Dual Panel1Just then a prophet <0430> <0376> from Judah <03063>, sent by the Lord <03068>, arrived <0935> in <0413> Bethel <01008>, as Jeroboam <03379> was standing <05975> near <05921> the altar <04196> ready to offer a sacrifice <06999>.
2With the authority <01697> of the Lord <03068> he cried out <07121> against <05921> the altar <04196>, “O altar <04196>, altar <04196>! This is what <03541> the Lord <03068> says <0559>, ‘Look <02009>, a son <01121> named <08034> Josiah <02977> will be born <03205> to the Davidic <01732> dynasty <01004>. He will sacrifice <02076> on <05921> you the priests <03548> of the high places <01116> who offer sacrifices <06999> on <05921> you. Human <0120> bones <06106> will be burned <08313> on <05921> you.’”
3That day <03117> he <01931> also announced <05414> a sign <04159>, “This <02088> is the sign <04159> the Lord <03068> has predetermined <01696>: The altar <04196> will be split open <07167> and the ashes <01880> on <05921> it will fall <08210> to the ground.”
4When <01961> the king <04428> heard <08085> what <01697> the prophet <0430> <0376> cried out <07121> against <05921> the altar <04196> in Bethel <01008>, Jeroboam <03379>, standing at <05921> the altar <04196>, extended <07971> his hand <03027> and ordered <0559>, “Seize <08610> him!” The hand <03027> he had extended <07971> shriveled up <03001> and he could <03201> not <03808> pull <07725> it back <07725>.
5The altar <04196> split open <07167> and the ashes <01880> fell <08210> from <04480> the altar <04196> to the ground, in fulfillment of <0834> the sign <04159> the prophet <0430> <0376> had announced <05414> with the Lord’s <03068> authority <01697>.
6The king <04428> pled <06030> with <0413> the prophet <0430> <0376>, “Seek the favor <02470> of <06440> the Lord <03068> your God <0430> and pray <06419> for <01157> me, so that my hand <03027> may be restored <07725>.” So the prophet <0430> <0376> sought <02470> the Lord’s <03068> favor <02470> and the king’s <04428> hand <03027> was restored <07725> to <0413> its former <07223> condition.
7The king <04428> then said <01696> to <0413> the prophet <0430> <0376>, “Come <0935> home <01004> with <0854> me and have something to eat <05582>. I’d like to give <05414> a present <04991>.”
8But the prophet <0430> <0376> said <0559> to <0413> the king <04428>, “Even if <0518> you were to give <05414> me half <02677> your possessions <01004>, I could not <03808> go <0935> with <05973> you and eat <0398> and drink <08354> in this <02088> place <04725>.
9For <03651> <03588> the Lord <03069> gave <06680> me strict orders <01697>, ‘Do not <03808> eat <0398> or <03808> drink <08354> there and do not <03808> go home <07725> the way <01870> you came <01980>.’”
10So he started back <01980> on another <0312> road <01870>; he did not <03808> travel back <07725> on the same road <01870> he had taken <0935> to <0413> Bethel <01008>.
11Now there was an <0259> old <02205> prophet <05030> living <03427> in Bethel <01008>. When his sons <01121> came <0935> home, they told <05608> their father <01> everything <03605> the prophet <0430> <0376> had done <06213> in Bethel <01008> that day <03117> and all the words <01697> he had spoken <01696> to <0413> the king <04428>.
12Their father <01> asked <01696> them, “Which <0335> road <01870> did he take <01980>?” His sons <01121> showed <07200> him the road <01870> the prophet <0430> <0376> from Judah <03063> had taken <0935>.
13He then told <0559> his sons <01121>, “Saddle <02280> the donkey <02543> for me.” When they had saddled <02280> the donkey <02543> for him, he mounted <05921> <07392> it
14and took off <01980> after <0310> the prophet <0430> <0376>, whom he found <04672> sitting <03427> under <08478> an oak tree <0424>. He asked <0559> him, “Are you <0859> the prophet <0430> <0376> from Judah <03063>?” He answered <0559>, “Yes, I <0589> am.”
15He then said <0559> to <0413> him, “Come <01980> home <01004> with <0854> me and eat <0398> something <03899>.”
16But he replied <0559>, “I can’t <03201> <03808> go <0935> back <07725> with <0854> you or <03808> eat <0398> and drink <08354> with <0854> you in this <02088> place <04725>.
17For <03588> the Lord <03069> gave me <0413> strict orders <01697>, ‘Do not <03808> eat <0398> or <03808> drink <08354> there <08033>; do not <03808> go <01980> back <07725> the way <01870> you came <01980>.’”
18The old prophet then said <0559>, “I <0589> too <01571> am a prophet <05030> like <03644> you. An angel <04397> told <01696> me with the Lord’s <03068> authority <01697>, ‘Bring <07725> him back <07725> with <0854> you to <0413> your house <01004> so he can eat <0398> and drink <08354>.’” But he was lying <03584> to him.
19So the prophet went back <07725> with <0854> him and ate <0398> and drank <08354> in his house <01004>.
20While they <01992> were <01961> sitting <03427> at <0413> the table <07979>, the Lord <03068> spoke through <0413> the old prophet <05030>
21and he cried out <07121> to <0413> the prophet <0430> <0376> from Judah <03063>, “This is what <03541> the Lord <03068> says <0559>, ‘You have rebelled <04784> against the Lord <03068> <06310> and have not <03808> obeyed <08104> the command <04687> the Lord <03068> your God <0430> gave <06680> you.
22You went back <07725> and ate <0398> and drank <08354> in this place <04725>, even though he said <01696> to <0413> you, “Do not <0408> eat <0398> or <0408> drink <08354> there.” Therefore your corpse <05038> will not <03808> be buried <0935> in your ancestral <01> tomb <06913>.’”
23When <01961> the prophet from Judah finished <0398> his meal <08354> <0310> <03899>, the old prophet <05030> saddled <02280> his visitor’s donkey <02543> for him.
24As the prophet from Judah was traveling <01980>, a lion <0738> attacked <04672> him on the road <01870> and killed <04191> him. His corpse <05038> was <01961> lying <07993> on the road <01870>, and the donkey <02543> and the lion <0738> just stood <05975> there beside <0681> it <05038>.
25Some men <0376> came by <05674> and saw <07200> the corpse <05038> lying <07993> in the road <01870> with the lion <0738> standing <05975> beside <0681> it <05038>. They went <0935> and reported <01696> what they had seen in the city <05892> where <0834> the old <02205> prophet <05030> lived <03427>.
26When the old prophet <05030> who <0834> had invited <07725> him to his house heard <08085> the news, he said <0559>, “It <01931> is the prophet <0430> <0376> who <0834> rebelled <04784> against the Lord <03068>. The Lord <03068> delivered <05414> him over <05414> to the lion <0738> and it ripped <07665> him up <07665> and killed <04191> him, just as the Lord <03068> warned <01696> him.”
27He told <01696> his sons <01121>, “Saddle <02280> my donkey <02543>,” and they did so.
28He went <01980> and found <04672> the corpse <05038> lying <07993> in the road <01870> with the donkey <02543> and the lion <0738> standing <05975> beside <0681> it <05038>; the lion <0738> had neither <03808> eaten <0398> the corpse <05038> nor <03808> attacked <07665> the donkey <02543>.
29The old prophet <05030> picked <05375> up the corpse <05038> of the prophet <0430> <0376>, put <03240> it on <0413> the donkey <02543>, and brought <07725> it back <07725>. The old <02205> prophet <05030> then entered <0935> the city <05892> to <0413> mourn <05594> him and to bury <06912> him.
30He put <03240> the corpse <05038> into his own tomb <06913>, and they mourned <05594> over <05921> him, saying, “Ah <01945>, my brother <0251>!”
31After <0310> he buried <06912> him, he said <0559> to <0413> his sons <01121>, “When I die <04191>, bury <06912> me in the tomb <06913> where <0834> the prophet <0430> <0376> is buried <06912>; put <03240> my bones <06106> right beside <0681> his bones <06106>,
32for <03588> the prophecy <01697> he announced <01697> <07121> with the Lord’s <03068> authority against <05921> the altar <04196> in Bethel <01008> and against <05921> all <03605> the temples <01004> on the high places <01116> in the cities <05892> of the north <08111> will certainly be <01961> fulfilled <01961>.”
33After <0310> this <02088> happened <01697>, Jeroboam <03379> still did not <03808> change <07725> his evil <07451> ways <01870>; he continued <07725> to appoint <06213> common <07098> people <05971> as priests <03548> at the high places <01116>. Anyone who wanted <02655> the job he consecrated <03027> <04390> as a priest <03548>.
34This <02088> sin <02403> caused <01961> Jeroboam’s <03379> dynasty <01004> to come to an end <03582> and to be destroyed <08045> from <05921> the face <06440> of the earth <0127>.