the Week of Proper 12 / Ordinary 17
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1 Reyes 13:1
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Y he aquí, un hombre de Dios fue de Judá a Betel por palabra del Señor , cuando Jeroboam estaba junto al altar para quemar incienso.
Kings 13:1"> 1 Y HE aqu que un varn de Dios por palabra de Jehov vino de Jud Beth-el; y estando Jeroboam al altar para quemar perfumes,
Y he aqu que un varn de Dios por palabra del SEOR vino de Jud a Bet-el; y estando Jeroboam al altar para quemar incienso,
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
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.
