<vn='1'>And, <sn="2009">behold</s>, there <sn="935">came</s> a <sn="376">man</s> of <sn="430">God</s> out of <sn="4480 3063">Judah</s> by the <sn="1697">word</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="413">unto</s><sn="1008">Bethel</s>: and <sn="3379">Jeroboam</s><sn="5975">stood</s><sn="5921">by</s> the <sn="4196">altar</s> to burn <sn="6999">incense</s>. </v>
<vn='2'>And he <sn="7121">cried</s><sn="5921">against</s> the <sn="4196">altar</s> in the <sn="1697">word</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, and <sn="559">said</s>, O <sn="4196">altar</s>, <sn="4196">altar</s>, <sn="3541">thus</s><sn="559">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>; <sn="2009">Behold</s>, a <sn="1121">child</s> shall be <sn="3205">born</s> unto the <sn="1004">house</s> of <sn="1732">David</s>, <sn="2977">Josiah</s> by <sn="8034">name</s>; and <sn="5921">upon</s> thee shall he <sn="2076">offer</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="3548">priests</s> of the high <sn="1116">places</s> that burn <sn="6999">incense</s><sn="5921">upon</s> thee, and <sn="120">men</s> 's <sn="6106">bones</s> shall be <sn="8313">burnt</s><sn="5921">upon</s> thee. </v>
<vn='3'>And he <sn="5414">gave</s> a <sn="4159">sign</s> the <sn="1931">same</s><sn="3117">day</s>, <sn="559">saying</s>, <sn="2088">This</s> is the <sn="4159">sign</s><sn="834">which</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s> hath <sn="1696">spoken</s>; <sn="2009">Behold</s>, the <sn="4196">altar</s> shall be <sn="7167">rent</s>, and the <sn="1880">ashes</s><sn="834">that</s> are <sn="5921">upon</s> it shall be poured <sn="8210">out</s>. </v>
<vn='4'>And it came to <sn="1961">pass</s>, when <sn="4428">king</s><sn="3379">Jeroboam</s><sn="8085">heard</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="1697">saying</s> of the <sn="376">man</s> of <sn="430">God</s>, <sn="834">which</s> had <sn="7121">cried</s><sn="5921">against</s> the <sn="4196">altar</s> in <sn="1008">Bethel</s>, that he put <sn="7971">forth</s><sn="*853"></s> his <sn="3027">hand</s><sn="4480 5921">from</s> the <sn="4196">altar</s>, <sn="559">saying</s>, Lay <sn="8610">hold</s> on him. And his <sn="3027">hand</s>, <sn="834">which</s> he put <sn="7971">forth</s><sn="5921">against</s> him, dried <sn="3001">up</s>, so that he <sn="3201">could</s><sn="3808">not</s> pull it in <sn="7725">again</s><sn="413">to</s> him. </v>
<vn='5'>The <sn="4196">altar</s> also was <sn="7167">rent</s>, and the <sn="1880">ashes</s> poured <sn="8210">out</s><sn="4480">from</s> the <sn="4196">altar</s>, according to the <sn="4159">sign</s><sn="834">which</s> the <sn="376">man</s> of <sn="430">God</s> had <sn="5414">given</s> by the <sn="1697">word</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>. </v>
<vn='6'>And the <sn="4428">king</s><sn="6030">answered</s> and <sn="559">said</s><sn="413">unto</s> the <sn="376">man</s> of <sn="430">God</s>, <sn="2470">Entreat</s><sn="4994">now</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="6440">face</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s> thy <sn="430">God</s>, and <sn="6419">pray</s><sn="1157">for</s> me, that my <sn="3027">hand</s> may be restored me <sn="7725 413">again</s>. And the <sn="376">man</s> of <sn="430">God</s><sn="2470">besought</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="6440 3068">LORD</s>, and the <sn="4428">king</s> 's <sn="3027">hand</s> was restored him <sn="7725 413">again</s>, and <sn="1961">became</s> as it was <sn="7223">before</s>. </v>
<vn='7'>And the <sn="4428">king</s><sn="1696">said</s><sn="413">unto</s> the <sn="376">man</s> of <sn="430">God</s>, <sn="935">Come</s><sn="1004">home</s><sn="854">with</s> me, and <sn="5582">refresh</s> thyself, and I will <sn="5414">give</s> thee a <sn="4991">reward</s>. </v>
<vn='8'>And the <sn="376">man</s> of <sn="430">God</s><sn="559">said</s><sn="413">unto</s> the <sn="4428">king</s>, <sn="518">If</s> thou wilt <sn="5414">give</s> me <sn="*853"></s><sn="2677">half</s> thine <sn="1004">house</s>, I will <sn="3808">not</s> go <sn="935">in</s><sn="5973">with</s> thee, <sn="3808">neither</s> will I <sn="398">eat</s><sn="3899">bread</s><sn="3808">nor</s><sn="8354">drink</s><sn="4325">water</s> in <sn="2088">this</s><sn="4725">place</s>: </v>
<vn='9'><sn="3588">For</s><sn="3651">so</s> was it <sn="6680">charged</s> me by the <sn="1697">word</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, <sn="559">saying</s>, <sn="398">Eat</s><sn="3808">no</s><sn="3899">bread</s>, <sn="3808">nor</s><sn="8354">drink</s><sn="4325">water</s>, <sn="3808">nor</s> turn <sn="7725">again</s> by the same <sn="1870">way</s><sn="834">that</s> thou <sn="1980">camest</s>. </v>
<vn='10'>So he <sn="1980">went</s><sn="312">another</s><sn="1870">way</s>, and <sn="7725">returned</s><sn="3808">not</s> by the <sn="1870">way</s><sn="834">that</s> he <sn="935">came</s><sn="413">to</s><sn="1008">Bethel</s>. </v>
<vn='11'>Now there <sn="3427">dwelt</s> an <sn="259 2205">old</s><sn="5030">prophet</s> in <sn="1008">Bethel</s>; and his <sn="1121">sons</s><sn="935">came</s> and <sn="5608">told</s> him <sn="*853"></s><sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="4639">works</s><sn="834">that</s> the <sn="376">man</s> of <sn="430">God</s> had <sn="6213">done</s> that <sn="3117">day</s> in <sn="1008">Bethel</s>: <sn="*853"></s> the <sn="1697">words</s><sn="834">which</s> he had <sn="1696">spoken</s><sn="413">unto</s> the <sn="4428">king</s>, them they <sn="5608">told</s> also to their <sn="1">father</s>. </v>
<vn='12'>And their <sn="1">father</s><sn="1696">said</s><sn="413">unto</s> them, <sn="335 2088">What</s><sn="1870">way</s><sn="1980">went</s> he? For his <sn="1121">sons</s> had <sn="7200">seen</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="834">what</s><sn="1870">way</s> the <sn="376">man</s> of <sn="430">God</s><sn="1980">went</s>, <sn="834">which</s><sn="935">came</s> from <sn="4480 3063">Judah</s>. </v>
<vn='13'>And he <sn="559">said</s><sn="413">unto</s> his <sn="1121">sons</s>, <sn="2280">Saddle</s> me the <sn="2543">ass</s>. So they <sn="2280">saddled</s> him the <sn="2543">ass</s>: and he <sn="7392">rode</s><sn="5921">thereon</s>, </v>
<vn='14'>And <sn="1980">went</s><sn="310">after</s> the <sn="376">man</s> of <sn="430">God</s>, and <sn="4672">found</s> him <sn="3427">sitting</s><sn="8478">under</s> an <sn="424">oak</s>: and he <sn="559">said</s><sn="413">unto</s> him, Art <sn="859">thou</s> the <sn="376">man</s> of <sn="430">God</s><sn="834">that</s><sn="935">camest</s><sn="4480">from</s><sn="3063">Judah</s>? And he <sn="559">said</s>, <sn="589">I</s> am. </v>
<vn='15'>Then he <sn="559">said</s><sn="413">unto</s> him, <sn="1980">Come</s><sn="1004">home</s><sn="854">with</s> me, and <sn="398">eat</s><sn="3899">bread</s>. </v>
<vn='16'>And he <sn="559">said</s>, I <sn="3201">may</s><sn="3808">not</s><sn="7725">return</s><sn="854">with</s> thee, nor go <sn="935">in</s><sn="854">with</s> thee: <sn="3808">neither</s> will I <sn="398">eat</s><sn="3899">bread</s><sn="3808">nor</s><sn="8354">drink</s><sn="4325">water</s><sn="854">with</s> thee in <sn="2088">this</s><sn="4725">place</s>: </v>
<vn='17'><sn="3588">For</s> it was <sn="1697">said</s><sn="413">to</s> me by the <sn="1697">word</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, Thou shalt <sn="398">eat</s><sn="3808">no</s><sn="3899">bread</s><sn="3808">nor</s><sn="8354">drink</s><sn="4325">water</s><sn="8033">there</s>, <sn="3808">nor</s> turn <sn="7725">again</s> to <sn="1980">go</s> by the <sn="1870">way</s><sn="834">that</s> thou <sn="1980">camest</s>. </v>
<vn='18'>He <sn="559">said</s> unto him, <sn="589">I</s> am a <sn="5030">prophet</s><sn="1571">also</s> as thou art; and an <sn="4397">angel</s><sn="1696">spoke</s><sn="413">unto</s> me by the <sn="1697">word</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, <sn="559">saying</s>, Bring him <sn="7725">back</s><sn="854">with</s> thee <sn="413">into</s> thine <sn="1004">house</s>, that he may <sn="398">eat</s><sn="3899">bread</s> and <sn="8354">drink</s><sn="4325">water</s>. But he <sn="3584">lied</s> unto him. </v>
<vn='19'>So he went <sn="7725">back</s><sn="854">with</s> him, and did <sn="398">eat</s><sn="3899">bread</s> in his <sn="1004">house</s>, and <sn="8354">drank</s><sn="4325">water</s>. </v>
<vn='20'>And it came to <sn="1961">pass</s>, as <sn="1992">they</s><sn="3427">sat</s><sn="413">at</s> the <sn="7979">table</s>, that the <sn="1697">word</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="1961">came</s><sn="413">unto</s> the <sn="5030">prophet</s><sn="834">that</s> brought him <sn="7725">back</s>: </v>
<vn='21'>And he <sn="7121">cried</s><sn="413">unto</s> the <sn="376">man</s> of <sn="430">God</s><sn="834">that</s><sn="935">came</s><sn="4480">from</s><sn="3063">Judah</s>, <sn="559">saying</s>, <sn="3541">Thus</s><sn="559">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, <sn="3282 3588">Forasmuch</s> as thou hast <sn="4784">disobeyed</s> the <sn="6310">mouth</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, and hast <sn="3808">not</s><sn="8104">kept</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="4687">commandment</s><sn="834">which</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s> thy <sn="430">God</s><sn="6680">commanded</s> thee, </v>
<vn='22'>But camest <sn="7725">back</s>, and hast <sn="398">eaten</s><sn="3899">bread</s> and <sn="8354">drunk</s><sn="4325">water</s> in the <sn="4725">place</s>, of the <sn="834">which</s> the LORD did <sn="1696">say</s><sn="413">to</s> thee, <sn="398">Eat</s><sn="408">no</s><sn="3899">bread</s>, and <sn="8354">drink</s><sn="408">no</s><sn="4325">water</s>; thy <sn="5038">carcass</s> shall <sn="3808">not</s><sn="935">come</s><sn="413">unto</s> the <sn="6913">sepulcher</s> of thy <sn="1">fathers</s>. </v>
<vn='23'>And it came to <sn="1961">pass</s>, <sn="310">after</s> he had <sn="398">eaten</s><sn="3899">bread</s>, and <sn="310">after</s> he had <sn="8354">drunk</s>, that he <sn="2280">saddled</s> for him the <sn="2543">ass</s>, to wit, for the <sn="5030">prophet</s><sn="834">whom</s> he had brought <sn="7725">back</s>. </v>
<vn='24'>And when he was <sn="1980">gone</s>, a <sn="738">lion</s><sn="4672">met</s> him by the <sn="1870">way</s>, and <sn="4191">slew</s> him: and his <sn="5038">carcass</s><sn="1961">was</s><sn="7993">cast</s> in the <sn="1870">way</s>, and the <sn="2543">ass</s><sn="5975">stood</s><sn="681">by</s> it, the <sn="738">lion</s> also <sn="5975">stood</s><sn="681">by</s> the <sn="5038">carcass</s>. </v>
<vn='25'>And, <sn="2009">behold</s>, <sn="376">men</s> passed <sn="5674">by</s>, and <sn="7200">saw</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="5038">carcass</s><sn="7993">cast</s> in the <sn="1870">way</s>, and the <sn="738">lion</s><sn="5975">standing</s><sn="681">by</s> the <sn="5038">carcass</s>: and they <sn="935">came</s> and <sn="1696">told</s> it in the <sn="5892">city</s><sn="834">where</s> the <sn="2205">old</s><sn="5030">prophet</s><sn="3427">dwelt</s>. </v>
<vn='26'>And when the <sn="5030">prophet</s><sn="834">that</s> brought him <sn="7725">back</s><sn="4480">from</s> the <sn="1870">way</s><sn="8085">heard</s> thereof, he <sn="559">said</s>, <sn="1931">It</s> is the <sn="376">man</s> of <sn="430">God</s>, <sn="834">who</s> was <sn="4784">disobedient</s> unto <sn="*853"></s> the <sn="6310">word</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>: therefore the <sn="3068">LORD</s> hath <sn="5414">delivered</s> him unto the <sn="738">lion</s>, which hath <sn="7665">torn</s> him, and <sn="4191">slain</s> him, according to the <sn="1697">word</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, <sn="834">which</s> he <sn="1696">spoke</s> unto him. </v>
<vn='27'>And he <sn="1696">spoke</s><sn="413">to</s> his <sn="1121">sons</s>, <sn="559">saying</s>, <sn="2280">Saddle</s> me <sn="*853"></s> the <sn="2543">ass</s>. And they <sn="2280">saddled</s> him. </v>
<vn='28'>And he <sn="1980">went</s> and <sn="4672">found</s><sn="*853"></s> his <sn="5038">carcass</s><sn="7993">cast</s> in the <sn="1870">way</s>, and the <sn="2543">ass</s> and the <sn="738">lion</s><sn="5975">standing</s><sn="681">by</s> the <sn="5038">carcass</s>: the <sn="738">lion</s> had <sn="3808">not</s><sn="398">eaten</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="5038">carcass</s>, <sn="3808">nor</s><sn="7665">torn</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="2543">ass</s>. </v>
<vn='29'>And the <sn="5030">prophet</s> took <sn="5375">up</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="5038">carcass</s> of the <sn="376">man</s> of <sn="430">God</s>, and <sn="5117">laid</s> it <sn="413">upon</s> the <sn="2543">ass</s>, and brought it <sn="7725">back</s>: and the <sn="2205">old</s><sn="5030">prophet</s><sn="935">came</s><sn="413">to</s> the <sn="5892">city</s>, to <sn="5594">mourn</s> and to <sn="6912">bury</s> him. </v>
<vn='30'>And he <sn="5117">laid</s><sn="*853"></s> his <sn="5038">carcass</s> in his own <sn="6913">grave</s>; and they <sn="5594">mourned</s><sn="5921">over</s> him, saying, <sn="1945">Alas</s>, my <sn="251">brother</s>! </v>
<vn='31'>And it came to <sn="1961">pass</s>, <sn="310">after</s> he had <sn="6912">buried</s> him, that he <sn="559">spoke</s><sn="413">to</s> his <sn="1121">sons</s>, <sn="559">saying</s>, When I am <sn="4191">dead</s>, then <sn="6912">bury</s> me in the <sn="6913">sepulcher</s><sn="834">wherein</s> the <sn="376">man</s> of <sn="430">God</s> is <sn="6912">buried</s>; <sn="5117">lay</s><sn="*853"></s> my <sn="6106">bones</s><sn="681">beside</s> his <sn="6106">bones</s>: </v>
<vn='32'><sn="3588">For</s> the <sn="1697">saying</s><sn="834">which</s> he <sn="7121">cried</s> by the <sn="1697">word</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="5921">against</s> the <sn="4196">altar</s> in <sn="1008">Bethel</s>, and <sn="5921">against</s><sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="1004">houses</s> of the high <sn="1116">places</s><sn="834">which</s> are in the <sn="5892">cities</s> of <sn="8111">Samaria</s>, shall surely come to <sn="1961 1961">pass</s>. </v>
<vn='33'><sn="310">After</s><sn="2088">this</s><sn="1697">thing</s><sn="3379">Jeroboam</s><sn="7725">returned</s><sn="3808">not</s> from his evil <sn="4480 1870 7451">way</s>, but <sn="6213">made</s><sn="7725">again</s> of the <sn="4480 7098">lowest</s> of the <sn="5971">people</s><sn="3548">priests</s> of the high <sn="1116">places</s>: whosoever <sn="2655">would</s>, he <sn="4390 *853 3027">consecrated</s> him, and he <sn="1961">became</s> one of the <sn="3548">priests</s> of the high <sn="1116">places</s>. </v>
<vn='34'>And <sn="2088">this</s><sn="1697">thing</s><sn="1961">became</s><sn="2403">sin</s> unto the <sn="1004">house</s> of <sn="3379">Jeroboam</s>, even to cut it <sn="3582">off</s>, and to <sn="8045">destroy</s> it from <sn="4480 5921">off</s> the <sn="6440">face</s> of the <sn="127">earth</s>. </v>