Day 174, 23 June 2026



1)1 Kings 13, 1 Kings 14:1-24, 2 Chronicles 12:1-12, 2 Chronicles 12:13-14,

1 Kings 14:25-28, 2 Chronicles 12:13-16, 1 Kings 14:29-31



1 Kings 13



The Man of God From Judah



1 (2Ki 23:17; 1Ki 12:22) A man of God came out of Judah to Bethel by the word

of the Lord while Jeroboam stood by the altar to burn incense.

2 He cried against the altar by the word of the Lord and said,

"O altar, altar, thus says the Lord: 'A child named Josiah will be born

in the house of David, and he will sacrifice upon you the priests

of the high places who burn incense on you,

and these men's bones shall be burned upon you.' "

3 (1Co 1:22; Ex 4:3-5) He gave a sign the same day, saying,

"This is the sign that the Lord has spoken:

'The altar will be torn apart, and the ashes that are upon

it will be poured out.' "

4 When King Jeroboam heard the saying of the man of God who had cried

against the altar in Bethel, he reached out his hand from the altar, saying,

"Arrest him!" And the hand that he put forth against him dried up so that

he could not pull it back in again.

5 The altar also was torn, and the ashes poured out from the altar,

just as the man of God had said it would as a sign of the Lord.



At Beth-el's Altar

1 And, behold, there came a man of God out of Judah by the word of the LORD

unto Beth-el: 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 Beth-el, 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.



{Never mock the Word of God nor his messengers}



6 (Ex 8:8; 9:28) The king answered and said to the man of God,

"Seek the face of the Lord your God, and pray for me,

that my hand will be healed." And the man of God interceded with the Lord,

and the king's hand was healed and became as it was before.

7 (2Ki 5:15; 1Sa 9:7-8) The king said to the man of God, "Come home with me

and refresh yourself, and I will give you a reward."

8 (Nu 22:18; 24:13) The man of God said to the king, "If you were to give me

half your house, I would not go with you, nor will I eat bread nor drink water

in this place,

9 for so I was commanded by the word of the Lord, saying:

You shall eat no bread, nor drink water nor return by the same way

that you came."

10 So he went another way and did not return

by the same way he came to Bethel.

11 (2Ki 23:18) Now there lived an old prophet in Bethel, and his sons came

and told him all that the man of God had done that day in Bethel.

They also told their father the words that he had spoken to the king.

12 Their father said to them, "What way did he go?" For his sons had seen

the way the man of God who came from Judah had gone.

13 He said to his sons, "Saddle my donkey." So they saddled the donkey

for him, and he rode on it.

14 He went after the man of God and found him sitting under an oak,

and he said to him, "Are you the man of God who came from Judah?"

And he said, "I am."

15 Then he said to him, "Come home with me and eat bread."

16 (1Ki 13:8-9) He said, "I may not return with you or go in with you,

nor will I eat bread nor drink water with you in this place,

17 (1Ki 20:35; 1Th 4:15) for I was commanded by the word of the Lord:

You shall eat no bread and drink no water

there nor return by the way you came."

18 (Mt 7:15; 1Jn 4:1) He said to him, "I am a prophet like you,

and an angel spoke to me by the word of the Lord, saying,

'Bring him back with you into your house so that he may eat bread

and drink water.' " But he had lied to him.

19 So he went back with him to his house and ate bread and drank water.

20 Then as they sat at the table, the word of the Lord came to the prophet

who brought him back,

21 and he cried out to the man of God who came from Judah, saying,

"Thus says the Lord: Since you have disobeyed the mouth of the Lord

and have not kept the commandment that the Lord your God commanded you,

22 but instead came back and have eaten bread and drunk water in the place

of which the Lord told you to eat no bread and drink no water,

your carcass will not be buried in the tomb of your fathers!"

23 After he had eaten bread and had drunk, he saddled the donkey

for the prophet whom he had brought back.

24 (1Ki 20:36) As he was going, a lion met him on the way and killed him,

and his body was thrown in the road, and both the donkey and lion stood by it.



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 Beth-el.

11 Now there dwelt an old prophet in Beth-el; and his sons came and told him

all the works that the man of God had done that day in Beth-el: 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.



{The Lord love obedience}



25 Some men passed by and saw the body thrown in the road with the lion

standing by the body, and they came and told the story in the city

where the old prophet lived.

26 When the prophet who brought him back from the way heard about it,

he said, "It is the man of God who was disobedient to the word of the Lord,

and thus the Lord has delivered him to the lion, which has torn and slain him,

according to the word of the Lord that He spoke to him."

27 He said to his sons, "Saddle my donkey," and they saddled it.

28 He then went and found his body thrown in the road, and the donkey

and the lion were still standing by the body. The lion had not eaten the body

nor attacked the donkey.

29 The prophet picked up the body of the man of God and laid it on his donkey

and brought it back. The old prophet came to the city to

mourn and to bury him.

30 (Jer 22:18) He laid his body in his own tomb, and they mourned over him,

saying, "Alas, my brother!"

31 And after he had buried him, he said to his sons, "When I am dead, bury me

in the grave in which the man of God is buried; lay my bones beside his bones.

32 (1Ki 13:2; 16:24) For the saying that he cried out by the word of the Lord

against the altar in Bethel and against all the houses of the high places

that are in the cities of Samaria shall surely come to pass."

33 (2Ch 11:15; 13:9) After this event Jeroboam did not turn from his evil

ways, but made priests for the high places again from among all the people.

Any who would, he consecrated to be priests of the high places.

34 (1Ki 12:30; 14:10) This matter became sin to the house of Jeroboam,

so as to cut it off and to destroy it from the face of the earth.



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, Saddle me the ass. And they saddled him.

28 And he went and found his carcase cast in the way, and the ass and the lion

standing by the carcase: the lion had not eaten the carcase, nor torn the ass.

29 And the prophet took up the carcase of the man of God, and laid it upon the

ass, and brought it back: and the old prophet came to the city, to mourn and

to bury him.

30 And he laid his carcase in his own grave; and they mourned over him,

saying, Alas, my brother!

31 And it came to pass, after he had buried him, that he spake to his sons,

saying, When I am dead, then bury me in the sepulchre wherein the man of God

is buried; lay my bones beside his bones:

32 for the saying which he cried by the word of the LORD against the altar in

Beth-el, and against all the houses of the high places which are in the cities

of Samaria, shall surely come to pass.

33 After this thing Jeroboam returned not from his evil way, but made again

of the lowest of the people priests of the high places: whosoever would, he

consecrated him, and he became one of the priests of the high places.

34 And this thing became sin unto the house of Jeroboam, even to cut it off,

and to destroy it from off the face of the earth.



{The future consequences will be dreadful for the Kingdom of Israel.}