1 Kings 13:1

13:1 Just then 1  a prophet 2  from Judah, sent by the Lord, arrived in Bethel, 3  as Jeroboam was standing near the altar ready to offer a sacrifice.

1 Kings 13:32

13:32 for the prophecy he announced with the Lord’s authority 4  against the altar in Bethel 5  and against all the temples on the high places in the cities of the north 6  will certainly be fulfilled.”

1 tn Heb “Look.” The Hebrew particle הִנֵּה (hinneh) is a rhetorical device by which the author invites the reader to visualize the scene for dramatic effect.

2 tn Heb “the man of God.”

3 tn Heb “came by the word of the Lord to Bethel.”

4 tn Heb “for the word which he cried out by the word of the Lord”

5 map For location see Map4-G4; Map5-C1; Map6-E3; Map7-D1; Map8-G3.

6 tn Heb “Samaria.” The name of Israel’s capital city here stands for the northern kingdom as a whole. Actually Samaria was not built and named until several years after this (see 1 Kgs 16:24), so it is likely that the author of Kings, writing at a later time, is here adapting the old prophet’s original statement.