Verse 18

1 Kings 13:18

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18 But the old prophet told him, “I am also a prophet, just like you. An angel told me God (Elohim) said, ‘Take him home with you so that he can have something to eat and drink’” But he was lying to him.

Original Language Text

hebrew

וַ/יֹּ֣אמֶר ל֗/וֹ גַּם אֲנִ֣י נָבִיא֮ כָּמוֹ/ךָ֒ וּ/מַלְאָ֡ךְ דִּבֶּ֣ר אֵלַ/י֩ בִּ/דְבַ֨ר יְהוָ֜ה לֵ/אמֹ֗ר הֲשִׁבֵ֤/הוּ אִתְּ/ךָ֙ אֶל בֵּיתֶ֔/ךָ וְ/יֹ֥אכַל לֶ֖חֶם וְ/יֵ֣שְׁתְּ מָ֑יִם כִּחֵ֖שׁ לֽ/וֹ

English Translation

And he said to him, "I am also a prophet like you, and an angel spoke to me by the word of the Lord, saying, 'Bring him back with you to your house, and he will eat bread and drink water.'" But he lied to him.

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Chapter 13 Context

1 The Lord ordered a man of God (Elohim) from Judah to go to Bethel. He arrived just as Jeroboam was s... Focus ↗

2 He shouted out the Lord's condemnation of the altar: “Altar, altar, this is what the Lord says. A so... Focus ↗

3 The same day the man of God (Elohim) gave a sign, saying, “This is the sign to prove that the Lord h... Focus ↗

4 When King Jeroboam heard the condemnation the man of God (Elohim) had shouted out against the altar... Focus ↗

5 The altar split apart, and the ashes spilled out from it, fulfilling the sign that the man of God (E... Focus ↗

6 Then the king said to the man of God (Elohim), “Please plead with the Lord your God (Elohim)—pray fo... Focus ↗

7 Then the king said to the man of God (Elohim), “Come to my home and have a meal so I can give you a... Focus ↗

8 But the man of God (Elohim) told the king, “Even if you gave me half of everything you own, I still... Focus ↗

9 The Lord ordered me not to eat or drink anything, and not to return by the way I came.” Focus ↗

10 So he went a different way—he did not return the way he had come to Bethel. Focus ↗

11 It so happened that an old prophet lived in Bethel. His sons came and told him everything the man of... Focus ↗

12 “Which way did he go?” their father asked them. So his sons showed him the way taken by the man of G... Focus ↗

13 “Saddle up a donkey for me,” he told his sons. They saddled up a donkey and he got on. Focus ↗

14 He rode after the man of God (Elohim) and found him sitting under an oak tree. “Are you the man of G... Focus ↗

15 “Come home with me and have something to eat,” he told him. Focus ↗

16 “I can't turn around and go with you, and I won't eat or drink with you in this place,” the man of G... Focus ↗

17 “The Lord ordered me, saying ‘You must not eat or drink anything there, or return by the way you cam... Focus ↗

18 But the old prophet told him, “I am also a prophet, just like you. An angel told me God (Elohim) sai...

19 So the man of God (Elohim) went back with him, and ate and drank in his house. Focus ↗

20 As they were sitting at the table, a message from the Lord came to the prophet who had brought him b... Focus ↗

21 He called out to the man of God (Elohim) who had come from Judah, “This is what the Lord says: Becau... Focus ↗

22 instead you went back and ate and drank in the place where he told you not to, your body will not be... Focus ↗

23 After the man of God (Elohim) had finished eating and drinking, the prophet who had brought him back... Focus ↗

24 But as he went on his way a lion came across him on the road and killed him. His body was left lying... Focus ↗

25 Some passers-by saw the body lying in the road with the lion standing beside it, so they went and le... Focus ↗

26 When the old prophet who had led the other astray heard what had happened, he said, “It's the man of... Focus ↗

27 The prophet told his sons, “Saddle up a donkey for me.” So they saddled a donkey, Focus ↗

28 and he went and found the body. It was still lying in the road, with the donkey and the lion standin... Focus ↗

29 The prophet picked up the body of the man of God (Elohim), placed it on the donkey, and brought it b... Focus ↗

30 He laid the body in his own tomb, and they mourned over him, crying, “My poor brother!” Focus ↗

31 After he'd buried him, he told his sons, “When I die, bury me in the grave where the man of God (Elo... Focus ↗

32 For the message from the Lord that he gave in condemnation against the altar in Bethel, and against... Focus ↗

33 But even after all this, Jeroboam did not change his evil ways. He went on choosing priests from all... Focus ↗

34 It was because of this sin that the house of Jeroboam was wiped out, completely destroyed from the f... Focus ↗

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Book: 1 Kings
Chapter: Chapter 13 (34 verses)
Version: Free Bible Version

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