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13:23 When <01961> the prophet from Judah finished <0398> his meal <08354> <0310> <03899>, the old prophet <05030> saddled <02280> his visitor’s donkey <02543> for him. 13:24 As the prophet from Judah was traveling <01980>, a lion <0738> attacked <04672> him on the road <01870> and killed <04191> him. His corpse <05038> was <01961> lying <07993> on the road <01870>, and the donkey <02543> and the lion <0738> just stood <05975> there beside <0681> it <05038>. 13:25 Some men <0376> came by <05674> and saw <07200> the corpse <05038> lying <07993> in the road <01870> with the lion <0738> standing <05975> beside <0681> it <05038>. They went <0935> and reported <01696> what they had seen in the city <05892> where <0834> the old <02205> prophet <05030> lived <03427>. 13:26 When the old prophet <05030> who <0834> had invited <07725> him to his house heard <08085> the news, he said <0559>, “It <01931> is the prophet <0430> <0376> who <0834> rebelled <04784> against the Lord <03068>. The Lord <03068> delivered <05414> him over <05414> to the lion <0738> and it ripped <07665> him up <07665> and killed <04191> him, just as the Lord <03068> warned <01696> him.” 13:27 He told <01696> his sons <01121>, “Saddle <02280> my donkey <02543>,” and they did so. 13:28 He went <01980> and found <04672> the corpse <05038> lying <07993> in the road <01870> with the donkey <02543> and the lion <0738> standing <05975> beside <0681> it <05038>; the lion <0738> had neither <03808> eaten <0398> the corpse <05038> nor <03808> attacked <07665> the donkey <02543>. 13:29 The old prophet <05030> picked <05375> up the corpse <05038> of the prophet <0430> <0376>, put <03240> it on <0413> the donkey <02543>, and brought <07725> it back <07725>. The old <02205> prophet <05030> then entered <0935> the city <05892> to <0413> mourn <05594> him and to bury <06912> him. 13:30 He put <03240> the corpse <05038> into his own tomb <06913>, and they mourned <05594> over <05921> him, saying, “Ah <01945>, my brother <0251>!” 13:31 After <0310> he buried <06912> him, he said <0559> to <0413> his sons <01121>, “When I die <04191>, bury <06912> me in the tomb <06913> where <0834> the prophet <0430> <0376> is buried <06912>; put <03240> my bones <06106> right beside <0681> his bones <06106>, 13:32 for <03588> the prophecy <01697> he announced <01697> <07121> with the Lord’s <03068> authority against <05921> the altar <04196> in Bethel <01008> and against <05921> all <03605> the temples <01004> on the high places <01116> in the cities <05892> of the north <08111> will certainly be <01961> fulfilled <01961>.” 13:33 After <0310> this <02088> happened <01697>, Jeroboam <03379> still did not <03808> change <07725> his evil <07451> ways <01870>; he continued <07725> to appoint <06213> common <07098> people <05971> as priests <03548> at the high places <01116>. Anyone who wanted <02655> the job he consecrated <03027> <04390> as a priest <03548>. 13:34 This <02088> sin <02403> caused <01961> Jeroboam’s <03379> dynasty <01004> to come to an end <03582> and to be destroyed <08045> from <05921> the face <06440> of the earth <0127>.

• 1Ki 13:33--14:18 -- A Prophet Announces the End of Jeroboam's Dynasty

• Jeroboam

  [isbe] JEROBOAM - jer-o-bo'-am (yarobh`am; Septuagint Hieroboam, usually assumed to have been derived from riyb and `am, and signifying "the people contend," or, "he pleads the people's cause"): The name was borne by two kings of I...
  [nave] JEROBOAM: 1. First king of Israel after the revolt. Promoted by Solomon, 1 Kin. 11:28. Ahijah's prophecy concerning, 1 Kin. 11:29-39; 14:5-16. Flees to Egypt to escape from Solomon, 1 Kin. 11:26-40. Recalled from Egypt by...
  

• CHRONICLES, BOOKS OF

  [isbe] CHRONICLES, BOOKS OF - kron'-i-k'-ls (dibhere ha-yamim, "The Words of the Days"; Septuagint paraleipomenon: 1. The Name 2. The Position of Chronicles in the Old Testament 3. Two Books, or One? 4. The Contents 5. Sources Bibl...
  

• JADON

  [isbe] JADON - ja'-don (yadhon, perhaps "he will judge" or "plead"): One who helped to rebuild the wall of Jerusalem in company with the men of Gibeon and of Mizpah (Neh 3:7). He is called the "Meronothite," and another Meronothite...
  

• BETHEL

  [isbe] BETHEL - beth'-el (beth-'el; Baithel and oikos theou, literally, "house of God"): (1) A town near the place where Abraham halted and offered sacrifice on his way south from Shechem. 1. Identification and Description: It lay ...
  

• PROPHECY; PROPHETS, 2

  [isbe] PROPHECY; PROPHETS, 2 - II. Historical Development of the Prophetic Office. 1. Abraham: It is a characteristic peculiarity of the religion of the Old Testament that its very elementary beginnings are of a prophetical nature....
  

• IDDO

  [isbe] IDDO - id'-o: (1) ('iddo (?[~'adhadh, "to be strong"), "hap," "happy" (?), Ezr 8:17): The "chief at the place Casiphia," who provided Ezra with Levites and Nethinim, the head of the Levitical body or school, said to be one o...
  

• Disobedience to God

  [nave] DISOBEDIENCE TO GOD. Denunciations Against Num. 14:11, 12, 22-24; Num. 32:8-13; Deut. 18:19; Deut. 28:15-68 Lev. 26:14-46. Punishment of Of the Egyptians by plagues, See: Plagues. See also Sin, Punishment of. Instances...
  

• OLD PROPHET, THE

  [isbe] OLD PROPHET, THE - (nabhi' 'echadh zaqen, "an old prophet" (1 Ki 13:11), ha-nabhi' ha-zaqen, "the old prophet" (1 Ki 13:29)): 1. The Narrative: The narrative of 1 Ki 13:11-32, in which the old prophet is mentioned, is part o...
  

• Minister

  [nave] MINISTER, a sacred teacher. Index of Sub-topics Miscellany of Minor Sub-topics; Call of; Character and Qualifications of; Charge Delivered to; Courage of; Duties of; Duties of the Church to; Emoluments of; Faithful, Instanc...
  

• Prophecy

  [nave] PROPHECY Concerning Jesus, See: Jesus. Concerning church, See: Church, Prophecies Concerning Prosperity of. Relating to various countries, nations, and cities, see under their respective titles. Respecting individuals, see...
  

• Lion

  [isbe] LION - li'-un: (1) Occurring most often in the Old Testament is 'aryeh, plural 'ardyoth. Another form, 'ari, plural 'arayim, is found less often. 1. Names: Compare 'ari'el, "Ariel" (Ezr 8:16; Isa 29:1,2,7); char'el, "upper a...
  [smith] "The most powerful, daring and impressive of all carnivorous animals, the most magnificent in aspect and awful in voice." At present lions do not exist in Palestine; but they must in ancient times have been numerous. The lion...
  [nave] LION King of beasts, Mic. 5:8. Fierceness of, Job 4:10; 28:8; Psa. 7:2; Prov. 22:13; Jer. 2:15; 49:19; 50:44; Hos. 13:8. The roaring of, Psa. 22:13; Prov. 20:2. Strength of, Prov. 30:30; Isa. 38:13; Joel 1:6. Instincts o...
  

• ASS

  [ebd] frequently mentioned throughout Scripture. Of the domesticated species we read of, (1.) The she ass (Heb. 'athon), so named from its slowness (Gen. 12:16; 45:23; Num. 22:23; 1 Sam. 9:3). (2.) The male ass (Heb. hamor), the c...
  [isbe] ASS - as (chamowr or chamor, compare Arabic chamar, apparently connected with Arabic root 'achmar, "red," but referred by some to root hamal, "to carry"; also, but less commonly, both in Hebrew and in Arabic, 'athon, Arabic ...
  

• Conscience

  [nave] CONSCIENCE. Job 15:21, 24; Job 27:6; Prov. 20:12; Matt. 6:22, 23; Luke 11:33 [Matt. 5:15, 16.] Luke 11:34 [Matt. 6:22.] Luke 11:35, 36; Acts 23:1; Acts 24:16; Rom. 2:14, 15; Rom. 7:15-23; Rom. 9:1; Rom. 14:1-23; 1 Cor. 8:7,...
  

• HIGH PLACE

  [ebd] an eminence, natural or artificial, where worship by sacrifice or offerings was made (1 Kings 13:32; 2 Kings 17:29). The first altar after the Flood was built on a mountain (Gen. 8:20). Abraham also built an altar on a mount...
  [isbe] HIGH PLACE - 1. General: (1) "High place" is the normal translation of bamah, a word that means simply "elevation" (Jer 26:18; Ezek 36:2, etc.; compare the use in Job 9:8 of the waves of the sea. For the plural as a proper n...
  

• Judgments

  [nave] JUDGMENTS On the serpent, Gen. 3:14, 15. Eve, Gen. 3:16; Adam, Gen. 3:17-19. Cain, Gen. 4:11-15; the Antediluvians, Gen. 6; 7; Sodomites, Gen. 19:23-25; Egyptians, the plagues and overthrow, Ex. 7-14; Nadab and Abihu, Lev....
  

• Lintel

  [ebd] (1.) Heb. mashkoph, a projecting cover (Ex. 12:22, 23; ver. 7, "upper door post," but R.V. "lintel"); the head-piece of a door, which the Israelites were commanded to mark with the blood of the paschal lamb. (2.) Heb. kaphta...
  

• Sin

  [nave] SIN. Index of Sub-Topics Miscellany of Minor Sub-Topics; Unclassified Scriptures Relating to, Defining, and Illustrating; Confession of; Consequences of, Entailed Upon Children; Conviction of; Forgiveness of; Fruits of; Kn...
  

• SAMARIA, COUNTRY OF

  [isbe] SAMARIA, COUNTRY OF - (shomeron; he Samareitis chora): The name of the city was transferred to the country of which it was the capital, so that Samaria became synonymous with the Northern Kingdom (1 Ki 13:32; Jer 31:5, etc.)...
  [smith] Samaria at first included all the tribes over which Jeroboam made himself king, whether east or west of the river Jordan. (1 Kings 13:32) But whatever extent the word might have acquired, it necessarily be came contracted ...
  

• Priest

  [nave] PRIEST. Before Moses Melchizedek, Gen. 14:18; Heb. 5:6, 10, 11; 6:20; 7:1-21. Jethro, Ex. 2:16. Priests in Israel before the giving of the law, Ex. 19:22, 24. Called angel, Eccl. 5:6. Mosaic Ex. 28:1-4; 29:9, 44; Num....
  

• Rulers

  [nave] RULERS Appointed and removed by God. See: Government, God in. Chastised, Dan. 4. See: Nation. Monarchical, See: Kings. Patriarchal, Gen. 27:29, 37. Instances of Nimrod, Gen. 10:8-10. Abraham, Gen. 14:13-24; 17:6; 21:2...
  

• The Man of God from Judah

  

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