Discovery Box1 Kings 13:1 
Context13:1 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
Context13:32 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
4 tn Heb “for the word which he cried out by the word of the
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.
