1 Kings 13
King James Version · 34 verses · 450 cross-references linking it to 238 other chapters
Explore 1 Kings 13 in the interactive map- 1And, behold, there came a man of God out of Judah by the word of the Lord unto Beth–el: and Jeroboam stood by the altar to burn incense.48 cross-references: 1 Kings 12:32–33, 2 Kings 23:17, 1 Thessalonians 4:15, Jeremiah 25:3, Jeremiah 32:29
- 2And he cried against the altar in the word of the Lord, and said, O altar, altar, thus saith the Lord; Behold, a child shall be born unto the house of David, Josiah by name; and upon thee shall he offer the priests of the high places that burn incense upon thee, and men’s bones shall be burnt upon thee.34 cross-references: Ezekiel 36:1, 2 Kings 22:1–2, 2 Kings 23:15–18, 1 Kings 13:32, Jeremiah 22:29
- 3And 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.20 cross-references: 1 Corinthians 1:22, Exodus 4:3–5, Judges 6:17, John 2:18, Isaiah 38:22
- 4And 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 his hand from the altar, saying, Lay hold on him. And his hand, which he put forth against him, dried up, so that he could not pull it in again to him.31 cross-references: Revelation 11:5, 2 Chronicles 18:25–27, Acts 13:8–11, 2 Chronicles 25:15–16, John 13:20
- 5The altar also was rent, and the ashes poured out from the altar, according to the sign which the man of God had given by the word of the Lord.13 cross-references: Mark 16:20, 1 Kings 22:35, 1 Kings 13:3, 1 Kings 22:28, Deuteronomy 18:22
- 6And the king answered and said unto the man of God, Intreat now the face of the Lord thy God, and pray for me, that my hand may be restored me again. And the man of God besought the Lord, and the king’s hand was restored him again, and became as it was before.38 cross-references: Acts 8:24, Exodus 10:17, Exodus 8:8, Exodus 9:28, Luke 6:27–28
- 7And the king said unto the man of God, Come home with me, and refresh thyself, and I will give thee a reward.12 cross-references: 2 Kings 5:15, 1 Samuel 9:7–8, Malachi 1:10, Acts 8:18–20, Judges 19:21
- 8And the man of God said unto the king, If thou wilt give me half thine house, I will not go in with thee, neither will I eat bread nor drink water in this place:17 cross-references: Numbers 24:13, Numbers 22:18, Exodus 5:3, Mark 6:11, 2 Kings 5:26–27
- 9For so was it charged me by the word of the Lord, saying, Eat no bread, nor drink water, nor turn again by the same way that thou camest.18 cross-references: Numbers 16:26, 1 Samuel 15:22, Job 23:12, Deuteronomy 13:13–18, Romans 16:17
- 10So he went another way, and returned not by the way that he came to Beth–el.
- 11Now there dwelt an old prophet in Beth–el; and his sons came and told him all the works that the man of God had done that day in Beth–el: the words which he had spoken unto the king, them they told also to their father.13 cross-references: 2 Kings 23:18, Matthew 7:22, Numbers 24:2, Ezekiel 13:2, 1 Timothy 3:5
- 12And 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.
- 13And he said unto his sons, Saddle me the ass. So they saddled him the ass: and he rode thereon,6 cross-references: 1 Kings 13:27, Judges 10:4, Judges 5:10, 2 Samuel 19:26, Numbers 22:21
- 14And went after the man of God, and found him sitting under an oak: and he said unto him, Art thou the man of God that camest from Judah? And he said, I am.8 cross-references: John 4:34, Philippians 4:12–13, John 4:6, 2 Corinthians 11:27, 1 Corinthians 4:11–12
- 15Then he said unto him, Come home with me, and eat bread.
- 16And he said, I may not return with thee, nor go in with thee: neither will I eat bread nor drink water with thee in this place:8 cross-references: 1 Kings 13:8–9, Matthew 4:10, Matthew 16:23, Numbers 22:13, Genesis 3:1–3
- 17For it was said to me by the word of the Lord, Thou shalt eat no bread nor drink water there, nor turn again to go by the way that thou camest.7 cross-references: 1 Kings 20:35, 1 Thessalonians 4:15, 1 Kings 13:1
- 18He said unto him, I am a prophet also as thou art; and an angel spake unto me by the word of the Lord, saying, Bring him back with thee into thine house, that he may eat bread and drink water. But he lied unto him.35 cross-references: 1 John 4:1, Matthew 7:15, Numbers 22:35, 2 Peter 2:1, Jeremiah 5:31
- 19So he went back with him, and did eat bread in his house, and drank water.8 cross-references: Deuteronomy 18:20, Genesis 3:6, 2 Peter 2:18–19, Deuteronomy 13:5, Deuteronomy 13:3
- 20And it came to pass, as they sat at the table, that the word of the Lord came unto the prophet that brought him back:10 cross-references: Numbers 24:16–24, John 11:51, Numbers 23:16, Matthew 7:22, Numbers 23:5
- 21And 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,26 cross-references: 2 Samuel 12:9–11, Esther 6:13, 1 Samuel 15:19, Revelation 3:19, 1 Kings 13:17
- 22But camest back, and hast eaten bread and drunk water in the place, of the which the Lord did say to thee, Eat no bread, and drink no water; thy carcase shall not come unto the sepulchre of thy fathers.10 cross-references: 1 Kings 13:30, Jeremiah 22:18–19, Isaiah 14:18–20, 1 Kings 14:13, 2 Chronicles 21:19–20
- 23And it came to pass, after he had eaten bread, and after he had drunk, that he saddled for him the ass, to wit, for the prophet whom he had brought back.
- 24And when he was gone, a lion met him by the way, and slew him: and his carcase was cast in the way, and the ass stood by it, the lion also stood by the carcase.16 cross-references: 1 Kings 20:36, 1 Peter 4:17–18, 2 Kings 2:24, Proverbs 26:13, Amos 5:19
- 25And, 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.2 cross-references: 1 Kings 13:11
- 26And when the prophet that brought him back from the way heard thereof, he said, It is the man of God, who was disobedient unto the word of the Lord: therefore the Lord hath delivered him unto the lion, which hath torn him, and slain him, according to the word of the Lord, which he spake unto him.14 cross-references: Ezekiel 9:6, 1 Corinthians 11:30, Psalms 119:120, Hebrews 12:28–29, Proverbs 11:31
- 27And he spake to his sons, saying, Saddle me the ass. And they saddled him.
- 28And 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.12 cross-references: Daniel 6:22–24, Jeremiah 5:22–23, Acts 16:26, Hebrews 11:33–34, Daniel 3:27–28
- 29And the prophet took up the carcase of the man of God, and laid it upon the ass, and brought it back: and the old prophet came to the city, to mourn and to bury him.
- 30And he laid his carcase in his own grave; and they mourned over him, saying, Alas, my brother!6 cross-references: Jeremiah 22:18, Acts 8:2, 1 Kings 14:13
- 31And it came to pass, after he had buried him, that he spake to his sons, saying, When I am dead, then bury me in the sepulchre wherein the man of God is buried; lay my bones beside his bones:7 cross-references: 2 Kings 23:17–18, Luke 16:22–23, Psalms 26:9, Ecclesiastes 8:10, Numbers 23:10
- 32For the saying which he cried by the word of the Lord against the altar in Beth–el, and against all the houses of the high places which are in the cities of Samaria, shall surely come to pass.19 cross-references: 1 Kings 16:24, 1 Kings 13:2, Leviticus 26:30, 1 Kings 12:31, 2 Kings 23:16–19
- 33After this thing Jeroboam returned not from his evil way, but made again of the lowest of the people priests of the high places: whosoever would, he consecrated him, and he became one of the priests of the high places.30 cross-references: 2 Chronicles 11:15, 2 Chronicles 13:9, 1 Kings 12:31–33, Judges 17:12, 2 Timothy 3:13
- 34And this thing became sin unto the house of Jeroboam, even to cut it off, and to destroy it from off the face of the earth.17 cross-references: 1 Kings 15:29–30, 1 Kings 14:10, 1 Kings 12:30, 2 Kings 17:21, 2 Kings 10:31
Explained connections
- Josiah named three centuries ahead
A prophet tells Jeroboam that a king named Josiah will burn priests' bones on Bethel's altar. About three hundred years later King Josiah does exactly that — one of the most specific fulfilled prophecies in Kings.
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