priests of the lowest of the people, which were not of the sons of Levi.
[32] And Jeroboam ordained a
feast in the eighth month, on the fifteenth day of the month, like unto the feast that is in Judah, and he
offered upon the altar. So did he in Bethel, sacrificing unto the calves that he had made: and he placed
in Bethel the priests of the high places which he had made.
[33] So he offered upon the altar which he
had made in Bethel the fifteenth day of the eighth month, even in the month which he had devised of
his own heart; and ordained a feast unto the children of Israel: and he offered upon the altar, and burnt
incense.
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[1] And, behold, there came a man of God out of Judah by the word of the LORD unto Bethel: and Jeroboam
stood by the altar to burn incense.
[2] 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 men's bones
shall be burnt upon thee.
[3] 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.
[4] And
it came to pass, when king Jeroboam heard the saying of the man of God, which had cried against the
altar in Bethel, 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 it in again to him.
[5] 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.
[6] 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 king's hand was restored him again, and became as it was before.
[7] And
the king said unto the man of God, Come home with me, and refresh thyself, and I will give thee a reward.
[8]
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:
[9] 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.
[10]
So he went another way, and returned not by the way that he came to Bethel.
[11] Now there dwelt an
old prophet in Bethel; and his sons came and told him all the works that the man of God had done that
day in Bethel: the words which he had spoken unto the king, them they told also to their father.
[12] 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.
[13] And he said unto his sons, Saddle me the ass. So they saddled him the
ass: and he rode thereon,
[14] 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.
[15] Then he
said unto him, Come home with me, and eat bread.
[16] 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:
[17] 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.
[18] 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.
[19] So he went back with him, and did eat bread in his house, and
drank water.
[20] 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:
[21] 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,
[22] 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.
[23] 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.
[24] 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.
[25] 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.
[26] 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.
[27] And he spake to his sons, saying,