Book 10 : NEVIIM - I KINGS - Chapter 013
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And, behold, there came a man of G-d out of Judah by the
word of HaShem unto Beth-el; and Jeroboam was standing by the altar to offer
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And he cried against the altar by the word of HaShem, and
said: 'O altar, altar, thus saith HaShem: Behold, a son shall be born unto the
house of David, Josiah by name; and upon thee shall he sacrifice the priests of
the high places that offer upon thee, and men's bones shall they burn upon
thee.
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And he gave a sign the same day saying: 'This is the sign
which HaShem hath spoken: Behold, the altar shall be rent, and the ashes that
are upon it shall be poured out.
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And it came to pass, when the king heard the saying of the
man of G-d, which he cried against the altar in Beth-el, that Jeroboam 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 draw it back to him
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The altar also was rent, and the ashes poured out from the
altar, according to the sign which the man of G-d had given by the word of
HaShem
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And the king answered and said unto the man of G-d:
'Entreat now the favour of HaShem thy G-d, and pray for me, that my hand may be
restored me.' And the man of G-d entreated HaShem, and the king's hand was
restored him, and became as it was before
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And the king said unto the man of G-d: 'Come home with me,
and refresh thyself, and I will give thee a reward.
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And the man of G-d said unto the king: 'If thou wilt give
me half thy house, I will not go in with thee, neither will I eat bread nor
drink water in this place
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For it so was charged me by the word of HaShem, saying:
Thou shalt eat no bread, nor drink water, neither return by the way that thou
camest.
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So he went another way, and returned not by the way that
he came to Beth-el
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Now there dwelt an old prophet in Beth-el; and one of his
sons came and told him all the works that the man of G-d had done that day in
Beth-el, and the words which he had spoken unto the king, and they told them
unto their father
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And their father said unto them: 'What way went he?' For
his sons had seen what way the man of G-d went, that came from Judah
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And he said unto his sons: 'Saddle me the ass.' So they
saddled him the ass; and he rode thereon
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And he went after the man of G-d, and found him sitting
under a terebinth; and he said unto him: 'Art thou the man of G-d that camest
from Judah?' And he said: 'I am.
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Then he said unto him: 'Come home with me, and eat bread.
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And 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
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For it was said to me by the word of HaShem: Thou shalt
eat no bread nor drink water there, nor turn back to go by the way that thou
camest.
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And he said unto him: 'I also am a prophet as thou art;
and an angel spoke unto me by the word of HaShem, saying: Bring him back with
thee into thy house, that he may eat bread and drink water.' --He lied unto
him.-
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So he went back with him, and did eat bread in his house,
and drank water
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And it came to pass, as they sat at the table, that the
word of HaShem came unto the prophet that brought him back
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And he cried unto the man of G-d that came from Judah,
saying: 'Thus saith HaShem: Forasmuch as thou hast rebelled against the word of
HaShem, and hast not kept the commandment which HaShem thy G-d commanded thee
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but camest back, and hast eaten bread and drunk water in
the place of which He said to thee: Eat no bread, and drink no water; thy
carcass shall not come unto the sepulchre of thy fathers.
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And it came to pass, after he had eaten bread, and after
he had drunk, that he saddled for him the ass, namely, for the prophet whom he
had brought back
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And when he was gone, a lion met him by the way, and slew
him; and his carcass was cast in the way, and the ass stood by it; the lion also
stood by the carcass
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And, behold, men passed by, and saw the carcass cast in
the way, and the lion standing by the carcass; and they came and told it in the
city where the old prophet dwelt
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And when the prophet that brought him back from the way
heard thereof, he said: 'It is the man of G-d, who rebelled against the word of
HaShem; therefore HaShem hath delivered him unto the lion, which hath torn him,
and slain him, according to the word of HaShem, which He spoke unto him.
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And he spoke to his sons, saying: 'Saddle me the ass.' And
they saddled it
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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
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And the prophet took up the carcass of the man of G-d, and
laid it upon the ass, and brought it back; and he came to the city of the old
prophet, to lament, and to bury him
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And he laid his carcass in his own grave; and they made
lamentation for him: 'Alas, my brother!
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And it came to pass, after he had buried him, that he
spoke to his sons, saying: 'When I am dead, then bury me in the sepulchre
wherein the man of G-d is buried; lay my bones beside his bones
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For the saying which he cried by the word of HaShem
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.
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After this thing Jeroboam returned not from his evil way,
but made again from among all the people priests of the high places; whosoever
would, he consecrated him, that he might be one of the priests of the high
places
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And by this thing there was sin unto the house of
Jeroboam, even to cut it off, and to destroy it from off the face of the earth
Book 10 : NEVIIM - I KINGS - Chapter 013
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