an agent of God arrived at Bethel from Judah at the command of GOD. While Jeroboam was standing on the altaraon the altar I.e., at the top of the steps or ramp. to present the offering,
he—the agent of God—at the command of GOD, cried out against the altar: “O altar, altar! Thus said GOD: A son shall be born to the House of David, Josiah by name; and he shall slaughter upon you the priests of the shrines who bring offerings upon you. And human bones shall be burned upon you.”
When the king heard what the agent of God had proclaimed against the altar in Bethel, Jeroboam stretched out his arm above the altar and cried, “Seize him!” But the arm that he stretched out against him became rigid, and he could not draw it back.
Then the king spoke up and said to the agent of God, “Please entreat the ETERNAL your God and pray for me that I may be able to draw back my arm.” The agent of God entreated GOD and the king was able to draw his arm back; it became as it was before.
Word-by-Word Analysis
ויען
136
המלך
95
ויאמר
257
אלאיש
342
האלהים
91
חלנא
89
אתפני
541
יהוה
26
אלהיך
66
והתפלל
551
בעדי
86
ותשב
708
ידי
24
אלי
41
ויחל
54
אישהאלהים
402
אתפני
541
יהוה
26
ותשב
708
ידהמלך
109
אליו
47
ותהי
421
כבראשנה
578
I Kings 13:7
Gematria: 3088
וידברהמלךאלאישהאלהיםבאהאתיהביתהוסעדהואתנהלךמתת
The king said to the agent of God, “Come with me to my house and have some refreshment; and I shall give you a gift.”
But the agent of God replied to the king, “Even if you give me half your wealth, I will not go in with you, nor will I eat bread or drink water in this place;
There was an old prophet living in Bethel; and his sonsbsons Heb. “son.” came and told him all the things that the agent of God had done that day in Bethel [and] the words that he had spoken to the king. When they told it to their father,
their father said to them, “Which road did he leave by?” His sons had seencHis sons had seen Septuagint reads “And his sons showed.” the road taken by the agent of God who had come from Judah.
Word-by-Word Analysis
וידבר
222
אלהם
76
אביהם
58
איזה
23
הדרך
229
הלך
55
ויראו
223
בניו
68
אתהדרך
630
אשר
501
הלך
55
איש
311
האלהים
91
אשרבא
504
מיהודה
70
I Kings 13:13
Gematria: 1952
ויאמראלבניוחבשוליהחמורויחבשולוהחמורוירכבעליו
“Saddle the donkey for me,” he said to his sons. They saddled the donkey for him, and he mounted it
and rode after the agent of God. He came upon him sitting under a terebinth and said to him, “Are you the agent of God who came from Judah?” “Yes, I am,” he answered.
Word-by-Word Analysis
וילך
66
אחרי
219
איש
311
האלהים
91
וימצאהו
158
ישב
312
תחת
808
האלה
41
ויאמר
257
אליו
47
האתה
411
אישהאלהים
402
אשרבאת
904
מיהודה
70
ויאמר
257
אני
61
I Kings 13:15
Gematria: 1322
ויאמראליולךאתיהביתהואכללחם
“Come home with me,” he said, “and have something to eat.”
“I am a prophet, too,” said the other, “and an angel said to me by command of GOD: Bring him back with you to your house, that he may eat bread and drink water.” He was lying to him.
Word-by-Word Analysis
ויאמר
257
לו
36
גםאני
104
נביא
63
כמוך
86
ומלאך
97
דבר
206
אלי
41
בדבר
208
יהוה
26
לאמר
271
השבהו
318
אתך
421
אלביתך
463
ויאכל
67
לחם
78
וישת
716
מים
90
כחש
328
לו
36
I Kings 13:19
Gematria: 2096
וישבאתוויאכללחםבביתווישתמים
So he went back with him, and he ate bread and drank water in his house.
Word-by-Word Analysis
וישב
318
אתו
407
ויאכל
67
לחם
78
בביתו
420
וישת
716
מים
90
I Kings 13:20
Gematria: 2128
ויהיהםישביםאלהשלחןפויהידבריהוהאלהנביאאשרהשיבו
While they were sitting at the table, the word of GOD came to the prophet who had brought him back.
He cried out to the agent of God who had come from Judah: “Thus said GOD: Because you have flouted the word of GOD and have not observed what the ETERNAL your God commanded you,
but have gone back and eaten bread and drunk water in the place of which [God] said to you, ‘Do not eat bread or drink water [there],’ your corpse shall not come to the grave of your ancestors.”
He set out, and a lion came upon him on the road and killed him. His corpse lay on the road, with the donkey standing beside it, and the lion also standing beside the corpse.
Some people who passed by saw the corpse lying on the road and the lion standing beside the corpse; they went and told it in the town where the old prophet lived.
And when the prophet who had brought him back from the road heard it, he said, “That is the agent of God who flouted GOD’s command; GOD gave him over to the lion, which mauled him and killed him in accordance with the word that GOD had spoken to him.”
Word-by-Word Analysis
וישמע
426
הנביא
68
אשר
501
השיבו
323
מןהדרך
319
ויאמר
257
איש
311
האלהים
91
הוא
12
אשר
501
מרה
245
אתפי
491
יהוה
26
ויתנהו
477
יהוה
26
לאריה
246
וישברהו
529
וימתהו
467
כדבר
226
יהוה
26
אשר
501
דברלו
242
I Kings 13:27
Gematria: 1940
וידבראלבניולאמרחבשוליאתהחמורויחבשו
He said to his sons, “Saddle the donkey for me,” and they did so.
He set out and found the corpse lying on the road, with the donkey and the lion standing beside the corpse; the lion had not eaten the corpse nor had it mauled the donkey.
The prophet lifted up the corpse of the agent of God, laid it on the donkey, and brought it back; it was broughtdit was brought Lit. “it came.” to the town of the old prophet for lamentation and burial.
Word-by-Word Analysis
וישא
317
הנביא
68
אתנבלת
883
אישהאלהים
402
וינחהו
85
אלהחמור
290
וישיבהו
339
ויבא
19
אלעיר
311
הנביא
68
הזקן
162
לספד
174
ולקברו
344
I Kings 13:30
Gematria: 1595
וינחאתנבלתובקברוויספדועליוהויאחי
He laid the corpse in his own burial place; and they lamented over it, “Alas, my brother!”
For what he announced by the word of GOD against the altar in Bethel, and against all the cult places in the towns of Samaria, shall surely come true.”
Even after this incident, Jeroboam did not turn back from his evil way, but kept on appointing priests for the shrines from the ranks of the people. He ordained as priests of the shrines any who so desired.