1 GLT And behold, a man of God came from Judah with the word of Yahweh to Bethel. And Jeroboam was standing by the altar to burn incense. BSB BSB: Suddenly, as Jeroboam was standing beside the altar to burn incense, there came a man of God from Judah to Bethel by the word of the LORD.
2 GLT And he cried out against the altar with the word of Yahweh and he said:“Altar! Altar! Thus says Yahweh,‘Behold, a son shall be born to the house of David, Josiah shall be his name. And he shall sacrifice on you the priests of the high places, the ones who are burning incense on you. And the bones of a human shall be burned on you.’” BSB BSB: And he cried out against the altar by the word of the LORD, “O altar, O altar, this is what the LORD says: ‘A son named Josiah will be born to the house of David, and upon you he will sacrifice the priests of the high places who burn incense upon you, and human bones will be burned upon you.’”
3 GLT And he gave a sign on that day, saying,“This is the sign that Yahweh has spoken:‘Behold, the altar shall be torn into pieces, and the ash that is on it shall be poured out.’” BSB BSB: That day the man of God gave a sign, saying, “The LORD has spoken this sign: ‘Surely the altar will be split apart, and the ashes upon it will be poured out.’”
4 GLT And it happened as soon as the king heard the word of the man of God that he had cried out against the altar at Bethel, that Jeroboam sent forth his hand from over the altar, saying,“Seize him!” And his hand that he had sent forth against him dried up and he was not able to return it to himself. BSB BSB: Now when King Jeroboam, who was at the altar in Bethel, heard the word that the man of God had cried out against it, he stretched out his hand and said, “Seize him!” But the hand he stretched out toward him withered, so that he could not pull it back.
5 GLT And the altar was torn into pieces and the ash was poured out from the altar, according to the sign that the man of God had given by the word of Yahweh. BSB BSB: And the altar was split apart, and the ashes poured out, according to the sign that the man of God had given by the word of the LORD.
6 GLT And the king answered and said to the man of God,“Appease, please, the face of Yahweh your God and pray for me, so my hand may return to me.” And the man of God appeased the face of Yahweh, and the hand of the king returned to him, and it became like at the first. BSB BSB: Then the king responded to the man of God, “Intercede with the LORD your God and pray for me that my hand may be restored.” So the man of God interceded with the LORD, and the king’s hand was restored to him as it was before.
7 GLT And the king spoke to the man of God,“Come with me to the house and sustain yourself, and I will give to you a gift.” BSB BSB: Then the king said to the man of God, “Come home with me and refresh yourself, and I will give you a reward.”
8 GLT And the man of God said to the king,“If you would give to me half of your house, I would not go with you, and I would not eat bread and I would not drink water in this place. BSB BSB: But the man of God replied, “If you were to give me half your possessions, I still would not go with you, nor would I eat bread or drink water in this place.
9 GLT For thus he has commanded me by the word of Yahweh, saying,‘You shall not eat bread and you shall not drink water and you shall not return by the road that you went.’” BSB BSB: For this is what I was commanded by the word of the LORD: ‘You must not eat bread or drink water or return by the way you came.’”
10 GLT And he went by another road and he did not return by the road by which he had come to Bethel. BSB BSB: So the man of God went another way and did not return by the way he had come to Bethel.
11 GLT Now one old prophet was dwelling in Bethel, and his son came and he recounted to him all the news that the man of God had done that day in Bethel, the words that he had spoken to the king, and they recounted them to their father. BSB BSB: Now a certain old prophet was living in Bethel, and his sons came and told him all the deeds that the man of God had done that day in Bethel. They also told their father the words that the man had spoken to the king.
12 GLT And their father spoke to them,“Where is this, the road he went?” And his sons had seen the road that the man of God had gone when he came from Judah. BSB BSB: “Which way did he go?” their father asked. And his sons showed him the way taken by the man of God, who had come from Judah.
13 GLT And he said to his sons,“Saddle the donkey for me.” And they saddled the donkey for him and he mounted on it. BSB BSB: So the prophet said to his sons, “Saddle the donkey for me.” Then they saddled the donkey for him, and he mounted it
14 GLT And he went after the man of God and he found him sitting under the oak tree. And he said to him,“Are you the man of God, who came from Judah?” And he said,“I am.” BSB BSB: and went after the man of God. He found him sitting under an oak tree and asked, “Are you the man of God who came from Judah?” “I am,” he replied.
15 GLT And he said to him,“Go with me to the house and eat bread.” BSB BSB: So the prophet said to the man of God, “Come home with me and eat some bread.”
16 GLT And he said,“I am not able to return with you or to come with you. And I will not eat bread and will not drink water with you in this place. BSB BSB: But the man replied, “I cannot go home with you, and I will not eat bread or drink water with you in this place.
17 GLT For a word was to me by the word of Yahweh,‘You shall not eat bread and you shall not drink water there. You shall not return to go by the road in which you went.’” BSB BSB: For I have been told by the word of the LORD: ‘You must not eat bread or drink water there or return by the way you came.’”
18 GLT And he said to him,“I also am a prophet like you, and a messenger spoke to me with the word of Yahweh, saying,‘Bring him back with you to your house, so he may eat bread and he may drink water.’”(He lied to him.) BSB BSB: Then the prophet replied, “I too am a prophet like you, and an angel spoke to me by the word of the LORD, saying, ‘Bring him back with you to your house, so that he may eat bread and drink water.’” The old prophet was lying to him,
19 GLT And he returned with him and he ate bread in his house and he drank water. BSB BSB: but the man of God went back with him, ate bread in his house, and drank water.
20 GLT And it happened that they were sitting at the table. And the word of Yahweh was to the prophet who had brought him back. BSB BSB: While they were sitting at the table, the word of the LORD came to the prophet who had brought him back,
21 GLT And he cried out to the man of God who had come from Judah, saying,“Thus says Yahweh,‘Because you have been rebellious against the mouth of Yahweh and you have not kept the command that Yahweh your God had commanded you, BSB BSB: and the prophet cried out to the man of God who had come from Judah, “This is what the LORD says: ‘Because you have defied the word of the LORD and have not kept the commandment that the LORD your God gave you,
22 GLT and you have returned and you have eaten bread and you have drunk water in the place where he spoke to you,“You shall not eat bread and you shall not drink water,” your corpse shall not enter into the grave of your fathers.’” BSB BSB: but you went back and ate bread and drank water in the place where He told you not to do so, your body shall never reach the tomb of your fathers.’”
23 GLT And it happened after his eating bread and after his drinking, that he saddled the donkey for him, for the prophet whom he had brought back. BSB BSB: And after the man of God had finished eating and drinking, the old prophet who had brought him back saddled the donkey for him.
24 GLT And he went and a lion found him in the road and it put him to death. And his corpse was thrown in the road and the donkey was standing beside it and the lion was standing beside the corpse. BSB BSB: As he went on his way, a lion met him on the road and killed him, and his body was left lying in the road, with the donkey and the lion standing beside it.
25 GLT And behold, men were passing by and they saw the corpse thrown in the road, and the lion standing beside the corpse. And they came and spoke in the city in which the old prophet was dwelling. BSB BSB: And there were men passing by who saw the body lying in the road with the lion standing beside it, and they went and reported this in the city where the old prophet lived.
26 GLT And the prophet who had brought him back from the road heard and he said,“He is the man of God who was rebellious against the mouth of Yahweh. And Yahweh gave him to the lion, and it tore him into pieces and put him to death according to the word of Yahweh that he had spoken to him.” BSB BSB: When the prophet who had brought him back from his journey heard this, he said, “It is the man of God who disobeyed the command of the LORD. Therefore the LORD has delivered him to the lion, and it has mauled him and killed him, according to the word that the LORD had spoken to him.”
27 GLT And he spoke to his sons, saying,“Saddle the donkey for me.” And they saddled it. BSB BSB: Then the old prophet instructed his sons, “Saddle the donkey for me.” So they saddled it,
28 GLT And he went and found the corpse thrown in the road and the donkey and the lion standing beside the corpse. The lion had not eaten the corpse and had not torn the donkey into pieces. BSB BSB: and he went and found the body lying in the road, with the donkey and the lion standing beside it. The lion had not eaten the body or mauled the donkey.
29 GLT And the prophet lifted up the corpse of the man of God and he rested it on the donkey and he brought it back. And he entered into the city of the old prophet to wail and to bury him. BSB BSB: So the old prophet lifted up the body of the man of God, laid it on the donkey, and brought it back to his own city to mourn for him and bury him.
30 GLT And he rested his corpse in his grave. And they wailed over him,“Alas, my brother!” BSB BSB: Then he laid the body in his own tomb, and they lamented over him, “Oh, my brother!”
31 GLT And it happened after his burying him that he said to his sons, saying,“When I die, then you shall bury me in the grave in which the man of God is buried. Beside his bones rest my bones. BSB BSB: After he had buried him, the prophet said to his sons, “When I die, you must bury me in the tomb where the man of God is buried. Lay my bones beside his bones,
32 GLT For the word that he cried out by the word of Yahweh against the altar that is in Bethel and against all the houses of the high places that are in the cities of Samaria will certainly happen.” BSB BSB: for the message that he cried out by the word of the LORD against the altar in Bethel and against all the shrines on the high places in the cities of Samaria will surely come to pass.”
33 GLT After this matter Jeroboam did not return from his evil way, but he returned and made from the ends of the people priests of the high places. The desiring one, he would fill his hand, and he would become one of the priests of the high places. BSB BSB: Even after these events, Jeroboam did not repent of his evil ways, but again he appointed priests for the high places from every class of people. He ordained anyone who desired to be a priest of the high places.
34 GLT And by this thing it became the sin of the house of Jeroboam, both to efface and to annihilate from on the face of the ground. BSB BSB: And this was the sin of the house of Jeroboam that led to its extermination and destruction from the face of the earth.
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