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And, behold, there came[H935] a man[H376] of God[H430] out of Judah[H3063] by the word[H1697] of the LORD[H3068] unto Bethel[H1008]: and Jeroboam[H3379]stood[H5975] by the altar[H4196] to burn incense[H6999].
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And he cried[H7121] against the altar[H4196] in the word[H1697] of the LORD[H3068], and said[H559], O altar[H4196], altar[H4196], thus saith[H559] the LORD[H3068]; Behold, a child[H1121] shall be born[H3205] unto the house[H1004] of David[H1732], Josiah[H2977] by name[H8034]; and upon thee shall he offer[H2076] the priests[H3548] of the high places[H1116] that burn incense[H6999] upon thee, and men's bones[H6106] shall be burnt[H8313] upon thee.
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And he gave[H5414] a sign[H4159] the same day[H3117], saying[H559], This is the sign[H4159] which the LORD[H3068] hath spoken[H1696]; Behold, the altar[H4196] shall be rent[H7167], and the ashes[H1880] that are upon it shall be poured out[H8210].
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And it came to pass, when king[H4428]Jeroboam[H3379]heard[H8085] the saying[H1697] of the man[H376] of God[H430], which had cried[H7121] against the altar[H4196] in Bethel[H1008], that he put forth[H7971] his hand[H3027] from the altar[H4196], saying[H559], Lay hold[H8610] on him. And his hand[H3027], which he put forth[H7971] against him, dried up[H3001], so that he could[H3201] not pull it in again[H7725] to him.
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The altar[H4196] also was rent[H7167], and the ashes[H1880] poured out[H8210] from the altar[H4196], according to the sign[H4159] which the man[H376] of God[H430] had given[H5414] by the word[H1697] of the LORD[H3068].
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And the king[H4428]answered[H6030] and said[H559] unto the man[H376] of God[H430], Intreat[H2470] now the face[H6440] of the LORD[H3068] thy God[H430], and pray[H6419] for me, that my hand[H3027] may be restored me again[H7725]. And the man[H376] of God[H430]besought[H2470] the LORD[H3068], and the king[H4428]'s hand[H3027] was restored him again[H7725], and became as it was before[H7223].
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And the king[H4428]said[H1696] unto the man[H376] of God[H430], Come[H935]home[H1004] with me, and refresh[H5582] thyself, and I will give[H5414] thee a reward[H4991].
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And the man[H376] of God[H430]said[H559] unto the king[H4428], If thou wilt give[H5414] me half[H2677] thine house[H1004], I will not go in[H935] with thee, neither will I eat[H398]bread[H3899] nor drink[H8354]water[H4325]in[H935] this place[H4725]:
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For so was it charged[H6680] me by the word[H1697] of the LORD[H3068], saying[H559], Eat[H398] no bread[H3899], nor drink[H8354]water[H4325], nor turn again[H7725] by the same way[H1870] that thou camest[H1980].
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So he went[H3212]another[H312]way[H1870], and returned[H7725] not by the way[H1870] that he came[H935] to Bethel[H1008].
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Now there dwelt[H3427]an[H259]old[H2205]prophet[H5030] in Bethel[H1008]; and his sons[H1121]came[H935] and told[H5608] him all the works[H4639] that the man[H376] of God[H430] had done[H6213] that day[H3117] in Bethel[H1008]: the words[H1697] which he had spoken[H1696] unto the king[H4428], them they told[H5608] also to their father[H1].
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And their father[H1]said[H1696] unto them, What[H335]way[H1870]went[H1980] he? For his sons[H1121] had seen[H7200]what[H335]way[H1870] the man[H376] of God[H430]went[H1980], which came[H935] from Judah[H3063].
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And he said[H559] unto his sons[H1121], Saddle[H2280] me the ass[H2543]. So they saddled[H2280] him the ass[H2543]: and he rode[H7392] thereon,
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And went[H3212]after[H310] the man[H376] of God[H430], and found[H4672] him sitting[H3427] under an oak[H424]: and he said[H559] unto him, Art thou the man[H376] of God[H430] that camest[H935] from Judah?[H3063] And he said[H559], I am.
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Then he said[H559] unto him, Come[H3212]home[H1004] with me, and eat[H398]bread[H3899].
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And he said[H559], I may[H3201] not return[H7725] with thee, nor go in[H935] with thee: neither will I eat[H398]bread[H3899] nor drink[H8354]water[H4325] with thee in[H935] this place[H4725]:
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For it was said[H1697] to me by the word[H1697] of the LORD[H3068], Thou shalt eat[H398] no bread[H3899] nor drink[H8354]water[H4325] there, nor turn again[H7725] to go[H3212] by the way[H1870] that thou camest[H1980].
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He said[H559] unto him, I am a prophet[H5030] also as thou art; and an angel[H4397]spake[H1696] unto me by the word[H1697] of the LORD[H3068], saying[H559], Bring him back[H7725] with thee into thine house[H1004], that he may eat[H398]bread[H3899] and drink[H8354]water[H4325]. But he lied[H3584] unto him.
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So he went back[H7725] with him, and did eat[H398]bread[H3899] in his house[H1004], and drank[H8354]water[H4325].
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And it came to pass, as they sat[H3427] at the table[H7979], that the word[H1697] of the LORD[H3068] came unto the prophet[H5030] that brought him back[H7725]:
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And he cried[H7121] unto the man[H376] of God[H430] that came[H935] from Judah[H3063], saying[H559], Thus saith[H559] the LORD[H3068], Forasmuch as[H3282] thou hast disobeyed[H4784] the mouth[H6310] of the LORD[H3068], and hast not kept[H8104] the commandment[H4687] which the LORD[H3068] thy God[H430]commanded[H6680] thee,
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But camest back[H7725], and hast eaten[H398]bread[H3899] and drunk[H8354]water[H4325] in the place[H4725], of the which the LORD did say[H1696] to thee, Eat[H398] no bread[H3899], and drink[H8354] no water[H4325]; thy carcase[H5038] shall not come[H935] unto the sepulchre[H6913] of thy fathers[H1].
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And it came to pass, after[H310] he had eaten[H398]bread[H3899], and after[H310] he had drunk[H8354], that he saddled[H2280] for him the ass[H2543], to wit, for the prophet[H5030] whom he had brought back[H7725].
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And when he was gone[H3212], a lion[H738]met[H4672] him by[H681] the way[H1870], and slew[H4191] him: and his carcase[H5038] was cast[H7993] in the way[H1870], and the ass[H2543]stood[H5975]by[H681] it, the lion[H738] also stood[H5975]by[H681] the carcase[H5038].
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And, behold, men[H582] passed by[H5674], and saw[H7200] the carcase[H5038]cast[H7993] in the way[H1870], and the lion[H738]standing[H5975]by[H681] the carcase[H5038]: and they came[H935] and told[H1696] it in the city[H5892] where the old[H2205]prophet[H5030]dwelt[H3427].
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And when the prophet[H5030] that brought him back[H7725] from the way[H1870]heard[H8085] thereof, he said[H559], It is the man[H376] of God[H430], who was disobedient[H4784] unto the word[H6310] of the LORD[H3068]: therefore the LORD[H3068] hath delivered[H5414] him unto the lion[H738], which hath torn[H7665] him, and slain[H4191] him, according to the word[H1697] of the LORD[H3068], which he spake[H1696] unto him.
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And he spake[H1696] to his sons[H1121], saying[H559], Saddle[H2280] me the ass[H2543]. And they saddled[H2280] him.
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And he went[H3212] and found[H4672] his carcase[H5038]cast[H7993] in the way[H1870], and the ass[H2543] and the lion[H738]standing[H5975]by[H681] the carcase[H5038]: the lion[H738] had not eaten[H398] the carcase[H5038], nor torn[H7665] the ass[H2543].
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And the prophet[H5030] took up[H5375] the carcase[H5038] of the man[H376] of God[H430], and laid[H3240] it upon the ass[H2543], and brought it back[H7725]: and the old[H2205]prophet[H5030]came[H935] to the city[H5892], to mourn[H5594] and to bury[H6912] him.
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And he laid[H3240] his carcase[H5038] in his own grave[H6913]; and they mourned[H5594] over him, saying, Alas[H1945], my brother[H251]!
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And it came to pass, after[H310] he had buried[H6912] him, that he spake[H559] to his sons[H1121], saying[H559], When I am dead[H4191], then bury[H6912] me in the sepulchre[H6913] wherein the man[H376] of God[H430] is buried[H6912]; lay[H3240] my bones[H6106]beside[H681] his bones[H6106]:
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For the saying[H1697] which he cried[H7121] by the word[H1697] of the LORD[H3068] against the altar[H4196] in Bethel[H1008], and against all the houses[H1004] of the high places[H1116] which are in the cities[H5892] of Samaria[H8111], shall surely come to pass.
33After[H310] this thing[H1697]Jeroboam[H3379]returned[H7725] not from his evil[H7451]way[H1870], but made[H6213]again[H7725] of the lowest[H7098] of the people[H5971]priests[H3548] of the high places[H1116]: whosoever would[H2655], he consecrated[H4390] him, and he became one of the priests[H3548] of the high places[H1116].
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And this thing[H1697] became sin[H2403] unto the house[H1004] of Jeroboam[H3379], even to cut it off[H3582], and to destroy[H8045] it from off[H3582] the face[H6440] of the earth[H127].