These words, which I am ordering you today, are to be on your heart; and you are to teach them carefully to your children. You are to talk about them when you sit at home, when you are traveling on the road, when you lie down and when you get up. (Deuteronomy 6:6-7)
BIBLES
King James Version (1769 Pure Cambridge Edition) and JPS Tanakh (1917).
Both texts are in the public domain. Some original names have been restored
1 Kings 13
Tanakh 34 verses
- 1 And, behold, there came a man of out of by the of unto Beth-el; and was standing by the to offer.
- 2 And he cried against the by the of , and said: ‘O , , thus saith : Behold, a son shall be born unto the house of , by ; and upon thee shall he the priests of the high places that offer upon thee, and men’s bones shall they burn upon thee.’
- 3 And he gave a sign the same day saying: ‘This is the sign which hath spoken: Behold, the shall be rent, and the ashes that are upon it shall be poured out.’
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And it came to pass, when the heard the saying of the man of , which he cried against the in Beth-el, that put forth his hand from the , saying: ‘Lay hold on him.’ And his hand, which he put forth against him, dried up, so that he could not draw it back to him.
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2 Chronicles 16:10 Acts 9:4-5 2 Chronicles 18:25-27 John 18:6 Matthew 26:57 Jeremiah 26:8-11 Genesis 19:11 Revelation 11:5 Acts 6:12-14 John 13:20 Jeremiah 20:2-6 Jeremiah 26:20-23 2 Kings 6:18-20 Jeremiah 38:4-6 Matthew 25:40 Luke 6:10 2 Chronicles 25:15-16 Amos 7:10-17 Psalm 105:15 Mark 14:44-46 Acts 13:8-11 Luke 3:19-20 - 5 The also was rent, and the ashes poured out from the , according to the sign which the man of had given by the of .
- 6 And the answered and said unto the man of : ‘Entreat now the favour of thy , and pray for me, that my hand may be restored me.’ And the man of entreated , and the king’s hand was restored him, and became as it was before.
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And the said unto the man of : ‘Come home with me, and refresh thyself, and I will give thee a reward.’
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- 8 And the man of said unto the : ‘If thou wilt give me half thy house, I will not go in with thee, neither will I eat bread nor drink water in this place.
- 9 For it so was charged me by the of , saying: Thou shalt eat no bread, nor drink water, neither return by the way that thou camest.’
- 10 So he went another way, and returned not by the way that he came to Beth-el.
- 11 Now there dwelt an old in Beth-el; and one of his sons came and told him all the works that the man of had done that day in Beth-el, and the words which he had spoken unto the , and they told them unto their father.
- 12 And their father said unto them: ‘What way went he?’ For his sons had seen what way the man of went, that came from .
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And he said unto his sons: ‘Saddle me the ass.’ So they saddled him the ass; and he rode thereon.
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And he went after the man of , and found him sitting under a terebinth; and he said unto him: ‘Art thou the man of that camest from ?’ And he said: ‘I am.’
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- 15 Then he said unto him: ‘Come home with me, and eat bread.’
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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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For it was said to me by the of : Thou shalt eat no bread nor drink water there, nor turn back to go by the way that thou camest.’
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And he said unto him: ‘I also am a as thou art; and an spoke unto me by the of , saying: Bring him back with thee into thy house, that he may eat bread and drink water.’—He lied unto him.—
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So he went back with him, and did eat bread in his house, and drank water.
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And it came to pass, as they sat at the table, that the of came unto the that brought him back.
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- 21 And he cried unto the man of that came from , saying: ‘Thus saith : Forasmuch as thou hast rebelled against the of , and hast not kept the which thy commanded thee,
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but camest back, and hast eaten bread and drunk water in the place of which He said to thee: Eat no bread, and drink no water; thy carcass shall not come unto the sepulchre of thy fathers.’
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- 23 And it came to pass, after he had eaten bread, and after he had drunk, that he saddled for him the ass, namely, for the whom he had brought back.
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And when he was gone, a lion met him by the way, and slew him; and his carcass was cast in the way, and the ass stood by it; the lion also stood by the carcass.
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And, behold, men passed by, and saw the carcass cast in the way, and the lion standing by the carcass; and they came and told it in the city where the old dwelt.
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- 26 And when the that brought him back from the way heard thereof, he said: ‘It is the man of , who rebelled against the of ; therefore hath delivered him unto the lion, which hath torn him, and slain him, according to the of , which He spoke unto him.’
- 27 And he spoke to his sons, saying: ‘Saddle me the ass.’ And they saddled it.
- 28 And he went and found his carcass cast in the way, and the ass and the lion standing by the carcass; the lion had not eaten the carcass, nor torn the ass.
- 29 And the took up the carcass of the man of , and laid it upon the ass, and brought it back; and he came to the city of the old , to lament, and to bury him.
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And he laid his carcass in his own grave; and they made lamentation for him: ‘Alas, my brother!’
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And it came to pass, after he had buried him, that he spoke to his sons, saying: ‘When I am dead, then bury me in the sepulchre wherein the man of is buried; lay my bones beside his bones.
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- 32 For the saying which he cried by the of against the in Beth-el, and against all the houses of the high places which are in the cities of , shall surely come to pass.’
- 33 After this thing returned not from his evil way, but made again from among all the people priests of the high places; whosoever would, he consecrated him, that he might be one of the priests of the high places.
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And by this thing there was sin unto the house of , even to cut it off, and to destroy it from off the of the earth.
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