1 Kings 13:30 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And he laid his carcase in his own grave; and they mourned over him, saying, Alas, my brother! ”

• 1 Kings 13:30 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  He laid his carcase in his own grave - As Joseph of Arimathaea did the body of our Lord Matthew 27:60 . The possession of rock-hewn tombs by families, or individuals, was common among the Jews f...

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• 1 Kings 13:30 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

  And he laid his carcase in his (m) own grave; and they mourned over him, [saying], Alas, my brother! (m) Which he had prepared for himself.

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• 1 Kings 13:30 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  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...

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• 1 Kings 13:30 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  grave . sepulchre. Hebrew. keber, . burying-place,. pit. Compare App-35.

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• 1 Kings 13:30 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  And he laid his carcase in his own grave; and they mourned over him, saying , Alas, my brother! Alas, my brothers - This lamentation is very simple, very short, and very pathetic. Perhaps the old pr...

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• 1 Kings 13:30 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  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...

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• 1 Kings 13:30 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  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...

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• 1 Kings 13:30 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  (30-32) They mourned. — The mourning of the old prophet, and the burial of the body in his own sepulchre, probably show some touch of remorse and personal compassion for the victim of his treachero...

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• 1 Kings 13:30 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  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...

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• 1 Kings 13:30 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  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...

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• 1 Kings 13:30 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  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...

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• 1 Kings 13:30 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  (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...

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• 1 Kings 13:30 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  And he laid his carcass in his own grave ,.... Which he had prepared for himself; for, as he came from Samaria, it could not be the sepulchre of his fathers; and this was showing all the respect, an...

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• 1 Kings 13:30 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  And he laid his carcase in his own grave; and they mourned over him, [saying], Alas, my brother! Ver. 30. In his own grave. ] Which was ready made, it seems. See the like, Matthew 27:60 . Charles...

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• 1 Kings 13:30 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  The prophet , (namely, the old prophet, ) took up the carcass of the man of God “If there were any truth,” says Henry, “in the vulgar opinion, sure the corpse bled afresh when he touched it; for...

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• 1 Kings 13:30 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

  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...

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• 1 Kings 13:30 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  The Deceived Prophet Slain. B. C. 974.       23 And it came to pass, after he had eaten brea...

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• 1 Kings 13:30 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  So that threatening, 1 Kings 13:22 , was fulfilled; and withal, the memory of his prophecy was revived and preserved among them, and his very carcass resting there might be a witness of their madn...

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• 1 Kings 13:30 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  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...

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• 1 Kings 13:30 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  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...

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• 1 Kings 13:30 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  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....

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• 1 Kings 13:30 - The Biblical Illustrator

  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...

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• 1 Kings 13:30 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  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...

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• 1 Kings 13:30 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  The Prophet Punished for his Disobedience

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• 1 Kings 13:30 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  1 Kings 14:13 ; Acts 8:2 ; Jeremiah 22:18

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• 1 Kings 13:30 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  His grave — So that threatening, 1 Kings 13:22 , was fulfilled; and withal, the memory of his prophecy was revived and preserved among them, and his very carcase resting there, might be a witness...

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