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# . [burn: or, offer]
			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.
			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# .
			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.
			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.
			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. [the LORD, and: Heb. the face of the LORD, etc]
			7	And the king said# unto the man of God, Come# home with me, and refresh# thyself, and I will give# thee a reward.
			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:
			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# .
			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.
			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,
			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 .
			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:
			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# . [it...: Heb. a word was]
			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.
			19	So he went back# with him, and did eat# bread in his house, and drank# water.
			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# :
			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,
			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.
			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# .
			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.
			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# .
			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. [torn: Heb. broken]
			27	And he spake# to his sons, saying# , Saddle# me the ass. And they saddled# him .
			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. [torn: Heb. broken]
			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.
			30	And he laid# his carcase in his own grave; and they mourned# over him, saying , Alas, my brother!
			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:
			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.
			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. [made...: Heb. returned and made] [consecrated...: Heb. filled his hand]
			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.