Kretzmann's Popular Commentary
1 Kings 13:9
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, lest some one, knowing of his passing, might detain him.
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, lest some one, knowing of his passing, might detain him.
Verse 1 Kings 13:9. _FOR SO IT WAS CHARGED ME - EAT NO BREAD, C._] That is, Have no kind of communication with those idolaters. He was charged also not to return by the way that he came probably lest...
EAT NO BREAD, NOR DRINK WATER - The reason of the command is evident. The man of God was not to accept the hospitality of any dweller at Bethel, in order to show in a marked way, which men generally c...
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...
_nor turn again by the_same _way_ There is nothing in the original for -same". Therefore the R.V. is more close to the text, in giving NEITHER RETURN BY THE WAY as in the following verse in A. V. The...
THE KING SAID—COME HOME WITH ME, &C.— The reason is obvious, why this prophet was forbidden to eat and drink with the people of Beth-el; because he was to have no familiarity with idolaters. But why h...
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 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:_ No JFB commentary on these verses....
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...
NOR TURN AGAIN... — The significance of this command is less obvious. It may have meant that he should not suffer the way of his return (which would clearly not be the obvious way) to be known, but sh...
כִּֽי ־כֵ֣ן ׀ צִוָּ֣ה אֹתִ֗י בִּ דְבַ֤ר יְהוָ
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...
For so was it charged me by the word of the LORD, saying, (f) Eat no bread, nor drink water, nor turn again by the same way that thou camest. (f) Seeing he had the express word of God, he should not...
(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 wi...
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...
FOR SO IT WAS CHARGED ME BY THE WORD OF THE LORD,.... The command of the Lord, by which he came to Bethel, and cried against the altar there, 1 Kings 13:1 SAYING, EAT NO BREAD, NOR DRINK WATER, NOR T...
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. Ver. 9. _Eat no bread, nor drink water._] _Figura haec erat E...
_I will give thee a reward_ He desires to requite the instrument, but takes no notice of God, the chief cause and author of this wonderful mercy. _The man of God said, I will not go in with thee_, &c....
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...
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...
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...
My refusal of thy favour is not from any contempt or hatred of thy person, but in obedience to the just command of my God, who hath forbidden me all further converse or communication with thee. EAT NO...
1 Kings 13:9 commanded H6680 (H8765) word H1697 LORD H3068 saying H559 (H8800) eat H398 (H8799) bread...
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
1 KINGS—NOTE ON 1 KINGS 13:7 Jeroboam’s invitation to the MAN OF GOD to dine and receive a REWARD is an attempt to buy his loyalty, perhaps hoping for the curse on the altar to be reversed. The invita...
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 Corinthians 5:11; 1 Kings 13:1; 1 Kings 13:21; 1 Kings 13:22;...
For so, &c. — My refusal of thy favour, is not from any contempt, or hatred of thy person; but in obedience to the just command of my God, who hath forbidden me all father converse or communication wi...