Verse 11

Now there was an old prophet living in Bethel. When his sons came home, they told him everything the prophet had done in Bethel that day. And they told their father all the words that he had spoken to the king.

Referenced Verses

  • 2 Kgs 23:18 : 18 The king said,“Leave it alone! No one must touch his bones.” So they left his bones undisturbed, as well as the bones of the Israelite prophet buried beside him.
  • Ezek 13:2 : 2 “Son of man, prophesy against the prophets of Israel who are now prophesying. Say to the prophets who prophesy from their imagination:‘Listen to the LORD’s message!
  • Ezek 13:16 : 16 those prophets of Israel who would prophesy about Jerusalem and would see visions of peace for it, when there was no peace,” declares the Sovereign LORD.’
  • Matt 7:22 : 22 On that day, many will say to me,‘Lord, Lord, didn’t we prophesy in your name, and cast out demons in your name, and do many powerful deeds in your name?’
  • 1 Tim 3:5 : 5 But if someone does not know how to manage his own household, how will he care for the church of God?
  • 2 Pet 2:16 : 16 yet was rebuked for his own transgression(a dumb donkey, speaking with a human voice, restrained the prophet’s madness).
  • Num 23:4-5 : 4 Then God met Balaam, who said to him,“I have prepared seven altars, and I have offered on each altar a bull and a ram.” 5 Then the LORD put a message in Balaam’s mouth and said,“Return to Balak, and speak what I tell you.”
  • Num 24:2 : 2 When Balaam lifted up his eyes, he saw Israel camped tribe by tribe; and the Spirit of God came upon him.
  • 1 Sam 10:11 : 11 When everyone who had known him previously saw him prophesying with the prophets, the people all asked one another,“What on earth has happened to the son of Kish? Does even Saul belong with the prophets?”
  • 1 Kgs 13:20-21 : 20 While they were sitting at the table, the LORD’s message came to the old prophet who had brought him back. 21 So he cried out to the prophet who had come from Judah,“This is what the LORD has said,‘You have rebelled against the LORD’s instruction and have not obeyed the command the LORD your God gave you.
  • 1 Kgs 13:25 : 25 Then some men came passing by and saw the body lying in the road with the lion standing next to the body. They went and reported what they had seen in the city where the old prophet lived.