列王纪上 13:1

Chinese NCV (Simplified)

神人警告耶羅波安有一個神人，奉耶和華的命令，從猶大來到伯特利；那時，耶羅波安正站在祭壇旁邊燒香。

Parallel Translations

Chinese Union (Simplified)
那 时 ， 有 一 个 　 神 人 奉 耶 和 华 的 命 从 犹 大 来 到 伯 特 利 。 耶 罗 波 安 正 站 在 坛 旁 要 烧 香 ；

Contextual Overview

¹ The Lord commanded a man of God from Judah to go to Bethel. When he arrived, Jeroboam was standing by the altar to offer a sacrifice. ² The Lord had commanded the man of God to speak against the altar. The man said, "Altar, altar, the Lord says to you: ‘David's family will have a son named Josiah. The priests for the places of worship now make their sacrifices on you, but Josiah will sacrifice those priests on you. Human bones will be burned on you.'" ³ That same day the man of God gave proof that these things would happen. "This is the Lord 's sign that this will happen," he said. "This altar will break apart, and the ashes on it will fall to the ground." ⁴ When King Jeroboam heard what the man of God said about the altar in Bethel, the king raised his hand from the altar and pointed at the man. "Take him!" he said. But when the king said this, his arm was paralyzed, and he could not move it. ⁵ The altar also broke into pieces, and its ashes fell to the ground. This was the sign the Lord had told the man of God to give. ⁶ Then the king said to the man of God, "Please pray to the Lord your God for me, and ask him to heal my arm." So the man of God prayed to the Lord , and the king's arm was healed, becoming as it was before. ⁷ Then the king said to the man of God, "Please come home and eat with me, and I will give you a gift." ⁸ But the man of God answered the king, "Even if you gave me half of your kingdom, I would not go with you. I will not eat or drink anything in this place. ⁹ The Lord commanded me not to eat or drink anything nor to return on the same road by which I came." ¹⁰ So he took a different road and did not return on the same road by which he had come to Bethel.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

there came: 1 Kings 12:22, 2 Kings 23:17, 2 Chronicles 9:29

by the word: 1 Kings 13:5, 1 Kings 13:9, 1 Kings 13:26, 1 Kings 13:32, 1 Kings 20:35, Jeremiah 25:3, 1 Thessalonians 4:15

Jeroboam: 1 Kings 12:32, 1 Kings 12:33, 2 Chronicles 26:18

burn: or, offer, Numbers 16:40, Jeremiah 11:12, Jeremiah 32:29, Malachi 1:11, Revelation 8:3

Reciprocal: Leviticus 10:1 - put incense Deuteronomy 33:1 - the man Joshua 14:6 - the man 1 Samuel 2:27 - a man 1 Samuel 9:6 - city 2 Samuel 12:1 - the Lord 1 Kings 11:26 - Jeroboam 1 Kings 13:14 - Art thou 1 Kings 13:17 - by the word 1 Kings 17:18 - O thou man 1 Kings 20:28 - there came 2 Kings 2:2 - Bethel 2 Kings 4:9 - man of God 2 Kings 8:7 - General 2 Kings 16:12 - approached 2 Kings 17:11 - burnt 2 Kings 23:16 - burned 2 Kings 23:18 - the bones of the prophet 2 Chronicles 8:14 - so had David the man of God commanded 2 Chronicles 25:7 - a man of God 2 Chronicles 26:16 - to burn Psalms 90:1 - the man Jeremiah 35:4 - a man Hosea 12:10 - have also Amos 7:13 - for 1 Timothy 6:11 - O man 2 Peter 1:21 - in old time

Cross-References

Genesis 13:9
We should separate. The whole land is there in front of you. If you go to the left, I will go to the right. If you go to the right, I will go to the left."

Genesis 20:1
Abraham left Hebron and traveled to southern Canaan where he stayed awhile between Kadesh and Shur. When he moved to Gerar,

Genesis 21:33
Abraham planted a tamarisk tree at Beersheba and prayed to the Lord , the God who lives forever.

Joshua 10:40
So Joshua defeated all the kings of the cities of these areas: the mountains, southern Canaan, the western hills, and the slopes. The Lord , the God of Israel, had told Joshua to completely destroy all the people as an offering to the Lord , so he left no one alive in those places.

Joshua 18:5
They will divide the land into seven parts. The people of Judah will keep their land in the south, and the people of Joseph will keep their land in the north.

1 Samuel 27:10
Achish would ask David, "Where did you go raiding today?" And David would tell him that he had gone to the southern part of Judah, or Jerahmeel, or to the land of the Kenites.

2 Samuel 24:7
They went to the strong, walled city of Tyre and to all the cities of the Hivites and Canaanites. Finally, they went to southern Judah, to Beersheba.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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 seem to be countenanced by 2 Chronicles 9:29 but cannot be, because this man was quickly slain, whereas Iddo lived after Rehoboam, and wrote his acts, first and last, nay, after Ahijah his son, 2 Chronicles 13:22 and for the same reason Shemaiah cannot be the man of God, 1 Kings 12:22, though Tertullian z calls him Sameas, and designs Shemaiah: but, whoever he was, he came

by the word of the Lord to Bethel: that is, by his command:

and Jeroboam stood by the altar to burn incense; at the time he came, 1 Kings 12:33.

x Ut supra. (Antiqu. l. 8. c. 8. sect. 3.) y Seder Olam Rabba, c. 20. Shalshalet Hakabala, fol. 11. 1. Jarch & Kimchi in loc. z De Jejuniis, c. 16.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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. (Compare 1 Kings 13:2, 1 Kings 13:5,1 Kings 13:32.)

By the altar - “On the altar;” i, e. on the ledge, or platform, halfway up the altar, whereupon the officiating priest always stood to sacrifice. Compare 1 Kings 12:32 note.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

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 should be

accomplished, 1-3.

Jeroboam is enraged, and orders the man of God to be seized;

and stretching out his hand for this purpose, his arm dries up,

4.

The altar is rent, and the ashes poured out, according to the

sign given by the man of God; and at his intercession

Jeroboam's arm is restored, 5, 6.

Jeroboam wishes to engage him in his service, but he refuses,

and tells him that he was ordered by God not even to eat or

drink in that place; and he accordingly departs, 7-10.

An old prophet that dwelt at Beth-el, hearing of this, rides

after the man of God; deceives him; brings him back to his

house, and persuades him to eat and drink, 11-19.

While he is eating, the word of the Lord comes to the old

prophet, and he foretells the death of the man of God; who

departing is met by a lion, and slain, 20-25.

On hearing this, the old prophet goes to the place, finds the

carcass, brings it home, burns it, and mourns over it, charging

his sons to bury him, when dead, in the same grave, 26-32.

Notwithstanding these warnings, Jeroboam continues in his

idolatry, 33, 34.

NOTES ON CHAP. XIII

Verse 1 Kings 13:1. There came a man of God — Who this was we know not. The Chaldee, Syriac, and Arabic call him a prophet. The Vulgate and Septuagint follow the Hebrew, איש אלהים ish elohim means a Divine person, one wholly devoted to God's service. Some have thought it was Shemaiah, others Joel, and others Iddo. It could not have been the latter, for he wrote the acts of Jeroboam, 2 Chronicles 9:29, and the prophet was killed before he returned home; but conjecture is idle on such a subject.

Jeroboam stood by the altar — Like gods, like priest; he made himself high priest, and he took of the lowest of the people, and made them priests of the high places; they proved themselves to be fools by worshipping calves.