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But even after this, Jeroboam did not turn from his evil ways. He continued to choose priests from the common people. He appointed anyone who wanted to become a priest for the pagan shrines.

over 10 years ago

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highlighted 1 Kings 13:32 NLT

For the message the LORD told him to proclaim against the altar in Bethel and against the pagan shrines in the towns of Samaria will certainly come true.”

over 10 years ago

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highlighted 1 Kings 13:28-31 NLT

and he went out and found the body lying in the road. The donkey and lion were still standing there beside it, for the lion had not eaten the body nor attacked the donkey.

over 10 years ago

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highlighted 1 Kings 13:24 NLT

and the man of God started off again. But as he was traveling along, a lion came out and killed him. His body lay there on the road, with the donkey and the lion standing beside it.

over 10 years ago

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highlighted 1 Kings 13:26 NLT

When the prophet heard the report, he said, “It is the man of God who disobeyed the LORD’s command. The LORD has fulfilled his word by causing the lion to attack and kill him.”

over 10 years ago

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highlighted 1 Kings 13:19-20 NLT

So they went back together, and the man of God ate and drank at the prophet’s home.

over 10 years ago

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highlighted 1 Kings 13:21-22 NLT

He cried out to the man of God from Judah, “This is what the LORD says: You have defied the word of the LORD and have disobeyed the command the LORD your God gave you.

over 10 years ago

But the old prophet answered, “I am a prophet, too, just as you are. And an angel gave me this command from the LORD: ‘Bring him home with you so he can have something to eat and drink.’” But the old man was lying to him.

over 10 years ago

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highlighted 1 Kings 13:17 NLT

For the LORD gave me this command: ‘You must not eat or drink anything while you are there, and do not return to Judah by the same way you came.’”

over 10 years ago

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highlighted 1 Kings 13:15-16 NLT

Then he said to the man of God, “Come home with me and eat some food.”

over 10 years ago

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highlighted 1 Kings 13:11-14 NLT

As it happened, there was an old prophet living in Bethel, and his sons came home and told him what the man of God had done in Bethel that day. They also told their father what the man had said to the king.

over 10 years ago

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highlighted 1 Kings 13:7-8 NLT

Then the king said to the man of God, “Come to the palace with me and have something to eat, and I will give you a gift.”

over 10 years ago

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highlighted 1 Kings 13:9 NLT

For the LORD gave me this command: ‘You must not eat or drink anything while you are there, and do not return to Judah by the same way you came.’”

over 10 years ago

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highlighted 1 Kings 13:6 NLT

The king cried out to the man of God, “Please ask the LORD your God to restore my hand again!” So the man of God prayed to the LORD, and the king’s hand was restored and he could move it again.

over 10 years ago

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highlighted 1 Kings 13:5 NLT

At the same time a wide crack appeared in the altar, and the ashes poured out, just as the man of God had predicted in his message from the LORD.

over 10 years ago

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highlighted 1 Kings 13:4 NLT

When King Jeroboam heard the man of God speaking against the altar at Bethel, he pointed at him and shouted, “Seize that man!” But instantly the king’s hand became paralyzed in that position, and he couldn’t pull it back.

over 10 years ago

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highlighted 1 Kings 13:3 NLT

That same day the man of God gave a sign to prove his message. He said, “The LORD has promised to give this sign: This altar will split apart, and its ashes will be poured out on the ground.”

over 10 years ago

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highlighted 1 Kings 13:2 NLT

Then at the LORD’s command, he shouted, “O altar, altar! This is what the LORD says: A child named Josiah will be born into the dynasty of David. On you he will sacrifice the priests from the pagan shrines who come here to burn incense, and human bones will be burned on you.”

over 10 years ago

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highlighted 1 Kings 13:1 NLT

At the LORD’s command, a man of God from Judah went to Bethel, arriving there just as Jeroboam was approaching the altar to burn incense.

over 10 years ago

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Rehoboam went to Shechem, for all Israel had come to Shechem to make him king....

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