1 Kings 13:2-24

2And he cried against the altar by the word of Jehovah, and said, O altar, altar! thus saith Jehovah: Behold, a child shall be born unto the house of David, Josiah by name; and upon thee shall he sacrifice the priests of the high places that burn incense upon thee, and men's bones shall be burned upon thee.

3And he gave a sign the same day, saying, This is the sign that Jehovah hath spoken: Behold, the altar shall be rent, and the ashes that are upon it shall be poured out.

4And it came to pass when the king heard the word of the man of 1God, which he cried against the altar in Bethel, that Jeroboam stretched forth his hand from the altar, saying, Lay hold on him. And his hand which he stretched out against him dried up, so that he could not bring it back again to him.

5And the altar was rent, and the ashes poured out from the altar, according to the sign that the man of 2God had given by the word of Jehovah.

6And the king answered and said to the man of 3God, Intreat now Jehovah thy 4God, and pray for me, that my hand may be restored to me again. And the man of 5God intreated Jehovah, and the king's hand was restored to him again, and became as before.

7And the king said to the man of 6God, Come home with me, and refresh thyself, and I will give thee a present.

8And the man of 7God said to the king, If thou wilt give me half thy house, I will not go in with thee, neither will I eat bread nor drink water in this place;

9for so was it charged me by the word of Jehovah, saying, Thou shalt eat no bread, nor drink water, nor return by the way that thou shalt go.

10So he went another way, and returned not by the way that he had come to Bethel.

11Now there dwelt a certain old prophet in Bethel; and his sons came and told him all the works that the man of 8God had done that day in Bethel; the words that he had spoken to the king, them they told also to their father.

12And their father said to them, Which way went he? for his sons had seen which way the man of 9God went, who came from Judah.

13And he said to his sons, Saddle me the ass. So they saddled him the ass; and he rode thereon,

14and went after the man of 10God, and found him sitting under a terebinth; and he said to him, Art thou the man of 11God that camest from Judah? And he said, I am.

15And he said to him, Come home with me, and eat bread.

16And he said, I cannot return with thee, nor go in with thee; neither will I eat bread nor drink water with thee in this place.

17For it was said to me by the word of Jehovah, Thou shalt eat no bread nor drink water there, nor turn again to go by the way that thou wentest.

18And he said to him, I am a prophet also as thou art; and an angel spoke to me by the word of Jehovah saying, Bring him back with thee into thy house, that he may eat bread and drink water. He lied unto him.

19Then he went back with him, and ate bread in his house, and drank water.

20And it came to pass as they sat at the table, that the word of Jehovah came to the prophet that brought him back;

21and he cried to the man of 12God that came from Judah, saying, Thus saith Jehovah: Forasmuch as thou hast disobeyed the word of Jehovah, and hast not kept the commandment that Jehovah thy 13God commanded thee,

22but camest back, and hast eaten bread and drunk water in the place of which he said to thee, Eat no bread and drink no water; thy carcase shall not come to the sepulchre of thy fathers.

23And it came to pass, after he had eaten bread, and after he had drunk, that he saddled the ass for him, for the prophet that he had brought back;

24and he departed. And a lion met him by the way and slew him; and his corpse was cast in the way, and the ass stood by it; the lion also stood by the corpse.