1 Kings 13:17 NIV

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - 1 Kings 13:1-34

2. Jeroboam and Rehoboam and their Reign CHAPTER 13 The Man of God from Judah 1. The man of God and Jeroboam (1 Kings 13:1-10 ) 2. The temptation and lying message (1 Kings 13:11-19 ) 3. Judgment announced (1 Kings 13:20-22 ) 4. The fate of the man of Judah (1 Kings 13:23-32 ) 5. Jeroboam’s impenitence (1 Kings 13:33-34 ) A dramatic scene opens this chapter. The idolatrous King is engaged in his religious ceremony when an unnamed man of God interrupted him. He did not rebuke... read more

L.M. Grant

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Kings 13:1-34

A SOLEMN MESSAGE FROM GOD (vs.1-10) God would not leave Jereboam without clear witness to God's abhorrence of the evil that Jereboam had introduced in Israel. The Lord sent a man of God from Judah to Bethel at a time that Jereboam was using his altar to burn incense (v.1). The prophet addressed the altar with a strong voice, "Thus says the Lord, Behold a child, Josiah by name, shall be born to the house of David, and on you he shall sacrifice the priests of the high places who burn incense... read more

James Gray

James Gray's Concise Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 13:1-34

EARLY DAYS OF TWO KINGDOMS CAUSE OF THE DIVISION (1 Kings 12:1-25 ) 1 Kings 12:2-4 look as though there were a preconcerted purpose to revolt, and yet who can tell what a different history might have followed had the new king heeded wiser counsel? Note the reason of the protest, which was not Solomon’s idolatry and the heathenism he introduced, but their financial burdens; their civil oppression, rather than their religious wrongs. It is still so, and political reform looks only on the... read more

Joseph Parker

The People's Bible by Joseph Parker - 1 Kings 13:1-34

1 Kings 13:0 This chapter opens with a strange incident. A man of God came out of Judah by the express command of God, and when he came to Bethel, behold Jeroboam stood by the altar to burn incense. And the man of God having been told what to do cried against the altar 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... read more

Robert Hawker

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - 1 Kings 13:12-32

(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... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - 1 Kings 13:11-22

11-22 The old prophet's conduct proves that he was not really a godly man. When the change took place under Jeroboam, he preferred his ease and interest to his religion. He took a very bad method to bring the good prophet back. It was all a lie. Believers are most in danger of being drawn from their duty by plausible pretences of holiness. We may wonder that the wicked prophet went unpunished, while the holy man of God was suddenly and severely punished. What shall we make of this? The... read more

Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - 1 Kings 13:11-34

The Prophet Punished for his Disobedience v. 11. Now, there dwelt an old prophet in Bethel, a member of the great brotherhood of prophets found in Israel since the time of Samuel, who had, however, joined the forces of Jeroboam; and his sons came and told him all the works that the man of God had done that day in Bethel, one son after the other coming forward to give his account; the words which he had spoken unto the king, them they told also to their father. v. 12. And their father said... read more

Johann Peter Lange

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - 1 Kings 13:1-34

SECOND SECTIONJeroboam’s Government In Israel1 Kings 13:1 to 1 Kings 14:20A.—The admonition of Jeroboam by a Prophet, and the disobedience and end of the latter1 Kings 13:1-341And behold, there came a man of God out of Judah by the word of the Lord 2[Jehovah] unto Bethel: and Jeroboam stood by the altar to burn incense. And he cried against the altar in the word of the Lord [Jehovah], and said, O altar, altar, thus saith the Lord [Jehovah]; Behold, a child shall be born-unto the house of David,... read more

Frederick Brotherton Meyer

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - 1 Kings 13:1-34

Breaking Three Commandments 1 Kings 21:1-29 ; 1 Kings 1:1-53 ; 1 Kings 2:1-46 ; 1 Kings 3:1-28 ; 1 Kings 4:1-34 ; 1 Kings 5:1-18 ; 1 Kings 6:1-38 ; 1 Kings 7:1-51 ; 1 Kings 8:1-66 ; 1 Kings 9:1-28 ; 1 Kings 10:1-29 ; 1 Kings 11:1-43 ; 1 Kings 12:1-33 ; 1 Kings 13:1-34 ; 1 Kings 14:1-31 ; 1 Kings 15:1-34 ; 1 Kings 16:1-34 From a worldly point of view Naboth might have done a good stroke of business by selling his estate to. Ahab. A royal price and assured favor might have been... read more

Frederick Brotherton Meyer

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - 1 Kings 13:11-19

Led Astray by a False Messenger 1 Kings 13:11-19 The unnamed prophet from Judah had received distinct instructions not to eat bread nor drink water while on his divinely-commissioned errand. He was therefore justified in refusing the royal invitation; and it would have been well with him had he also refused the invitation of the old prophet, who followed him with the persistent invitation to return with him to his house. But the younger prophet failed, because the older man professed to... read more

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - 1 Kings 13:1-34

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Kings 13:1-34

James Gray's Concise Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 13:1-34

The People's Bible by Joseph Parker - 1 Kings 13:1-34

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - 1 Kings 13:12-32

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - 1 Kings 13:11-22

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - 1 Kings 13:11-34

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - 1 Kings 13:1-34

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - 1 Kings 13:1-34

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - 1 Kings 13:11-19

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