINST JEROBOAM AND ITS ATTENDANT CIRCUMSTANCES
I. All human power and skill engaged against God will wither. The hand
of man is the bodily mark of his superior...
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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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1 KINGS—NOTE ON 1 KINGS 13:3 Since Josiah’s reign is still a long
way off, a SIGN is also described and then acted out. This indicates
that the prophecy is true....
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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 16:10; 2 Chronicles 18:25; 2 Chronicles 25:15; 2
Chronicles 25:16;...
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Put forth, &c. — To point out the man whom he would have the people
lay hands on. The altar — Where it was employed in offering
something upon it. Dried up — Or, withered, the muscles and sinews,
the...