“ And he spake to his sons, saying, Saddle me the ass. And they saddled him. ”
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...
And he spake to his sons, saying, Saddle me the ass. And they saddled him .
And, behold, men passed by, and saw the carcase cast in the way, and the lion standing by the carcase: and they came and told it in the city where the old prophet dwelt. No JFB commentary on...
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...
And he spoke to his sons, saying, saddle me the ass ,.... For it seems he had more than one, for he had sent away the man of God with one before: and they saddled him; the ass he commonly rode on.
And he spake to his sons, saying, Saddle me the ass. And they saddled [him]. Ver. 27. And they saddled him. ] See 1 Kings 13:13 .
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 Deceived Prophet Slain. B. C. 974. 23 And it came to pass, after he had eaten brea...
Being secure as to himself, because so many others had been there without any harm; and because he perceived the prophet's death was a judgment of God, and that for special reasons.
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