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and he said unto him, “A7t thou the_| B.C. tman_of x=God that camest from Ju- dah?” And he said, “£ am.”
15 Then he said unto him, “*Come home with me, and seat bread.”
16 And he said, “I may not return with thee, nor go_in with thee: neither will_I_eat bread nor drink water with thee in xthisxplace: ~
17 For it was_said to me by the_word_ of / the Lorn, ‘Thou shalt_eat no bread nor ‘drink water there, nor 'turn_again to go by the way that thou camest.’”
18 He said unto him, “E ama ipeeles also as thou art; and an angel spake unto me by the_word_of /the Lor», say-| 7 ing, ‘-Bring_him_back with thee into thine house, that he may_eat bread and drink water.”” But he lied unto him.
19 So he went_back with him,.and did_eat bread in his house, and drank water.
20 And it came_to_pass, as thep -sat at the table, that the_word_of ‘the Lorp came unto the prophet that brought_him_back :
21 And he cried unto the_‘man_of x=God that came from Judah, saying, “Thus ‘saith J the Lorp, Forasmuch as thou hast aes the_ mouth _of Jthe Lorp, and -hast not kept -the commandment which /the Lorp thy =God commanded thee,
2 But camest_back, and hast_eaten bread and drunk water in the place, of the which the Lorp did_say to thee, ‘tEat no bread, and 'drink no water: thy carcase shall not come unto the_ b Bepulenre-of thy fathers,”
23 And it came_to_pass, after he had_ eaten bread, and after he had_drunk, that he saddled for him the ass, to wit, fen oe prophet whom he had_brought_
ack,
24 And when he was_gone, a lion met him by the way, and slew him: and his carcase was_cast in the way, and the ass 4stood by it, the lion also +stood by the carcase.
2 And, behold, «men +passed_by, and saw cthe carcase cast in the way, and the lion standing by the carcase: and they came and told 7¢ in the city where the old xprophet dwelt.
2 And when the prophet that brought_him_back from the way heard thereof, he said, “It is the_tman_of x=God, who was-_disobedient unto methe_word_of ‘the Lorp: therefore ‘the Lorv hath_delivered him unto the lion, which hath_torn him, and slain him, according_to the_word_of ? the Lorp, which He spake unto him.” 27 And he spake to his sons, saying, “sSaddle / me cthe ass.” And they sad- dled him. 28 And he went and found his «car- case cast in the way, and the ass and the lion =standing by the carcase: the lion had not eaten sthe carcase, nor torn rthe ass.
22 And the prophet took_up sthe_
carcase_of the_t man_of x=God, and laid it upon the ass, and brought_it_back: and the old xprophet came to the city, to mourn and to bury him.
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JEROBOAM SENDS HIS WIFE TO AHIJAH.
JEHOVAH'S ANSWER, J. Jehovah.
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| 7. Ch. 11. 29- 32. 3.G. Jehovah Elohim.
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