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William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - 1 Kings 13:1-34

The Disobedient Prophet 1 Kings 13:26 I. Jeroboam had just successfully completed his idolatrous stroke of policy. He had set up a form of religion which, however much it might offend against God's truth, had at least this merit in his eyes, that it would strike a great blow against the established Church at Jerusalem, and be a serious injury to the State religion whose influence he abhorred and whose prestige more than anything else he dreaded as a dangerous political menace to his separatist... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 13:1-34

JEROBOAM AND THE MAN OF GOD1 Kings 13:1-34 "Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God."- 1 John 4:1WE are told that Jeroboam, whose position probably made him restless and insecure, first built or fortified Shechem, and then went across the Jordan and established another palace and stronghold at Penuel. After this he shifted his residence once more to the beautiful town of Tirzah, where he built for himself the palace which Zimri afterwards burnt over his... read more

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

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

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - 1 Kings 13:30

13:30 And he laid his carcase in his {m} own grave; and they mourned over him, [saying], Alas, my brother!(m) Which he had prepared for himself. 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

George Haydock

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 13:30

Brother. Such titles were customary, Jeremias xxii. 18. (Menochius) read more

George Haydock

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 13:31

Bones. Septuagint add, "that my bones may be saved along with his." The conduct and faith of this man would lead us to conclude that he had done wrong, without any malicious design, ver. 18. (Haydock) read more

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