1 Kings 13:32

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 1 Kings 13:23-34

Here is, I. The death of the deceived disobedient prophet. The old prophet that had deluded him, as if he would make him some amends for the wrong he had done him or help to prevent the mischief threatened him, furnished him with an ass to ride home on; but by the way a lion set upon him, and killed him, 1 Kgs. 13:23, 24. He did but return back to refresh himself when he was hungry, and behold he must die for it; see 1 Sam. 14:43. But we must consider, 1. That his offence was great, and it... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 13:32

For the saying which he cried by the word of the Lord against the altar in Bethel ,.... That the priests should be offered on it, and men's bones be burnt upon it; for as for its being rent, and the ashes of it poured out, that had been done already: and against all the houses of the high places which are in Samaria, shall surely come to pass : by which it appears that there were temples, and high places, and altars built in other parts of the kingdom besides Dan and Bethel, of the... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Kings 13:32

In the cities of Samaria - It is most certain that Samaria, or as it is called in Hebrew Shomeron, was not built at this time. We are expressly told that Omri, king of Israel, founded this city on the hill which he bought for two talents of silver, from a person of the name of Shemer, after whom he called the city Samaria or Shomeron; (see 1 Kings 16:24 ;); and this was fifty years after the death of Jeroboam. How then could the old prophet speak of Samaria, not then in existence,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Kings 13:23-34

Judgment and its result. I. MERCY DISPLAYED IN THE MIDST OF JUDGMENT . The sin may have been forgiven though the chastisement fell. 1 . His body was preserved from dishonour . The lion's ferocity was bridled; the prophet's body was neither eaten nor torn; he guarded the remains from the fowls of the air and the beasts of the field. 2 . The message he had borne received added weight by his punishment . In his humiliation God was exalted. The circumstances... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Kings 13:30-34

The Law of Extremity. God has made us free to choose or refuse good or evil Will cannot be coerced and yet be free; coercion here, therefore, would be destruction. But while God does not compel us to choose the right, He induces by gracious promises, and admonishes by alternative penalties. Still we remain free to elect the good with its blessings, or the evil with its entailments of misery. But so loth is He to see His creatures wretched that He has opened a way of repentance and... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Kings 13:32

For the saying which he cried by the word of the Lord against the altar in Bethel; and against all the houses of the high places [At that time there would seem to have been but two "high places." Keil sees "a prophetic element in these words." He thinks the old prophet foresaw that such sanctuaries would be multiplied. Rawlinson gathers, "from the mention of the great high place in 1 Kings 3:4 , that there were many lesser high places in the land," which, no doubt, was the case at the... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 1 Kings 13:32

Against all the houses of the high places - i. e., more than the two high places at Dan and Bethel. There were many lesser high places in the land, several of which would be likely to be in Israel 1 Kings 3:4.In the cities of Samaria - The word Samaria cannot have been employed by the old prophet, in whose days Samaria did not exist 1 Kings 16:24. The writer of Kings has substituted for the term used by him that whereby the country was known in his own day. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 1 Kings 13:31-32

1 Kings 13:31-32. When I am dead, &c. Though he was a lying prophet, yet he desired to die the death of a true prophet. Gather not my soul with the sinners of Beth-el, but with this man of God: because, what he cried against the altar of Beth-el shall surely come to pass Which he might easily conclude, both from the miracles wrought by the prophet of Judah, and from the wonderful particulars of his death. And against all the high places which are in the cities of Samaria That is, of... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 13:1-34

Jeroboam’s punishment (13:1-14:20)God soon showed that this new form of religion was totally unacceptable to him. A prophet from Judah came to Bethel and, by bold words and dramatic actions, condemned both the people and the king (13:1-10).However, there was another prophet, a much older man, who lived in Bethel and had apparently not spoken out against Jeroboam’s wrongdoing. The old prophet seems to have been jealous of the prophet from Judah, and decided to tempt him to disobey God’s command.... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 1 Kings 13:32

he cried. Compare 1 Kings 13:2 . read more

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