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* And , behold , there came a man of God out of Judah by the word of the LORD unto Bethel Beyth -#El #: and Jeroboam stood by the altar to burn incense . * And he cried against the altar in the word of the LORD , and said , O altar , altar , thus saith the LORD ; Behold , a child shall be born unto the house of David , Josiah by name ; and upon thee shall he offer the priests of the high places that burn incense upon thee , and mens bones shall be burnt upon thee . * And he gave a sign the same day , saying , This is the sign which the LORD hath spoken ; Behold , the altar shall be rent , and the ashes that are upon it shall be poured out . * And it came to pass , when king Jeroboam heard the saying of the man of God , which had cried against the altar in Bethel Beyth -#El #, that he put forth his hand from the altar , saying , Lay hold on him . And his hand , which he put forth against him , dried up , so that he could not pull i in again to him . * The altar also was rent , and the ashes poured out from the altar , according to the sign which the man of God had given by the word of the LORD . * And the king answered and said unto the man of God , Intreat now the face of the LORD thy God , and pray for me , that my hand may be restored me again . And the man of God besought the LORD , and the kings hand was restored him again , and became as it was before ri #shown #. * And the king said unto the man of God , Come home with me , and refresh thyself , and I will give thee a reward . * And the man of God said unto the king , If thou wilt give me half thine house , I will not go in with thee , neither will I eat bread nor drink water in this place : * For so was it charged me by the word of the LORD , saying , Eat no bread , nor drink water , nor turn again by the same way that thou camest . * So he went another way , and returned not by the way that he came to Bethel Beyth -#El #. * Now there dwelt an old prophet in Bethel Beyth -#El #; and his sons came and told him all the works that the man of God had done that day in Bethel Beyth -#El #: the words which he had spoken unto the king , them they told also to their father . * 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 . * And he said unto his sons , Saddle me the ass . So they saddled him the ass : and he rode thereon , * And went after the man of God , and found him sitting under an oak : and he said unto him , Art thou the man of God that camest from Judah ? And he said , I am . * Then he said unto him , Come home with me , and eat bread . * And he said , I may not return with thee , nor go in with thee : neither will I eat bread nor drink water with thee in this place : * For it was said to me by the word of the LORD , Thou shalt eat no bread nor drink water there , nor turn again to go by the way that thou camest . * He said unto him , I am a prophet also as thou art ; and an angel spake unto me by the word of the LORD , saying , Bring him back with thee into thine house , that he may eat bread and drink water . But he lied unto him . * So he went back with him , and did eat bread in his house , and drank water . * And it came to pass , as they sat at the table , that the word of the LORD came unto the prophet that brought him back : * And he cried unto the man of God that came from Judah , saying , Thus saith the LORD , Forasmuch as thou hast disobeyed the mouth of the LORD , and hast not kept the commandment which the LORD thy God commanded thee , * But camest back , and hast eaten bread and drunk water in the place , of the which the LORD did say to thee , Eat no bread , and drink no water ; thy carcase shall not come unto the sepulchre of thy fathers . * And it came to pass , after he had eaten bread , and after he had drunk , that he saddled for him the ass , to wit , for the prophet whom he had brought back . * And when he was gone , a lion met him by the way , and slew him : and his carcase was cast in the way , and the ass stood by it , the lion also stood by the carcase . * 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 . * And when the prophet that brought him back from the way heard thereof , he said , It is the man of God , who was disobedient unto the word of the LORD : therefore the LORD hath delivered him unto the lion , which hath torn him , and slain him , according to the word of the LORD , which he spake unto him . * And he spake to his sons , saying , Saddle me the ass . And they saddled him . * And he went and found his carcase cast in the way , and the ass and the lion standing by the carcase : the lion had not eaten the carcase , nor torn the ass . * And the prophet took up the carcase of the man of God , and laid it upon the ass , and brought it back : and the old prophet came to the city , to mourn and to bury him . * And he laid his carcase in his own grave ; and they mourned over him , saying , Alas , my brother ! * And it came to pass , after he had buried him , that he spake to his sons , saying , When I am dead , then bury me in the sepulchre wherein the man of God is buried ; lay my bones beside his bones : * For the saying which he cried by the word of the LORD against the altar in Bethel Beyth -#El #, and against all the houses of the high places which are in the cities of Samaria , shall surely come to pass . * After this thing Jeroboam returned not from his evil way , but made again of the lowest of the people priests of the high places : whosoever would , he consecrated him , and he became one of the priests of the high places . * And this thing became sin unto the house of Jeroboam Yarob #am #, even to cut it off , and to destroy it from off the face of the earth .

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