1 Kings 13:1

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

Behold, a man of God came from Judah by the word of the LORD to Bethel, and Jeroboam was standing by the altar to offer incense.

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Other Translations

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    And, behold, there came a man of God out of Judah by the word of the LORD unto Beth-el: and Jeroboam stood by the altar to burn incense.

  • KJV1611 – Modern English

    And, behold, a man of God came out of Judah by the word of the LORD to Bethel: and Jeroboam stood by the altar to burn incense.

  • King James Version 1611 (Original)

    And, behold, there came a man of God out of Judah by the word of the LORD unto Bethel: and Jeroboam stood by the altar to burn incense.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    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}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    And, behold, there came{H935}{(H8804)} a man{H376} of God{H430} out of Judah{H3063} by the word{H1697} of the LORD{H3068} unto Bethel{H1008}: and Jeroboam{H3379} stood{H5975}{(H8802)} by the altar{H4196} to burn incense{H6999}{(H8687)}.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    And beholde, there came a ma of God from Iuda (thorow the worde of the LORDE) vnto Bethel, and Ieroboam stode by the altar to burne incense.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    And beholde, there came a man of God out of Iudah (by the commaundement of the Lorde) vnto Beth-el, and Ieroboam stoode by the altar to offer incense.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    And behold, ther came a man of God out of Iuda by the worde of the lord, vnto Bethel: and Ieroboam stoode by the aulter to put incense.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    ¶ And, behold, there came a man of God out of Judah by the word of the LORD unto Bethel: and Jeroboam stood by the altar to burn incense.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    Behold, there came a man of God out of Judah by the word of Yahweh to Beth El: and Jeroboam was standing by the altar to burn incense.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    And lo, a man of God hath come from Judah, by the word of Jehovah, unto Beth-El, and Jeroboam is standing by the altar -- to make perfume;

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And, behold, there came a man of God out of Judah by the word of Jehovah unto Beth-el: and Jeroboam was standing by the altar to burn incense.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And, behold, there came a man of God out of Judah by the word of Jehovah unto Beth-el: and Jeroboam was standing by the altar to burn incense.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    Then a man of God came from Judah by the order of the Lord to Beth-el, where Jeroboam was by the altar, burning offerings.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    Behold, there came a man of God out of Judah by the word of Yahweh to Beth El: and Jeroboam was standing by the altar to burn incense.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    Just then a prophet arrived from Judah with the LORD’s message for Bethel, as Jeroboam was standing near the altar ready to offer a sacrifice.

Referenced Verses

  • 2 Kgs 23:17 : 17 He asked, 'What is this monument that I see?’ The men of the city replied, 'It is the tomb of the man of God who came from Judah and proclaimed these things that you have done to the altar at Bethel.'
  • 1 Kgs 12:32-33 : 32 He instituted a festival on the fifteenth day of the eighth month, like the festival held in Judah, and offered sacrifices on the altar. He did this in Bethel, sacrificing to the calves he had made. And there at Bethel he installed priests for the high places he had made. 33 On the fifteenth day of the eighth month, a month of his own choosing, he offered sacrifices on the altar he had built at Bethel. So he instituted the festival for the Israelites and went up to the altar to offer sacrifices.
  • 1 Thess 4:15 : 15 For this we say to you by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive, who are left until the coming of the Lord, will not precede those who have fallen asleep.
  • 1 Kgs 12:22 : 22 But this word of God came to Shemaiah the man of God:
  • Rev 8:3 : 3 Another angel came and stood at the altar, holding a golden censer, and he was given much incense to offer with the prayers of all God's people on the golden altar before the throne.
  • 1 Kgs 13:5 : 5 The altar was also torn apart, and the ashes on it were poured out, according to the sign that the man of God had given by the word of the LORD.
  • 1 Kgs 13:9 : 9 'For this is the command the LORD gave me by His word: You must not eat bread or drink water or return by the way you came.'
  • 1 Kgs 13:26 : 26 When the prophet who had brought him back from the road heard about it, he said, 'It is the man of God who defied the command of the LORD. Therefore, the LORD has given him over to the lion, which has mauled and killed him, just as the word of the LORD had spoken to him.'
  • 1 Kgs 13:32 : 32 For the message he declared by the word of the LORD against the altar at Bethel and against all the shrines of the high places in the towns of Samaria will surely be fulfilled.
  • 1 Kgs 20:35 : 35 One of the sons of the prophets said to his companion by the word of the LORD, 'Strike me, please.' But the man refused to strike him.
  • 2 Chr 9:29 : 29 The rest of the events of Solomon's reign, from beginning to end, are written in the records of Nathan the prophet, in the prophecy of Ahijah the Shilonite, and in the visions of Iddo the seer concerning Jeroboam son of Nebat.
  • 2 Chr 26:18 : 18 They confronted King Uzziah and said to him, 'It is not for you, Uzziah, to burn incense to the Lord. That is for the priests, the descendants of Aaron, who have been consecrated to burn incense. Leave the sanctuary, for you have been unfaithful, and you will not be honored by the Lord God.'
  • Jer 11:12 : 12 The cities of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem will go and cry out to the gods to whom they burn incense, but those gods will not save them in their time of disaster.
  • Jer 25:3 : 3 From the thirteenth year of Josiah son of Amon, king of Judah, until this very day—these twenty-three years—the word of the LORD has come to me, and I have spoken to you repeatedly, but you have not listened.
  • Jer 32:29 : 29 The Chaldeans who are fighting against the city will enter it, set it on fire, and burn it along with the houses where incense was offered to Baal on their rooftops and drink offerings were poured out to other gods, provoking Me to anger.
  • Mal 1:11 : 11 For from the rising of the sun to its setting, my name will be great among the nations. In every place, incense and pure offerings will be brought to my name, because my name will be great among the nations, says the LORD of Hosts.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • 1 Kgs 13:2-5
    4 verses
    81%

    2 He cried out against the altar by the word of the LORD and said, 'Altar, altar! This is what the LORD says: Behold, a son will be born to the house of David; his name will be Josiah. He will sacrifice on you the priests of the high places who offer incense on you, and human bones will be burned on you.'

    3 On that same day, he gave a sign, saying, 'This is the sign that the LORD has spoken: Behold, the altar will be torn apart, and the ashes on it will be poured out.'

    4 When King Jeroboam heard the message from the man of God who cried out against the altar at Bethel, he stretched out his hand from the altar and said, 'Seize him!' But his hand, which he had stretched out against the man, withered so that he could not pull it back to himself.

    5 The altar was also torn apart, and the ashes on it were poured out, according to the sign that the man of God had given by the word of the LORD.

  • 1 Kgs 13:32-34
    3 verses
    79%

    32 For the message he declared by the word of the LORD against the altar at Bethel and against all the shrines of the high places in the towns of Samaria will surely be fulfilled.

    33 Even after this, Jeroboam did not turn away from his evil way. Instead, he made priests for the high places from all sorts of people. Anyone who wanted to become a priest, he consecrated, and they became priests for the high places.

    34 This response became a sin to the house of Jeroboam, leading to its downfall and destruction from the face of the earth.

  • 2 Kgs 23:15-17
    3 verses
    76%

    15 Even the altar at Bethel, the high place that Jeroboam son of Nebat had made, the one who caused Israel to sin—even that altar and the high place he tore down. He burned the high place, crushed it to dust, and burned the Asherah pole that was there.

    16 Josiah turned, saw the graves that were on the hill, and sent men to take the bones from the graves. He burned them on the altar and defiled it according to the word of the LORD, as the man of God had proclaimed, who had foretold these things.

    17 He asked, 'What is this monument that I see?’ The men of the city replied, 'It is the tomb of the man of God who came from Judah and proclaimed these things that you have done to the altar at Bethel.'

  • Ezek 13:1
    74%

    1 The word of the LORD came to me, saying,

  • 1 Kgs 13:11
    74%

    11 Now there was an old prophet living in Bethel, and his sons came and told him all the deeds the man of God had done that day in Bethel. They also told their father the words he had spoken to the king.

  • 1 Kgs 14:5-7
    3 verses
    73%

    5 But the LORD had already told Ahijah, "The wife of Jeroboam is coming to inquire about her son, for he is sick. You are to say such-and-such to her. When she arrives, she will be pretending to be someone else."

    6 When Ahijah heard the sound of her feet coming to the doorway, he said, "Come in, wife of Jeroboam! Why are you pretending to be someone else? I have been sent to give you harsh news.

    7 Go and tell Jeroboam, 'This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: I raised you up from among the people and appointed you ruler over My people Israel.

  • 1 Kgs 12:31-33
    3 verses
    73%

    31 Jeroboam also built shrines on high places and appointed priests from all sorts of people, even though they were not Levites.

    32 He instituted a festival on the fifteenth day of the eighth month, like the festival held in Judah, and offered sacrifices on the altar. He did this in Bethel, sacrificing to the calves he had made. And there at Bethel he installed priests for the high places he had made.

    33 On the fifteenth day of the eighth month, a month of his own choosing, he offered sacrifices on the altar he had built at Bethel. So he instituted the festival for the Israelites and went up to the altar to offer sacrifices.

  • 2 Chr 13:15
    72%

    15 Then the men of Judah raised a battle cry, and as they shouted, God struck down Jeroboam and all Israel before Abijah and Judah.

  • 2 Kgs 16:12
    72%

    12 When the king returned from Damascus, he saw the altar, approached it, and offered sacrifices on it.

  • Jer 19:14
    71%

    14 Jeremiah then returned from Topheth, where the LORD had sent him to prophesy, and he stood in the court of the LORD’s temple and said to all the people:

  • 1 Kgs 13:21
    71%

    21 and he cried out to the man of God who had come from Judah, 'This is what the LORD says: Because you have defied the word of the LORD and have not kept the command the LORD your God gave you,

  • 2 Chr 10:2-3
    2 verses
    71%

    2 When Jeroboam son of Nebat heard this—he was in Egypt, where he had fled from King Solomon—he returned from Egypt.

    3 So they sent for Jeroboam, and he came with all Israel. Together, they spoke to Rehoboam, saying,

  • Ezek 21:1
    70%

    1 Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying:

  • 2 Chr 11:2-3
    2 verses
    70%

    2 But the word of the LORD came to Shemaiah, the man of God, saying,

    3 “Say to Rehoboam, son of Solomon, king of Judah, and to all Israel in Judah and Benjamin,

  • 1 Kgs 14:2
    70%

    2 Jeroboam said to his wife, "Please get up and disguise yourself so that no one will recognize you as the wife of Jeroboam. Then go to Shiloh. Look, there is Ahijah the prophet, the one who told me I would become king over these people.

  • Ezek 14:2
    70%

    2 Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying:

  • 2 Kgs 1:9
    70%

    9 Then the king sent a captain with his fifty men to Elijah. He went up to Elijah, who was sitting on the top of the hill, and said to him, 'Man of God, the king says, "Come down."'

  • 1 Kgs 13:14
    70%

    14 He went after the man of God and found him sitting under an oak tree. He asked him, 'Are you the man of God who came from Judah?' He replied, 'I am.'

  • 1 Kgs 14:17
    70%

    17 Jeroboam’s wife got up, left, and went to Tirzah. As soon as she stepped over the threshold of the house, the boy died.

  • 2 Chr 34:26
    70%

    26 But to the king of Judah who sent you to inquire of the LORD, this is what you shall say to him: 'This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says concerning the words you heard:

  • 1 Kgs 11:28
    70%

    28 Jeroboam was a capable man, and when Solomon saw how well the young man did his work, he appointed him over all the forced labor of the house of Joseph.

  • Lev 9:24
    70%

    24 Fire came out from the presence of the LORD and consumed the burnt offering and the fat portions on the altar. When all the people saw it, they shouted for joy and fell facedown.

  • Jer 1:2
    70%

    2 The word of the LORD came to him during the reign of Josiah son of Amon, king of Judah, in the thirteenth year of his reign.

  • 1 Kgs 12:2-3
    2 verses
    70%

    2 When Jeroboam son of Nebat heard about this—he was still in Egypt, where he had fled from King Solomon—he remained in Egypt.

    3 They sent for him, and Jeroboam and the entire assembly of Israel came and spoke to Rehoboam.

  • 1 Kgs 14:14
    70%

    14 The LORD will raise up a king over Israel who will cut off the house of Jeroboam. This is the day! What indeed is even now happening!

  • Judg 13:20
    70%

    20 When the flame rose from the altar toward heaven, the angel of the Lord ascended in the flame of the altar. Seeing this, Manoah and his wife fell facedown to the ground.

  • 2 Chr 13:8
    70%

    8 And now you think you can stand firm against the kingdom of the LORD in the hands of David’s descendants because you have a great multitude and golden calves that Jeroboam made for you as gods.

  • Jer 1:16
    70%

    16 I will pronounce My judgments against them for all their evil in forsaking Me, burning incense to other gods, and worshiping the works of their own hands.

  • 2 Chr 13:4
    70%

    4 Abijah stood on Mount Zemaraim, in the hill country of Ephraim, and said, "Listen to me, Jeroboam and all Israel!"

  • 1 Kgs 12:27
    70%

    27 If these people go up to worship at the temple of the LORD in Jerusalem, they will again give their allegiance to their lord, Rehoboam king of Judah. They will kill me and return to King Rehoboam of Judah.

  • 2 Kgs 22:18
    70%

    18 As for the king of Judah who sent you to inquire of the LORD, you shall say to him: ‘Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel: Regarding the words you have heard,

  • 2 Chr 11:14
    69%

    14 For the Levites left their pasturelands and their possessions and came to Judah and Jerusalem because Jeroboam and his sons had rejected them from serving as priests of the LORD.

  • 1 Kgs 15:30
    69%

    30 This happened because of the sins Jeroboam had committed and caused Israel to commit, provoking the LORD, the God of Israel, to anger.

  • 2 Kgs 1:6
    69%

    6 They answered, 'A man came to meet us and said, "Go back to the king who sent you and tell him: This is what the LORD says: 'Is it because there is no God in Israel that you are sending messengers to inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron? Therefore, you will not leave the bed you are lying on. You will surely die.'"'

  • 2 Chr 15:1
    69%

    1 The Spirit of God came upon Azariah, the son of Oded.

  • 1 Kgs 14:12
    69%

    12 Now, get up and go back to your house. When you set foot in the city, the boy will die.