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), but he lived on during Abijab’s reign; whereas this man died immediately. Names fade; ministries en... [ Continue Reading ]
CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.— 1 Kings 13:11. AN OLD PROPHET IN BETHEL: who had been faithless amid surrounding faithlessness. His alertness to win the prophet of Judah to his house arose from (1) his interest (professional) in a fellow-prophet’s mission—this feeling awoke immediately he heard of... [ Continue Reading ]
_HOMILETICS OF 1 Kings 13:33_ AN INVETERATE SINNER I. THAT AN INVETERATE SINNER IS INDIFFERENT ALIKE TO ENTREATY AND WARNING. “After this thing Jeroboam returned not from his evil way.” There is something exceedingly obstinate and perverse, as well as blinding and infatuating, in idolatry. The grac... [ Continue Reading ]