George Haydock's Catholic Commentary
1 Kings 13:1
A man. Some suppose his name was Addo, 2 Paralipomenon ix. 29. But this is quite uncertain. --- Incense, or victims. (Calmet)
A man. Some suppose his name was Addo, 2 Paralipomenon ix. 29. But this is quite uncertain. --- Incense, or victims. (Calmet)
CHAPTER XIII _A man of God prophesies against Jeroboam's altar, and foretells_ _the destruction of that altar, and of its idolatrous priests by_ _Josiah; and gives Jeroboam a sign that the prophecy...
Rather, “in the word of the Lord.” The meaning seems to be, not merely that the prophet was bid to come, but that he came in the strength and power of God’s word, a divinely inspired messenger. (Compa...
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)_ 2. The temptation and lying message (1 Kings 13:11) 3. Judgment annou...
1 Kings 12:25 to 1 Kings 13:34. THE SIN OF JEROBOAM. THE PROPHET AT BETHEL. The sources cannot be exactly determined. Some (see Cent.B) may belong to the annals of the northern kingdom, but the tone i...
A MAN OF GOD. Compare Deuteronomy 33:1, and see App-49....
1 Kings 13:1-10. Prophecy against Jeroboam's altar in Bethel. Withering and restoration of Jeroboam's hand (Not in Chronicles) 1. _A man of God_ Josephus (_Ant._viii. 8, 5) says this prophet whom the...
THERE CAME A MAN OF GOD— Commentators are not agreed who this prophet was, neither is there any foundation for so much as a conjecture. The prophesy, however, is one of the most remarkable that we hav...
I. DENUNCIATION OF JEROBOAM 13:1-32 Chapter 13 narrates a thought-provoking episode from the early history of the Northern Kingdom. The historical message of the chapter is clear. Because Jeroboam ha...
_AND, BEHOLD, THERE CAME A MAN OF GOD OUT OF JUDAH BY THE WORD OF THE LORD UNTO BETHEL: AND JEROBOAM STOOD BY THE ALTAR TO BURN INCENSE._ There came a man of God out of Judah. Who this prophet was ca...
THE DISOBEDIENT PROPHET 2. Josiah] for the fulfilment see 2 Kings 23:15. Some 300 years separated the prediction from the event, and the mention by name of the king destined to accomplish it is unlike...
GOD’S LESSONS FROM HISTORY 1 KINGS _PHILIP SMITH_ CHAPTER 13 A *PROPHET WARNS JEROBOAM The *kingdom that David and Solomon used to rule had divided into two *kingdoms. The northern *tribes were...
A MAN OF GOD OUT OF JUDAH. — Josephus calls him Jadon (Iddo); but from 2 Chronicles 13:22 it appears that Iddo was the chronicler of the reign of Abijah, and must, therefore, have lived till near the...
וְ הִנֵּ֣ה ׀ אִ֣ישׁ אֱלֹהִ֗ים בָּ֧א מִ יהוּדָ
JEROBOAM AND THE MAN OF GOD 1 Kings 13:1 "Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God." - 1 John 4:1 WE are told that Jeroboam, whose position probably made him r...
BREAKING THREE COMMANDMENTS 1 Kings 21:1; 1 Kings 1:1; 1 Kings 2:1; 1 Kings 3:1;...
JUDGMENT UPON WORTHLESS WORSHIP 1 Kings 13:1 What a noble name for anyone to bear- _a man of God!_ Yet we all might so bear the impress of God in our character that those who come in contact with us...
In this chapter are two lessons of supreme value; first, the patient grace of God, and, second, the solemn responsibility of such as bear His message. The first of these is brought out in the story of...
And, behold, there came (a) a man of God out of Judah by the word of the LORD unto (b) Bethel: and Jeroboam stood by the altar to burn incense. (a) That is, a prophet. (b) Not that that was called L...
CONTENTS A prophet cometh to Beth-el. Jeroboam, in opposing him, hath his hand withered; which at the prayer of the man of God is restored, The prophet himself for his disobedience is afterwards slai...
Solomon was now at the height of his glory, a vivid type of a greater than Solomon. And it is only when we see that he really does thus prefigure the Lord Jesus as King that we can understand the impo...
_THE PROPHET OF JUDAH_ ‘The prophet of Judah.’ 1 Kings 13:1 The altar at Beth-el was an ill-omened altar. The shadow of ruin was on it from the first. On the very morning of its inauguration, when...
But the testimony and the judgment of God tarried not according to the mercy of God towards His people. Prophecy immediately re-appears; for the faithful love of God to His people never grows weary. H...
AND, BEHOLD, THERE CAME A MAN OF GOD OUT OF JUDAH,.... Whom Josephus x calls Jadon, perhaps the same with Iddo, who is by the Jewish writers y generally thought to be this man of God, and which may se...
And, behold, there came a man of God out of Judah by the word of the LORD unto Bethel: and Jeroboam stood by the altar to burn incense. Ver. 1. _And, behold, there came a man of God._] A prophet, 1Ki...
_Behold, there came a man of God_ A holy prophet; for none are called _men of God_ in the Old Testament, but prophets. _By the word of the Lord_ By divine inspiration and command. “There is no foundat...
1 Ieroboams hand, that offered violence to him that prophesied against his altar at Bethel, withereth, 6 and at the prayer of the Prophet is restored. 7 The Prophet, refusing the kings intertainment...
JEROBOAM REPROVED FOR HIS SIN...
And, behold, there came a man of God, a prophet, OUT OF JUDAH BY THE WORD OF THE LORD UNTO BETHEL, like a power which drove and compelled him to make known the Lord's will; AND JEROBOAM STOOD BY THE A...
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...
BURN: Or, to offer...
1-10 In threatening the altar, the prophet threatens the founder and worshippers. Idolatrous worship will not continue, but the word of the Lord will endure for ever. The prediction plainly declared...
1 KINGS CHAPTER 13 A prophet of Judah prophesieth against the altar at Beth-el: Jeroboam offering him violence, his hand withereth; and, at the prayer of the prophet, is restored, 1 KINGS 13:1. He ref...
1 Kings 13:1 man H376 God H430 went H935 (H8804) Judah H3063 Bethel H1008 word H1697 LORD H3068 Jeroboam...
CONTENTS: Warning of punishment for idolatry. Disobedience and death of the prophet. CHARACTERS: God, Jeroboam, disobedient prophet, lying prophet. CONCLUSION: If we offer to God that which is an ab...
1 Kings 13:1. _Bethel._ See the notes on 1 Kings 12 1 Kings 12. The man of God from Judah is called Jaddo by Josephus. 1 Kings 13:2. _Josiah._ Cyrus is m
1 KINGS—NOTE ON 1 KINGS 13:1 Just as Solomon had stood at his altar in Jerusalem (1 Kings 8:22), Jeroboam now stands at the altar of his new temple in Bethel, ready to dedicate it to his gods. However
THE MYSTERIOUS PROPHET OF JUDAH CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.— 1 Kings 13:1. THERE CAME A MAN OF GOD: an unknown prophet. Josephus suggests _Jadon_, confounding him with Iddo (2 Chronicles 13:22),...
EXPOSITION THE TESTIMONY OF GOD AGAINST THE CALF WORSHIP.—We have in this chapter, which some commentators consider to be derived from a different source from the narratives which precede and follow i...
And so there came a young man out of Judah by the word of the LORD to Bethel: where Jeroboam was standing by the altar ready to burn incense. And he cried against the altar in the word of the LORD, an...
1 Kings 12:22; 1 Kings 12:32; 1 Kings 12:33; 1 Kings 13:26; 1
Man of God — An holy prophet. By the word, &c. — By Divine inspiration and command....