I. Kines XIII. 1.

B.C. 975. |the_s children_of Israél ; and he offered « s, Sons, upon the altar, and burnt_incense. A MAN OF AND, behold, there came a‘ man_ Gop Crigs 1 of =God out_of Judah by the_ rGalst |word_of 7 the Lord unto Beth-el: and AN “| Jeroboam +stood by the altar to burn_ J. Jehovah, |incense. ( 2.2 Kin, 23. | 2 And he cried against the altar in 15-18. the_word_of J the Lor», and said, “O_ altar, altar, thus ‘saith “the Lorp; Be-
s. son. hold, a s child shall_be_born unto the_ j. Josiah, | house_of David, J Josiah by_name ; and Given-of upon thee «shall _he_s¢olfer the _ sc. sacrifice. | priests_of the high_places x+that burn_ a. Heb. incense upon thee, and «men’s bones _ahdahm.__|shall_be_burnt upon thee.”
THE Sign. | 3 And he «gave a sign the same xday,
saying, “This is the sign which / the Lorp -hath_spoken ; Behold, the altar shall_be_rent, and the ashes that are upon it -shall_be_poured_out.”
~ 4 And it came_to_pass, when king Jeroboam heard +the_saying_of the_ *man_of x=God, which had_cried against
THE KING'S HAND WITHERED.
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Elohim. _| his “hand from the altar, saying, “*Lay_ hold_on him.” And his hand, which he put_forth against him, dried_up, so ire he could not pull_it_in_again to im.
THE Attak | 5 The altar also was_rent, and the RENT. ashes poured_out from the altar, ac- cording_to the sign which the_i man_of
J. Jehovah.
aed had_given by the_word_of ’ the
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6 And the king answered and said Ris eee unto the_i man_of x=God, “-Intreat now 6, Matt. 5.44: -the_face_of J the Lorp thy =God, and oy "“tepray for me, that my hand may_be_ restored me again.” And the_iman_ of x=God besought ‘«the Lorp, and the king’s hand was_restored him again, and became as it was before.
7 And the king said unto the_t man_ of x=God, “*Come home with me, and ‘refresh thyself, and I will_give thee a reward.”
8 And the_i man_of x=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 xthis xplace :
*° For so was_it_charged me by the_ word_of / the Lorp, saying, ‘Eat no bread, nor ‘drink water, nor ‘turn again by the same_way that thou cam-
THE KING'S HAND
THE MAN RETURNS.
10 So he went another way, and re- turned not by the way that he came to Beth-él.
11 Now there dwelt an old prophet in Beth-él; and his -sons came and told him «all the works that the_i man_ of x=God had_done that day in Beth-él : «the words which he had_spoken unto the king, them they told also to their father.
2 And their father said unto them, “What xway went he?” For his sons had_seen ewhat xway the_‘man _of x=God went, which came from Judah.
13 And he said unto his sons, “*Sad- dle sme the ass.” So they saddled J him the ass; and he rode thereon.
14 And went after the_? man_of x=God, and found him sitting under an xoak:
THE OLD PROPHET 0
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THE MAN OF GOD SEDUCED. f. for me. 7. for him: