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CHAPTER XIII
_A man of God prophesies against Jeroboam's altar, and foretells_
_the destruction of that altar, and of its idolatrous priests by_
_Josiah; and gives Jeroboam a sign that the prophecy...
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Rather, “in the word of the Lord.” The meaning seems to be, not
merely that the prophet was bid to come, but that he came in the
strength and power of God’s word, a divinely inspired messenger.
(Compa...
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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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A MAN OF GOD. Compare Deuteronomy 33:1, and see App-49....
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1 Kings 13:1-10. Prophecy against Jeroboam's altar in Bethel.
Withering and restoration of Jeroboam's hand (Not in Chronicles)
1. _A man of God_ Josephus (_Ant._viii. 8, 5) says this prophet whom
the...
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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, BEHOLD, THERE CAME A MAN OF GOD OUT OF JUDAH BY THE WORD OF THE
LORD UNTO BETHEL: AND JEROBOAM STOOD BY THE ALTAR TO BURN INCENSE._
There came a man of God out of Judah. Who this prophet was ca...
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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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A MAN OF GOD OUT OF JUDAH. — Josephus calls him Jadon (Iddo); but
from 2 Chronicles 13:22 it appears that Iddo was the chronicler of the
reign of Abijah, and must, therefore, have lived till near the...
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וְ הִנֵּ֣ה ׀ אִ֣ישׁ אֱלֹהִ֗ים בָּ֧א מִ
יהוּדָ
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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;...
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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 of...
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_A man. Some suppose his name was Addo, 2 Paralipomenon ix. 29. But
this is quite uncertain. --- Incense, or victims. (Calmet)_...
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CONTENTS
A prophet cometh to Beth-el. Jeroboam, in opposing him, hath his hand
withered; which at the prayer of the man of God is restored, The
prophet himself for his disobedience is afterwards slai...
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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, BEHOLD, THERE CAME A MAN OF GOD OUT OF JUDAH,.... Whom Josephus x
calls Jadon, perhaps the same with Iddo, who is by the Jewish writers
y generally thought to be this man of God, and which may se...
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And, behold, there came a man of God out of Judah by the word of the
LORD unto Bethel: and Jeroboam stood by the altar to burn incense.
Ver. 1. _And, behold, there came a man of God._] A prophet, 1Ki...
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_Behold, there came a man of God_ A holy prophet; for none are called
_men of God_ in the Old Testament, but prophets. _By the word of the
Lord_ By divine inspiration and command. “There is no foundat...
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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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And, behold, there came a man of God, a prophet, OUT OF JUDAH BY THE
WORD OF THE LORD UNTO BETHEL, like a power which drove and compelled
him to make known the Lord's will; AND JEROBOAM STOOD BY THE A...
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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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BURN:
Or, to offer...
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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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1 KINGS CHAPTER 13 A prophet of Judah prophesieth against the altar at
Beth-el: Jeroboam offering him violence, his hand withereth; and, at
the prayer of the prophet, is restored, 1 KINGS 13:1. He ref...
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1 Kings 13:1 man H376 God H430 went H935 (H8804) Judah H3063 Bethel
H1008 word H1697 LORD H3068 Jeroboam...
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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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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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1 Kings 12:22; 1 Kings 12:32; 1 Kings 12:33; 1 Kings 13:26; 1
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Man of God — An holy prophet. By the word, &c. — By Divine
inspiration and command....