And, behold, there came{H935} a man{H376} of God{H430} out of Judah{H3063} by the word{H1697} of Jehovah{H3068} unto Beth-el:{H1008} and Jeroboam{H3379} was standing{H5975} by the altar{H4196} to burn incense.{H6999}

And he cried{H7121} against the altar{H4196} by the word{H1697} of Jehovah,{H3068} and said,{H559} O altar,{H4196} altar,{H4196} thus saith{H559} Jehovah:{H3068} Behold, a son{H1121} shall be born{H3205} unto the house{H1004} of David,{H1732} Josiah{H2977} by name;{H8034} and upon thee shall he sacrifice{H2076} the priests{H3548} of the high places{H1116} that burn incense{H6999} upon thee, and men's{H120} bones{H6106} shall they burn{H8313} upon thee.

And he gave{H5414} a sign{H4159} the same day,{H3117} saying,{H559} This is the sign{H4159} which Jehovah{H3068} hath spoken:{H1696} Behold, the altar{H4196} shall be rent,{H7167} and the ashes{H1880} that are upon it shall be poured out.{H8210}

And it came to pass, when the king{H4428} heard{H8085} the saying{H1697} of the man{H376} of God,{H430} which he cried{H7121} against the altar{H4196} in Beth-el,{H1008} that Jeroboam{H3379} put forth{H7971} his hand{H3027} from the altar,{H4196} saying,{H559} Lay hold{H8610} on him. And his hand,{H3027} which he put forth{H7971} against him, dried up,{H3001} so that he could{H3201} not draw it back again{H7725} to him.

The altar{H4196} also was rent,{H7167} and the ashes{H1880} poured out{H8210} from the altar,{H4196} according to the sign{H4159} which the man{H376} of God{H430} had given{H5414} by the word{H1697} of Jehovah.{H3068}

And the king{H4428} answered{H6030} and said{H559} unto the man{H376} of God,{H430} Entreat{H2470} now the favor{H6440} of Jehovah{H3068} thy God,{H430} and pray{H6419} for me, that my hand{H3027} may be restored me again.{H7725} And the man{H376} of God{H430} entreated{H2470} Jehovah,{H3068} and the king's{H4428} hand{H3027} was restored him again,{H7725} and became as it was before.{H7223}

And the king{H4428} said{H1696} unto the man{H376} of God,{H430} Come{H935} home{H1004} with me, and refresh{H5582} thyself, and I will give{H5414} thee a reward.{H4991}

And the man{H376} of God{H430} said{H559} unto the king,{H4428} If thou wilt give{H5414} me half{H2677} thy house,{H1004} I will not go in{H935} with thee, neither will I eat{H398} bread{H3899} nor drink{H8354} water{H4325} in this place;{H4725}

for so was it charged{H6680} me by the word{H1697} of Jehovah,{H3068} saying,{H559} Thou shalt eat{H398} no bread,{H3899} nor drink{H8354} water,{H4325} neither return{H7725} by the way{H1870} that thou camest.{H1980}

So he went{H3212} another{H312} way,{H1870} and returned{H7725} not by the way{H1870} that he came{H935} to Beth-el.{H1008}

Now there dwelt{H3427} an{H259} old{H2205} prophet{H5030} in Beth-el;{H1008} and one of his sons{H1121} came{H935} and told{H5608} him all the works{H4639} that the man{H376} of God{H430} had done{H6213} that day{H3117} in Beth-el:{H1008} the words{H1697} which he had spoken{H1696} unto the king,{H4428} them also they told{H5608} unto their father.{H1}

And their father{H1} said{H1696} unto them, What way{H1870} went{H1980} he? Now his sons{H1121} had seen{H7200} what{H335} way{H1870} the man{H376} of God{H430} went,{H1980} that came{H935} from Judah.{H3063}

And he said{H559} unto his sons,{H1121} Saddle{H2280} me the ass.{H2543} So they saddled{H2280} him the ass;{H2543} and he rode{H7392} thereon.

And he went{H3212} after{H310} the man{H376} of God,{H430} and found{H4672} him sitting{H3427} under an oak;{H424} and he said{H559} unto him, Art thou the man{H376} of God{H430} that camest{H935} from Judah?{H3063} And he said,{H559} I am.

Then he said{H559} unto him, Come{H3212} home{H1004} with me, and eat{H398} bread.{H3899}

And he said,{H559} I may{H3201} not return{H7725} with thee, nor go in{H935} with thee; neither will I eat{H398} bread{H3899} nor drink{H8354} water{H4325} with thee in this place:{H4725}

for it was said{H1697} to me by the word{H1697} of Jehovah,{H3068} Thou shalt eat{H398} no bread{H3899} nor drink{H8354} water{H4325} there, nor turn again{H7725} to go{H3212} by the way{H1870} that thou camest.{H1980}

And he said{H559} unto him, I also am a prophet{H5030} as thou art; and an angel{H4397} spake{H1696} unto me by the word{H1697} of Jehovah,{H3068} saying,{H559} Bring him back{H7725} with thee into thy house,{H1004} that he may eat{H398} bread{H3899} and drink{H8354} water.{H4325} [But] he lied{H3584} unto him.

So he went back{H7725} with him, and did eat{H398} bread{H3899} in his house,{H1004} and drank{H8354} water.{H4325}

And it came to pass, as they sat{H3427} at the table,{H7979} that the word{H1697} of Jehovah{H3068} came unto the prophet{H5030} that brought him back;{H7725}

and he cried{H7121} unto the man{H376} of God{H430} that came{H935} from Judah,{H3063} saying,{H559} Thus saith{H559} Jehovah,{H3068} Forasmuch as{H3282} thou hast been disobedient{H4784} unto the mouth{H6310} of Jehovah,{H3068} and hast not kept{H8104} the commandment{H4687} which Jehovah{H3068} thy God{H430} commanded{H6680} thee,

but camest back,{H7725} and hast eaten{H398} bread{H3899} and drunk{H8354} water{H4325} in the place{H4725} of which he said{H1696} to thee, Eat{H398} no bread,{H3899} and drink{H8354} no water;{H4325} thy body{H5038} shall not come{H935} unto the sepulchre{H6913} of thy fathers.{H1}

And it came to pass, after{H310} he had eaten{H398} bread,{H3899} and after{H310} he had drunk,{H8354} that he saddled{H2280} for him the ass,{H2543} [to wit], for the prophet{H5030} whom he had brought back.{H7725}

And when he was gone,{H3212} a lion{H738} met{H4672} him by the way,{H1870} and slew{H4191} him: and his body{H5038} was cast{H7993} in the way,{H1870} and the ass{H2543} stood{H5975} by{H681} it; the lion{H738} also stood{H5975} by the body.{H5038}

And, behold, men{H582} passed by,{H5674} and saw{H7200} the body{H5038} cast{H7993} in the way,{H1870} and the lion{H738} standing{H5975} by{H681} the body;{H5038} and they came{H935} and told{H1696} it in the city{H5892} where the old{H2205} prophet{H5030} dwelt.{H3427}

And when the prophet{H5030} that brought him back{H7725} from the way{H1870} heard{H8085} thereof, he said,{H559} It is the man{H376} of God,{H430} who was disobedient{H4784} unto the mouth{H6310} of Jehovah:{H3068} therefore Jehovah{H3068} hath delivered{H5414} him unto the lion,{H738} which hath torn{H7665} him, and slain{H4191} him, according to the word{H1697} of Jehovah,{H3068} which he spake{H1696} unto him.

And he spake{H1696} to his sons,{H1121} saying,{H559} Saddle{H2280} me the ass.{H2543} And they saddled{H2280} it.

And he went{H3212} and found{H4672} his body{H5038} cast{H7993} in the way,{H1870} and the ass{H2543} and the lion{H738} standing{H5975} by{H681} the body:{H5038} the lion{H738} had not eaten{H398} the body,{H5038} nor torn{H7665} the ass.{H2543}

And the prophet{H5030} took up{H5375} the body{H5038} of the man{H376} of God,{H430} and laid{H3240} it upon the ass,{H2543} and brought it back;{H7725} and he came{H935} to the city{H5892} of the old{H2205} prophet,{H5030} to mourn,{H5594} and to bury{H6912} him.

And he laid{H3240} his body{H5038} in his own grave;{H6913} and they mourned{H5594} over him, [saying], Alas,{H1945} my brother!{H251}

And it came to pass, after{H310} he had buried{H6912} him, that he spake{H559} to his sons,{H1121} saying,{H559} When I am dead,{H4191} then bury{H6912} me in the sepulchre{H6913} wherein the man{H376} of God{H430} is buried;{H6912} lay{H3240} my bones{H6106} beside{H681} his bones.{H6106}

For the saying{H1697} which he cried{H7121} by the word{H1697} of Jehovah{H3068} against the altar{H4196} in Beth-el,{H1008} and against all the houses{H1004} of the high places{H1116} which are in the cities{H5892} of Samaria,{H8111} shall surely come to pass.

After{H310} this thing{H1697} Jeroboam{H3379} returned{H7725} not from his evil{H7451} way,{H1870} but made{H6213} again{H7725} from among all{H7098} the people{H5971} priests{H3548} of the high places:{H1116} whosoever would,{H2655} he consecrated{H4390} him, that there might be priests{H3548} of the high places.{H1116}

And this thing{H1697} became sin{H2403} unto the house{H1004} of Jeroboam,{H3379} even to cut it off,{H3582} and to destroy{H8045} it from off the face{H6440} of the earth.{H127}