“ Then he said unto him, Come home with me, and eat bread. ”
Then he said unto him, (g) Come home with me, and eat bread. (g) This he did of a simple mind, thinking it his duty to declare friendship to a prophet.
1 Kings 12:25 to 1 Kings 13:34 . The Sin of Jeroboam. The Prophet at Bethel. The sources cannot be exactly determined. Some (see Cent.B) may belong to the annals of the northern kingdom, but the...
Then he said unto him, Come home with me, and eat bread.
Then he said unto him, Come home with me, and eat bread. No JFB commentary on these verses.
The Disobedient Prophet 2. Josiah] for the fulfilment see 2 Kings 23:15-20 . Some 300 years separated the prediction from the event, and the mention by name of the king destined to accomplish it...
JEROBOAM AND THE MAN OF GOD 1 Kings 13:1-34 "Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God." - 1 John 4:1 WE are told that Jeroboam, whose position probably...
Breaking Three Commandments 1 Kings 21:1-29 ; 1 Kings 1:1-53 ; 1 Kings 2:1-46 ; 1 Kings 3:1-28 ; 1 Kings 4:1-34 ; 1 Kings 5:1-18 ; 1 Kings 6:1-38 ; 1 Kings 7:1-51 ; 1 Kings 8:1-66 ; 1 Ki...
In this chapter are two lessons of supreme value; first, the patient grace of God, and, second, the solemn responsibility of such as bear His message. The first of these is brought out in the story...
(12) And their father said unto them, What way went he? For his sons had seen what way the man of God went, which came from Judah. (13) And he said unto his sons, Saddle me the ass. So they saddled h...
THE PROPHET OF JUDAH ‘The prophet of Judah.’ 1 Kings 13:1-25 The altar at Beth-el was an ill-omened altar. The shadow of ruin was on it from the first. On the very morning of its inauguratio...
Then said he unto him, come home with me, and eat bread. In which invitation no doubt he was hearty, and might have no ill design in it, only to have some conversation with him, as being a good man...
Then he said unto him, Come home with me, and eat bread. Ver. 15. Come home with me, and eat bread. ] This was cruel courtesy, cut-throat kindness, such as the world is full of.
A SOLEMN MESSAGE FROM GOD (vs.1-10) God would not leave Jereboam without clear witness to God's abhorrence of the evil that Jereboam had introduced in Israel. The Lord sent a man of God from Jud...
The Prophet Deceived. B. C. 974. 11 Now there dwelt an old prophet in Beth-el; and his...
No text from Poole on this verse.
The Old Prophet And The Man Of God ( 1 Kings 13:11-32 ). Meanwhile dwelling in Bethel was an old prophet who had served YHWH for many years. The fact that he was not present at the celebrations ta...
CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.— 1 Kings 13:11 . An old prophet in Bethel : who had been faithless amid surrounding faithlessness. His alertness to win the prophet of Judah to his house arose fr...
1 Kings 13:1 . Bethel. See the notes on 1 Kings 12 1 Kings 12 . The man of God from Judah is called Jaddo by Josephus. 1 Kings 13:2 . Josiah. Cyrus is mentioned by name, as well as Josiah....
Now there dwelt an old man in Bethel The nameless prophet This passage forms part of a very remarkable narrative. The miraculous element is so prominent that certain critics would have the ch...
EXPOSITION THE DISOBEDIENCE AND DEATH OF THE MAN OF GOD .—The seduction of the man of God, who has borne such fearless witness against Jeroboam's ecclesiastical policy, and his...
The Prophet Punished for his Disobedience
1 Kings 13:15