1 Kings 13:31-34

13:31 After he buried him, he said to his sons, “When I die, bury me in the tomb where the prophet ¹  is buried; put my bones right beside his bones, 13:32 for the prophecy he announced with the Lord’s authority ²  against the altar in Bethel ³  and against all the temples on the high places in the cities of the north ⁴  will certainly be fulfilled.”

A Prophet Announces the End of Jeroboam’s Dynasty

13:33 After this happened, Jeroboam still did not change his evil ways; ⁵  he continued to appoint common people ⁶  as priests at the high places. Anyone who wanted the job he consecrated as a priest. ⁷  13:34 This sin caused Jeroboam’s dynasty ⁸  to come to an end and to be destroyed from the face of the earth.

[13:31]  ¹ tn Heb “the man of God.”

[13:32]  ² tn Heb “for the word which he cried out by the word of the Lord”

[13:32]  ³ map For location see Map4 G4; Map5 C1; Map6 E3; Map7 D1; Map8 G3.

[13:32]  ⁴ tn Heb “Samaria.” The name of Israel’s capital city here stands for the northern kingdom as a whole. Actually Samaria was not built and named until several years after this (see 1 Kgs 16:24), so it is likely that the author of Kings, writing at a later time, is here adapting the old prophet’s original statement.

[13:33]  ⁵ tn Heb “did not turn from his evil way.”

[13:33]  ⁶ sn The expression common people refers to people who were not Levites. See 1 Kgs 12:31.

[13:33]  ⁷ tn Heb “and one who had the desire he was filling his hand so that he became [one of] the priests of the high places.”

[13:34]  ⁸ tn Heb “house.”