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I Kings Chapter 13

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The chapter describes the spies sent to Israel who find the people are not as they appear, they are a people of idolatry and unfaithfulness, and the king's wife and her maidservants are defiled. It warns that God will judge Israel for her wickedness. The narrative emphasizes the need for true repentance and faithfulness to God.

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(1) And, behold, there came a man of God out of Judah by the word of the LORD unto Bethel: and Jeroboam stood by the altar to burn incense.
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I Kings 12:22II Kings 23:17II Chronicles 9:29I Kings 13:5I Kings 13:9I Kings 13:26I Kings 13:32I Kings 20:35Jeremiah 25:3I Thessalonians 4:15I Kings 12:32I Kings 12:33

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Exodus 30:7II Chronicles 26:18Exodus 30:8II Kings 23:5II Chronicles 13:11II Chronicles 26:16

(2) And he cried against the altar in the word of the LORD, and said, O altar, altar, thus saith the LORD; Behold, a child shall be born unto the house of David, Josiah by name; and upon thee shall he offer the priests of the high places that burn incense upon thee, and men's bones shall be burnt upon thee.
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Deuteronomy 32:1Isaiah 1:2Isaiah 58:1Jeremiah 22:29Ezekiel 36:1Ezekiel 36:4Ezekiel 38:4Luke 19:40II Kings 22:1II Kings 22:2II Kings 23:15II Kings 23:16

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Jeremiah 8:1II Kings 23:5Exodus 30:7II Chronicles 26:18II Samuel 12:18I Corinthians 13:11

(3) And he gave a sign the same day, saying, This is the sign which the LORD hath spoken; Behold, the altar shall be rent, and the ashes that are upon it shall be poured out.
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Exodus 4:3Exodus 4:4Exodus 4:5Exodus 4:8Exodus 4:9Exodus 7:10Deuteronomy 13:1Deuteronomy 13:2Deuteronomy 13:3I Samuel 2:34II Kings 20:8Isaiah 7:11

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Matthew 12:39Matthew 16:4Luke 11:29I Kings 13:5Leviticus 4:12Exodus 4:8

(4) And it came to pass, when king Jeroboam heard the saying of the man of God, which had cried against the altar in Bethel, that he put forth his hand from the altar, saying, Lay hold on him. And his hand, which he put forth against him, dried up, so that he could not pull it in again to him.
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II Chronicles 16:10II Chronicles 18:25II Chronicles 18:26II Chronicles 18:27II Chronicles 25:15II Chronicles 25:16Psalms 105:15Jeremiah 20:2Jeremiah 20:3Jeremiah 20:4Jeremiah 26:8Jeremiah 26:9

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I Kings 12:32I Kings 14:10

(5) The altar also was rent, and the ashes poured out from the altar, according to the sign which the man of God had given by the word of the LORD.
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I Kings 13:3I Kings 22:28I Kings 22:35Exodus 9:18Exodus 9:19Exodus 9:20Exodus 9:21Exodus 9:22Exodus 9:23Exodus 9:24Exodus 9:25Numbers 16:23

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I Kings 13:3Leviticus 4:12Matthew 12:39Matthew 16:4Luke 11:29

(6) And the king answered and said unto the man of God, Intreat now the face of the LORD thy God, and pray for me, that my hand may be restored me again. And the man of God besought the LORD, and the king's hand was restored him again, and became as it was before.
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Exodus 8:8Exodus 8:28Exodus 9:28Exodus 10:17Exodus 12:32Numbers 21:7I Samuel 12:19Jeremiah 37:3Jeremiah 42:2Jeremiah 42:3Jeremiah 42:4Acts 8:24

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II Kings 8:5Esther 8:8Esther 3:3Esther 3:12

(7) And the king said unto the man of God, Come home with me, and refresh thyself, and I will give thee a reward.
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Genesis 18:5Judges 13:15Judges 19:21I Samuel 9:7I Samuel 9:8II Kings 5:15Jeremiah 40:5Malachi 1:10Acts 8:18Acts 8:19Acts 8:20I Peter 5:2

(8) And the man of 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 this place:
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Numbers 22:18Numbers 24:13Exodus 5:3Exodus 5:6Exodus 7:2Mark 6:23II Kings 5:16II Kings 5:26II Kings 5:27Mark 6:11II Corinthians 11:9II Corinthians 11:10

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II Kings 8:12Exodus 15:26Exodus 25:10Exodus 37:1

(9) For so was it charged me by the word of the LORD, saying, Eat no bread, nor drink water, nor turn again by the same way that thou camest.
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I Kings 13:1I Kings 13:21I Kings 13:22I Samuel 15:22Job 23:12John 13:17John 15:9John 15:10John 15:14Numbers 16:26Deuteronomy 13:13Deuteronomy 13:14

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Ezekiel 33:11

(10) So he went another way, and returned not by the way that he came to Bethel.
(11) Now there dwelt an old prophet in Bethel; and his sons came and told him all the works that the man of God had done that day in Bethel: the words which he had spoken unto the king, them they told also to their father.
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I Kings 13:20I Kings 13:21Numbers 23:4Numbers 23:5Numbers 24:2I Samuel 10:11II Kings 23:18Ezekiel 13:2Ezekiel 13:16Matthew 7:22II Peter 2:16I Timothy 3:5

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Genesis 12:8Genesis 13:3Judges 21:19I Kings 12:32II Kings 2:2Amos 5:5

(12) And their father said unto them, What way went he? For his sons had seen what way the man of God went, which came from Judah.
(13) And he said unto his sons, Saddle me the ass. So they saddled him the ass: and he rode thereon,
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I Kings 13:27Numbers 22:21Judges 5:10Judges 10:4II Samuel 19:26

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Numbers 22:23I Kings 13:27Numbers 22:27Numbers 22:30Judges 15:16II Samuel 19:26

(14) And went after the man of God, and found him sitting under an oak: and he said unto him, Art thou the man of God that camest from Judah? And he said, I am.
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I Kings 19:4John 4:6John 4:34I Corinthians 4:11I Corinthians 4:12II Corinthians 11:27Philippians 4:12Philippians 4:13

(15) Then he said unto him, Come home with me, and eat 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 this place:
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I Kings 13:8I Kings 13:9Genesis 3:1Genesis 3:2Genesis 3:3Numbers 22:13Numbers 22:19Matthew 4:10Matthew 16:23

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Song of Solomon 6:13Jeremiah 15:19Jeremiah 44:14Ezekiel 16:55Malachi 3:7

(17) For it was said to me by the word of the LORD, Thou shalt eat no bread nor drink water there, nor turn again to go by the way that thou camest.
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I Kings 13:1I Kings 20:35I Thessalonians 4:15

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Ezekiel 33:11

(18) He said unto him, I am a prophet also as thou art; and an angel spake unto me by the word of the LORD, saying, Bring him back with thee into thine house, that he may eat bread and drink water. But he lied unto him.
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Numbers 22:35Judges 6:11Judges 6:12Judges 13:3Genesis 3:4Genesis 3:5Isaiah 9:15Jeremiah 5:12Jeremiah 5:31Jeremiah 23:14Jeremiah 23:17Jeremiah 23:32

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I Kings 13:29II Samuel 24:16I Chronicles 21:15Jeremiah 28:9Jeremiah 28:12

(19) So he went back with him, and did eat bread in his house, and drank water.
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I Kings 13:9Genesis 3:6Deuteronomy 13:1Deuteronomy 13:3Deuteronomy 13:5Deuteronomy 18:20Acts 4:19II Peter 2:18II Peter 2:19

(20) And it came to pass, as they sat at the table, that the word of the LORD came unto the prophet that brought him back:
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Numbers 23:5Numbers 23:16Numbers 24:4Numbers 24:16Numbers 24:17Numbers 24:18Numbers 24:19Numbers 24:20Numbers 24:21Numbers 24:22Numbers 24:23Numbers 24:24

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I Kings 13:29Jeremiah 28:9Jeremiah 28:12Exodus 26:35

(21) And he cried unto the man of God that came from Judah, saying, Thus saith the LORD, Forasmuch as thou hast disobeyed the mouth of the LORD, and hast not kept the commandment which the LORD thy God commanded thee,
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I Kings 13:17Genesis 3:7Esther 6:13Jeremiah 2:19Galatians 1:8Galatians 1:9Leviticus 10:3Numbers 20:12Numbers 20:24I Samuel 4:18I Samuel 13:13I Samuel 13:14

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Numbers 9:23I John 2:7

(22) But camest back, and hast eaten bread and drunk water in the place, of the which the LORD did say to thee, Eat no bread, and drink no water; thy carcase shall not come unto the sepulchre of thy fathers.
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I Kings 13:30I Kings 14:13II Chronicles 21:19II Chronicles 21:20Isaiah 14:18Isaiah 14:19Isaiah 14:20Jeremiah 22:18Jeremiah 22:19

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I Kings 13:28I Samuel 30:12I Kings 13:23Joel 1:4Leviticus 5:2

(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, for the prophet whom he had brought back.
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I Kings 13:29I Samuel 30:12I Kings 13:22I Kings 13:28Joel 1:4Jeremiah 28:9

(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 stood by it, the lion also stood by the carcase.
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I Kings 20:36II Kings 2:24Proverbs 22:13Proverbs 26:13Amos 5:19I Corinthians 11:31I Corinthians 11:32I Peter 4:17I Peter 4:18

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I Kings 13:28Judges 14:8I Kings 13:25Leviticus 5:2I Kings 20:36II Samuel 23:20

(25) And, behold, men passed by, and saw the carcase cast in the way, and the lion standing by the carcase: and they came and told it in the city where the old prophet dwelt.
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I Kings 13:28Judges 14:8I Kings 13:24Leviticus 5:2I Samuel 9:4I Kings 13:29

(26) And when the prophet that brought him back from the way heard thereof, he said, It is the man of God, who was disobedient unto the word of the LORD: therefore the LORD hath delivered him unto the lion, which hath torn him, and slain him, according to the word of the LORD, which he spake unto him.
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Leviticus 10:3II Samuel 12:10II Samuel 12:14Psalms 119:120Proverbs 11:31Ezekiel 9:6I Corinthians 11:30Hebrews 12:28Hebrews 12:29I Peter 4:17

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Numbers 23:24II Chronicles 28:9Ezekiel 32:25I Kings 13:29Jeremiah 28:9Jeremiah 28:12

(27) And he spake to his sons, saying, Saddle me the ass. And they saddled him.
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I Kings 13:13Numbers 22:23

(28) And he went and found his carcase cast in the way, and the ass and the lion standing by the carcase: the lion had not eaten the carcase, nor torn the ass.
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I Kings 17:4I Kings 17:6Leviticus 10:2Leviticus 10:5Job 38:11Psalms 148:7Psalms 148:8Jeremiah 5:22Jeremiah 5:23Daniel 3:22Daniel 3:27Daniel 3:28

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I Kings 13:24Judges 14:8I Kings 13:25Leviticus 5:2Numbers 22:23Leviticus 11:40

(29) And the prophet took up the carcase of the man of God, and laid it upon the ass, and brought it back: and the old prophet came to the city, to mourn and to bury him.
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Jeremiah 28:9Jeremiah 28:12I Kings 13:28I Kings 13:23Deuteronomy 18:20Deuteronomy 18:22

(30) And he laid his carcase in his own grave; and they mourned over him, saying, Alas, my brother!
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I Kings 14:13Jeremiah 22:18Acts 8:2

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Psalms 49:14Leviticus 5:2I Kings 13:28

(31) And it came to pass, after he had buried him, that he spake to his sons, saying, When I am dead, then bury me in the sepulchre wherein the man of God is buried; lay my bones beside his bones:
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Numbers 23:10Psalms 26:9Ecclesiastes 8:10Luke 16:22Luke 16:23

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Jeremiah 8:1II Samuel 21:13II Kings 23:18Genesis 49:31II Samuel 21:14Exodus 13:19

(32) For the saying which he cried by the word of the LORD against the altar in Bethel, and against all the houses of the high places which are in the cities of Samaria, shall surely come to pass.
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I Kings 13:2II Kings 23:16II Kings 23:17II Kings 23:18II Kings 23:19I Kings 12:29I Kings 12:31Leviticus 26:30I Kings 16:24II Chronicles 25:13Ezra 4:10John 4:4

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II Kings 23:19Isaiah 7:9Jeremiah 44:25Amos 5:5I Kings 12:32II Kings 17:32

(33) After this thing Jeroboam returned not from his evil way, but made again of the lowest of the people priests of the high places: whosoever would, he consecrated him, and he became one of the priests of the high places.
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I Kings 12:31I Kings 12:32I Kings 12:33II Chronicles 11:15II Chronicles 13:9Amos 6:11Psalms 78:34Jeremiah 18:4II Timothy 3:13Numbers 1:51Numbers 3:10Numbers 17:5

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II Kings 17:32I Kings 22:43II Kings 12:3II Kings 14:4II Kings 15:4II Kings 15:35

(34) And this thing became sin unto the house of Jeroboam, even to cut it off, and to destroy it from off the face of the earth.
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I Kings 12:30II Kings 10:31II Kings 17:21I Kings 12:26I Kings 14:10I Kings 15:29I Kings 15:30Proverbs 13:6

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I Kings 14:10

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