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* And , behold , a man of God had come from Judah to Bethel , by the word of Jehovah , and Jeroboam was standing by the altar to burn incense . * And he cried against the altar , by the word of Jehovah , and said , Altar ! Altar ! So says Jehovah , Behold , a son shall be born to the house of David , his name Josiah , and he shall sacrifice on you the priests of the high places who are burning incense on you , and they shall burn the bones of man on you . * And on that day he gave a sign , saying , This is the sign that Jehovah has spoken , Behold , the altar is torn , and the ashes that are on it poured out . * And it happened when king Jeroboam heard the saying of the man of God which he had cried against the altar in Bethel , he put out his hand from the altar , saying , Seize him . And his hand which he put out against him withered , and he was not able to bring it back to him . * And the altar was torn , and the ashes poured out from the altar , according to the sign that the man of God had given by the word of Jehovah . * And the king answered and said to the man of God , Please entreat the face of Jehovah your God , and pray for me , and my hand shall come back to me . And the man of God entreated the face of Jehovah , and the hand of the king came back to him , and it was as at the beginning . * And the king spoke to the man of God , Come home with me , and refresh yourself , and I will give you a gift . * And the man of God said to the king , If you would give me the half of your house , I would not go in with you , nor will I eat bread , nor will I drink water in this place . * For so He commanded me by the word of Jehovah , saying , You shall not eat bread nor drink water , nor turn back in the way that you have come . * And he went on another way , and did not turn back in the way in which he came into Bethel . * And a certain aged prophet was living in Bethel , and his son came and told him all the deeds that the man of God had done that day in Bethel , the words that he had spoken to the king ; yea , they told them to their father . * And their father said to them , Where is this man , what way did he go ? And his sons saw the way that the man of God from Judah had gone . * And he said to his sons , Saddle the ass for me . And they saddled the ass for him , and he rode on it , * and went after the man of God , and found him sitting under an oak tree . And he said to him , are you the man of God who has come from Judah ? And he said , I am . * Then he said to him , Come home with me and eat bread . * And he said , I am not able to go back with you , and to go in with you , nor may I eat bread or drink water with you in this place ; * for a word came to me by the word of Jehovah , You shall not eat bread nor drink water there you shall not turn back to go in the way in which you came . * And he said to him , I also am a prophet like yourself , and an angel spoke to me by the word of Jehovah , saying , Bring him back with you into your house , and he shall eat bread and water (he lied to him ). * And he turned back with him and ate bread in his house and drank water . * And it happened as they were sitting at the table , and a word of Jehovah came to the prophet who brought him back ; * and he cried to the man of God who came from Judah , saying , So says Jehovah , Because you have resisted the mouth of Jehovah , and have not kept the command that Jehovah your God charged you , * and turned back and ate bread and drank water in the place of which He said to you , You shall not eat bread nor drink water ; your carcass shall not come to the burying place of your fathers . * And after he ate bread and after he drank , it happened that he saddled the ass for him , for the prophet whom he had brought back . * And he left , and a lion found him in the way and killed him ; and his carcass was thrown down in the way , and the ass was standing near it , and the lion was standing near the carcass . * And behold , men were passing by and saw the carcass thrown in the way , and the lion standing near the carcass ; and they came and reported it in the city in which the old prophet lived . * And the prophet who brought him back out of the way heard and said , It is the man of God who provoked the mouth of Jehovah , and Jehovah gave him to the lion , and it tore him apart and killed him , according to the word of Jehovah that He spoke to him . * And he spoke to his sons , saying , Saddle the ass for me . And they saddled . * And he went and found the carcass thrown down in the way , and the ass and the lion were standing near the carcass ; the lion had not eaten the carcass nor had he torn apart the ass . * And the prophet took up the carcass of the man of God and placed it on the ass , and brought it back ; and the old prophet came into the city to mourn and to bury him . * And he placed his carcass in his own grave , and they mourned for him , O my brother ! * And it happened , after he buried him , that he spoke to his sons , saying , At my death , you shall bury me in the burying place in which the man of God is buried ; place my bones beside his bones ; * for the word that he cried by the word of Jehovah concerning the altar in Bethel , and concerning all the houses of the high places that are in the cities of Samaria , shall surely occur . * After this thing Jeroboam did not turn from his evil way , but turned again and made from the lowest of the people priests of high places ; he who desired , he consecrated him , and he became one of the priests of the high places . * And in this thing is the sin of the house of Jeroboam , even to blot it from off the face of the earth .

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