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Verse 28. _THE LION HAD NOT EATEN THE CARCASS, NOR TORN THE ASS._] All
here was preternatural. The lion, though he had killed the man, does
not devour him; the ass stands quietly by, not fearing the l...
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THE LION HAD NOT EATEN THE CARCASE, NOR TORN THE ASS - These strange
circumstances were of a nature to call men’s attention to the
matter, and cause the whole story to be bruited abroad. By these mean...
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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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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...
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_AND, BEHOLD, MEN PASSED BY, AND SAW THE CARCASE CAST IN THE WAY, AND
THE LION STANDING BY THE CARCASE: AND THEY CAME AND TOLD IT IN THE
CITY WHERE THE OLD PROPHET DWELT._
No JFB commentary on these...
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THE LION HAD NOT EATEN] So strange an occurrence was calculated to
attract attention to the prophet's fate....
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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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וַ יֵּ֗לֶךְ וַ יִּמְצָ֤א אֶת
־נִבְלָתֹו֙ מֻשׁ
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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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SIGN UPON SIGN UNHEEDED
1 Kings 13:20
There is a tragic note in this paragraph. The man of God had performed
God's errand bravely and well, and his words were verified by the
result; but he perished...
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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 he went and found his carcase cast in the way, and the ass and the
lion standing by the carcase: the lion had (l) not eaten the carcase,
nor torn the ass.
(l) To declare that this was only the ju...
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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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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 WENT AND FOUND HIS CARCASS CAST IN THE WAY, AND THE ASS AND THE
LION STANDING BY THE CARCASS,.... As before described:
THE LION HAD NOT EATEN THE CARCASS, NOR TORN THE ASS; both which were
ver...
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And he went and found his carcase cast in the way, and the ass and the
lion standing by the carcase: the lion had not eaten the carcase, nor
torn the ass.
Ver. 28. _And found his carcass._] See on 1...
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_He found_, &c. Here was a concurrence of miracles: that the ass did
not run away from the lion, according to his nature, but boldly stood
still, as waiting to carry the prophet to his burial; that th...
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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 he went and found his carcass cast in the way, and the ass and the
lion standing by the carcass. The lion had not eaten the carcass nor
torn the ass, had not so much as fetched one blow at him, a...
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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 to...
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TORN:
_ Heb._ broken...
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23-34 God is displeased at the sins of his own people; and no man
shall be protected in disobedience, by his office, his nearness to
God, or any services he has done for him. God warns all whom he
em...
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Here was a concurrence of miracles: That the ass did not run away from
the lion, according to his nature and custom, but boldly stood still,
as reserving himself for the carrying of the prophet to his...
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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 m
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_And when the prophet that brought him back from the way heard
thereof._
ON THE CHARACTER OF THE OLD PROPHET OF BETHEL
The most careful review of this man’s conduct does not make it easy
to comprehen...
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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 chapte...
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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 13:7 Jeroboam’s invitation to the MAN OF
GOD to dine and receive a REWARD is an attempt to buy his loyalty,
perhaps hoping for the curse on the altar to be reversed. The
invita...
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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 17:4; 1 Kings 17:6; Acts 16:26; Daniel 3:22; Daniel 3:27;...
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He found, &c. — Here was a concurrence of miracles: that the ass did
not run away from the lion, according to his nature, but boldly stood
still, as reserving himself to carry the prophet to his buria...