1 Kings 13:1-9 ▼

1 And behold, a man of God went from Judah by the word of YHWH to Bethel. And Jeroboam stood by the altar to burn incense.

2 And he cried out against the altar by the word of YHWH, and he said, “O altar, O altar, thus says YHWH: ‘Behold, a child shall be born to the house of David, Josiah by name, and he shall sacrifice on you the priests of the high places who burn incense on you, and bones of man shall be burned on you.’”

3 And he gave that day a sign, saying, “This is the sign that YHWH has spoken: ‘Behold, the altar shall be split apart, and the ashes shall be poured out that are on it.’”

4 And it came to pass, when the king heard the saying of the man of God who cried out against the altar in Bethel, that Jeroboam stretched out his hand from the altar, saying, “Seize him!” And his hand withered that he stretched out toward him, so that he could not pull it back to himself.

5 And the altar was split apart, and the ashes poured out from the altar, according to the sign that the man of God had given by the word of YHWH.

6 And the king answered and said to the man of God, “Entreat, please, the favor of YHWH your God and pray for me, that my hand may be restored to me.” And entreated the man of God before the face of YHWH, and the hand of the king was restored to him, and it was as at first.

7 And the king said to the man of God, “Come in with me to the house and refresh yourself, and I will give to you a reward.”

8 And the man of God said to the king, “If you were to give to me half of your house, I would not go in with you, nor would I eat bread nor drink water in this place.

9 For so it was commanded me by the word of YHWH, saying, ‘You shall not eat bread, nor drink water, nor return by the same way that you came.’”