1 Kings 13
- 1And a man of God came out of Judah by the word of the Lord to Bethel: and Jeroboam stood by the altar to burn incense.
- 2And he cried against the altar in the word of the Lord, and said, O altar, altar, the Lord says this. A child shall be born to the house of David, Josiah by name. On you shall he offer the priests of the high places that burn incense on you, and men's bones shall be burnt on you.
- 3And he gave a sign the same day, saying, This is the sign which the Lord has spoken. The altar shall be split apart, and the ashes that are on it shall be poured out.
- 4When king Jeroboam heard the saying of the man of God, which had cried against the altar in Bethel, that he put out his hand from the altar, saying, Lay hold on him. And his hand, which he put out against him, dried up, so that he could not pull it in again to him.
- 5The altar also split apart, 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.
- 6And the king answered and said to the man of God, Beg now the face of the Lord your God, and pray for me, that my hand may be restored me again. And the man of God begged the Lord, and the king's hand was restored him again, and became as it was before.
- 7And the king said to the man of God, Come home with me, and refresh yourself, and I will give you a reward.
- 8And the man of God said to the king, If you will give me half your house, I will not go in with you, neither will I eat bread or drink water in this place:
- 9For so it was charged me by the word of the Lord, saying, Eat no bread, or drink water, or turn again by the same way that you came.
- 10So he went another way, and did not return by the way that he came to Bethel.
- 11Now there lived 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 to the king, them they told also to their father.
- 12And their father said to them, What way went he? For his sons had seen what way the man of God went, which came from Judah.
- 13And he said to his sons, Saddle me the donkey. So they saddled him the donkey: and he rode on it,
- 14And went after the man of God, and found him sitting under an oak: and he said to him, Are you the man of God that came from Judah? And he said, I am.
- 15Then he said to him, Come home with me, and eat bread.
- 16And he said, I may not return with you, or go in with you: neither will I eat bread or drink water with you in this place:
- 17For it was said to me by the word of the Lord, You shall eat no bread or drink water there, or turn again to go by the way that you came.
- 18He said to him, I am a prophet also as you are. An angel spoke to me by the word of the Lord, saying, Bring him back with you into your house, that he may eat bread and drink water. But he lied to him.
- 19So he went back with him, and ate bread in his house, and drank water.
- 20As they sat at the table, that the word of the Lord came to the prophet who brought him back:
- 21And he cried to the man of God that came from Judah, saying, The Lord says this, Since you have disobeyed the mouth of the Lord, and have not kept the commandment which the Lord your God commanded you,
- 22But came back, and have eaten bread and drunk water in the place, of which the Lord did say to you, Eat no bread, and drink no water. Your dead body shall not come to the tomb of your fathers.
- 23After he had eaten bread, and after he had drunk, that he saddled for him the donkey, namely, for the prophet he had brought back.
- 24And when he had gone, a lion met him by the way, and killed him: and his dead body was cast in the way, and the donkey stood by it, the lion also stood by the dead body.
- 25And men passed by, and saw the dead body cast in the way, and the lion standing by the dead body: and they came and told it in the city where the old prophet lived.
- 26And when the prophet who brought him back from the way heard of it, he said, It is the man of God, who was disobedient to the word of the Lord: therefore the Lord has delivered him to the lion, which has torn him, and killed him, according to the word of the Lord, which he spoke to him.
- 27And he spoke to his sons, saying, Saddle me the donkey. And they saddled him.
- 28And he went and found his dead body cast in the way, and the donkey and the lion standing by the dead body: the lion had not eaten the dead body, or torn the donkey.
- 29And the prophet took up the dead body of the man of God, and laid it on the donkey, and brought it back: and the old prophet came to the city, to mourn and to bury him.
- 30And he laid his dead body in his own grave, and they mourned over him, saying, Oh no, my brother!
- 31After he had buried him, that he spoke to his sons, saying, When I am dead, then bury me in the tomb in which the man of God is buried, lay my bones beside his bones:
- 32For 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 who are in the cities of Samaria, shall surely happen.
- 33After this thing Jeroboam did not return from his evil way, but made again of the lowest of the people priests of the high places: whoever would, he dedicated him, and he became one of the priests of the high places.
- 34And this thing became sin to the house of Jeroboam, even to cut it off, and to destroy it from off the face of the earth.
What changed from the KJV
GIGAKJV is a modern English revision of the King James Version. The comparison below uses the project's KJV text in the later 1769 tradition and marks, word by word, each verse of 1 Kings 13 where the wording differs: struck-through words are the KJV's, highlighted words are GIGAKJV's.
KJVAnd, 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.
GIGAKJVAnd a man of God came out of Judah by the word of the Lord to Bethel: and Jeroboam stood by the altar to burn incense.
KJVAnd 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.
GIGAKJVAnd he cried against the altar in the word of the Lord, and said, O altar, altar, the Lord says this. A child shall be born to the house of David, Josiah by name. On you shall he offer the priests of the high places that burn incense on you, and men's bones shall be burnt on you.
KJVAnd 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.
GIGAKJVAnd he gave a sign the same day, saying, This is the sign which the Lord has spoken. The altar shall be split apart, and the ashes that are on it shall be poured out.
KJVAnd 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.
GIGAKJVWhen king Jeroboam heard the saying of the man of God, which had cried against the altar in Bethel, that he put out his hand from the altar, saying, Lay hold on him. And his hand, which he put out against him, dried up, so that he could not pull it in again to him.
KJVThe 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.
GIGAKJVThe altar also split apart, 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.
KJVAnd 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.
GIGAKJVAnd the king answered and said to the man of God, Beg now the face of the Lord your God, and pray for me, that my hand may be restored me again. And the man of God begged the Lord, and the king's hand was restored him again, and became as it was before.
KJVAnd the king said unto the man of God, Come home with me, and refresh thyself, and I will give thee a reward.
GIGAKJVAnd the king said to the man of God, Come home with me, and refresh yourself, and I will give you a reward.
KJVAnd 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:
GIGAKJVAnd the man of God said to the king, If you will give me half your house, I will not go in with you, neither will I eat bread or drink water in this place:
KJVFor 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.
GIGAKJVFor so it was charged me by the word of the Lord, saying, Eat no bread, or drink water, or turn again by the same way that you came.
KJVSo he went another way, and returned not by the way that he came to Bethel.
GIGAKJVSo he went another way, and did not return by the way that he came to Bethel.
KJVNow 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.
GIGAKJVNow there lived 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 to the king, them they told also to their father.
KJVAnd 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.
GIGAKJVAnd their father said to them, What way went he? For his sons had seen what way the man of God went, which came from Judah.
KJVAnd he said unto his sons, Saddle me the ass. So they saddled him the ass: and he rode thereon,
GIGAKJVAnd he said to his sons, Saddle me the donkey. So they saddled him the donkey: and he rode on it,
KJVAnd 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.
GIGAKJVAnd went after the man of God, and found him sitting under an oak: and he said to him, Are you the man of God that came from Judah? And he said, I am.
KJVThen he said unto him, Come home with me, and eat bread.
GIGAKJVThen he said to him, Come home with me, and eat bread.
KJVAnd 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:
GIGAKJVAnd he said, I may not return with you, or go in with you: neither will I eat bread or drink water with you in this place:
KJVFor 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.
GIGAKJVFor it was said to me by the word of the Lord, You shall eat no bread or drink water there, or turn again to go by the way that you came.
KJVHe 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.
GIGAKJVHe said to him, I am a prophet also as you are. An angel spoke to me by the word of the Lord, saying, Bring him back with you into your house, that he may eat bread and drink water. But he lied to him.
KJVSo he went back with him, and did eat bread in his house, and drank water.
GIGAKJVSo he went back with him, and ate bread in his house, and drank water.
KJVAnd it came to pass, as they sat at the table, that the word of the Lord came unto the prophet that brought him back:
GIGAKJVAs they sat at the table, that the word of the Lord came to the prophet who brought him back:
KJVAnd 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,
GIGAKJVAnd he cried to the man of God that came from Judah, saying, The Lord says this, Since you have disobeyed the mouth of the Lord, and have not kept the commandment which the Lord your God commanded you,
KJVBut 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.
GIGAKJVBut came back, and have eaten bread and drunk water in the place, of which the Lord did say to you, Eat no bread, and drink no water. Your dead body shall not come to the tomb of your fathers.
KJVAnd 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.
GIGAKJVAfter he had eaten bread, and after he had drunk, that he saddled for him the donkey, namely, for the prophet he had brought back.
KJVAnd 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.
GIGAKJVAnd when he had gone, a lion met him by the way, and killed him: and his dead body was cast in the way, and the donkey stood by it, the lion also stood by the dead body.
KJVAnd, 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.
GIGAKJVAnd men passed by, and saw the dead body cast in the way, and the lion standing by the dead body: and they came and told it in the city where the old prophet lived.
KJVAnd 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.
GIGAKJVAnd when the prophet who brought him back from the way heard of it, he said, It is the man of God, who was disobedient to the word of the Lord: therefore the Lord has delivered him to the lion, which has torn him, and killed him, according to the word of the Lord, which he spoke to him.
KJVAnd he spake to his sons, saying, Saddle me the ass. And they saddled him.
GIGAKJVAnd he spoke to his sons, saying, Saddle me the donkey. And they saddled him.
KJVAnd 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.
GIGAKJVAnd he went and found his dead body cast in the way, and the donkey and the lion standing by the dead body: the lion had not eaten the dead body, or torn the donkey.
KJVAnd 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.
GIGAKJVAnd the prophet took up the dead body of the man of God, and laid it on the donkey, and brought it back: and the old prophet came to the city, to mourn and to bury him.
KJVAnd he laid his carcase in his own grave; and they mourned over him, saying, Alas, my brother!
GIGAKJVAnd he laid his dead body in his own grave, and they mourned over him, saying, Oh no, my brother!
KJVAnd 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:
GIGAKJVAfter he had buried him, that he spoke to his sons, saying, When I am dead, then bury me in the tomb in which the man of God is buried, lay my bones beside his bones:
KJVFor 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.
GIGAKJVFor 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 who are in the cities of Samaria, shall surely happen.
KJVAfter 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.
GIGAKJVAfter this thing Jeroboam did not return from his evil way, but made again of the lowest of the people priests of the high places: whoever would, he dedicated him, and he became one of the priests of the high places.
KJVAnd 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.
GIGAKJVAnd this thing became sin to the house of Jeroboam, even to cut it off, and to destroy it from off the face of the earth.
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