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First Book of Kings, Chapter 13

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Chapter 13 of 1 Kings—New World Translation (NWT)

  1. ¶ And here there was a man1 of God[a] that had come out of Judah by the word2 of Jehovah to Bethʹel, while Jer·o·boʹam was standing by the altar3 to make sacrificial smoke.4
  2. Then he called out against the altar by the word of Jehovah and said: “O altar, altar, this is what Jehovah has said, ‘Look! A son born to the house of David, whose name is Jo·siʹah!5 And he will certainly sacrifice upon you the priests of the high places that are making sacrificial smoke upon you, and men’s bones he[b] will burn upon you.’”6
  3. And he gave a portent7 on that day, saying: “This is the portent of which Jehovah has spoken: Look! The altar is ripped apart, and the fatty ashes that are upon it will certainly be spilled out.”
  4. ¶ And it came about that, as soon as the king heard the word of the man of the [true] God[c] that he had called out against the altar in Bethʹel, Jer·o·boʹam at once thrust out his hand from off the altar, saying: “YOU men, grab hold of him!”8 Immediately his hand that he had thrust out against him became dried up, and he was not able to draw it back to himself.9
  5. And the altar itself was ripped apart so that the fatty ashes were spilled out from the altar, according to the portent that the man of the [true] God had given by the word of Jehovah.10
  6. ¶ The king now answered and said to the man of the [true] God: “Soften, please, the face of Jehovah your God and pray in my behalf that my hand may be restored to me.”11 At this the man of the [true] God softened12 the face of Jehovah, so that the king’s hand was restored to him, and it came to be as at first.13
  7. And the king went on to say to the man of the [true] God: “Do come with me to the house and take sustenance,14 and let me give you a gift.”15
  8. But the man of the [true] God said to the king: “If you gave me half of your house16 I would not come with you17 and eat bread or drink water in this place.
  9. For that is the way he commanded me by the word of Jehovah, saying, ‘You must not eat bread18 or drink water, and you must not return by the way that you went.’”
  10. And he began to go by another way, and he did not return by the way by which he had come to Bethʹel.
  11. ¶ And a certain old prophet19 was dwelling in Bethʹel, and his sons[d] now came in and related to him all the work that the man of the [true] God had done that day in Bethʹel [and] the words that he had spoken to the king, and they went on relating them to their father.
  12. Then their father spoke to them: “Which way, then, did he go?” So his sons showed him the way that the man of the [true] God that had come out of Judah had gone.
  13. He now said to his sons: “Saddle the ass for me.” Accordingly they saddled the ass20 for him, and he went riding on it.
  14. ¶ And he went following the man of the [true] God and got to find him sitting under the big tree.21 Then he said to him: “Are you the man of the [true] God who has come out of Judah?”22 to which he said: “I am.”
  15. And he went on to say to him: “Go with me to the house and eat bread.”
  16. But he said: “I am not able to go back with you or to come in with you, and I may not eat bread or drink water with you in this place.23
  17. For it has been spoken to me by the word of Jehovah,24 ‘You must not eat bread or drink water there. You must not go back again by the way by which you went.’”25
  18. At this he said to him: “I too am a prophet like you, and an angel26 himself spoke to me by the word of Jehovah, saying, ‘Have him come back with you to your house that he may eat bread and drink water.’” (He deceived him.)27
  19. So he went back with him that he might eat bread in his house and drink water.28
  20. ¶ And it came about, while they were sitting at the table, that the word29 of Jehovah came to the prophet that had brought him back;
  21. and he began to call out to the man of the [true] God that had come out of Judah, saying: “This is what Jehovah has said, ‘For the reason that you rebelled30 against the order of Jehovah and did not keep the commandment with which Jehovah your God commanded you,31
  22. but you went back that you might eat bread and drink water in the place about which he spoke to you: “Do not eat bread or drink water,” your dead body will not come into the burial place of your forefathers.’”32
  23. ¶ And it came about after his eating bread and after his drinking that he at once saddled for him the ass, that is, for the prophet whom he had brought back.
  24. And he got on his way. Later a lion33 found him on the road and put him to death,34 and his dead body came to be thrown onto the road. And the ass was standing beside it, and the lion was standing beside the dead body.
  25. And here there were men passing by, so that they got to see the dead body thrown onto the road and the lion standing beside the dead body. Then they came in and spoke of it in the city in which the old prophet was dwelling.
  26. ¶ When the prophet that had brought him back from the way heard of it, he immediately said: “It is the man of the [true] God that rebelled against the order of Jehovah;35 and so Jehovah gave him to the lion, that he might crush him and put him to death, according to the word of Jehovah that he spoke to him.”36
  27. And he went on to speak to his sons, saying: “Saddle the ass for me.” So they saddled it.37
  28. Then he got on his way and found the dead body of him thrown onto the road with the ass and the lion standing beside the dead body. The lion had not eaten the dead body, nor had it crushed the ass.38
  29. And the prophet proceeded to lift up the dead body of the man of the [true] God and to deposit him upon the ass and to bring him back. Thus he came into the city of the old prophet to bewail and bury him.
  30. Accordingly he deposited his dead body in his own burial place; and they kept wailing over him:39 “Too bad, my brother!”
  31. And it came about after his burying him that he went on to say to his sons: “When I die YOU must bury me in the burial place in which the man of the [true] God is buried. Beside his bones deposit my own bones.[e]40
  32. For without fail the word that he called out by the word of Jehovah against the altar41 that is in Bethʹel and against all the houses of the high places42 that are in the cities of Sa·marʹi·a43 will take place.”44
  33. ¶ After this thing Jer·o·boʹam did not turn back from his bad way, but he again went making priests of high places from the people in general.45 As for anyone delighting in it, he would fill his hand with power,[f]46 [saying]: “And let him become [one of the] priests[g] of high places.”
  34. And in this thing there came to be a cause of sin on the part of the household of Jer·o·boʹam47 and an occasion for effacing them and annihilating them off the surface of the ground.48

FOOTNOTES

  1. ^ “A man of God.” Heb., ʼish ʼElo·himʹ, without the definite article ha. Compare vs 4 ftn.
  2. ^ “He,” LXXSyVg; M, “they.”
  3. ^ “The man of the [true] God.” Heb., ʼish-ha·ʼElo·himʹ.
  4. ^ “Sons,” LXXSyItVgc; MVg, “son.”
  5. ^ “Deposit me that my bones may be saved along with his bones,” LXX.
  6. ^ Or, “he would install him.”
  7. ^ “[One of the] priests,” M; LXXSyItVg, “a priest.”

REFERENCES

  1. ^ 2Ki 23:17
  2. ^ 1Ki 20:35; Is 1:2; Je 25:3
  3. ^ 1Ki 12:32; Am 3:14
  4. ^ Nu 16:40; 2Ch 26:18; Je 11:12
  5. ^ 2Ki 21:24; 22:1; 23:15, 29; 2Ch 34:33
  6. ^ 2Ki 23:16; 2Ch 34:5
  7. ^ De 13:1; Jg 6:17; 1Sa 2:34; Is 20:3; 1Co 1:22
  8. ^ 2Ch 16:10; Ps 105:15; Je 20:2
  9. ^ 2Ki 6:18; Ac 5:39; 13:11
  10. ^ De 18:22
  11. ^ Ex 10:17; Nu 21:7; Je 37:3; Ac 8:24; Jm 5:16
  12. ^ 1Sa 12:23
  13. ^ Ex 4:7; Nu 12:13
  14. ^ Jg 13:15; 19:21
  15. ^ 1Ki 14:3; 2Ki 5:15; Je 40:5
  16. ^ Nu 22:18; Es 5:3; 7:2; Mr 6:23
  17. ^ 2Ki 5:16; Ps 139:21
  18. ^ Ps 141:4; 1Co 5:11; Eph 5:11; 2Jo 11; Re 18:4
  19. ^ 1Sa 10:10; Eze 13:2; Am 3:7
  20. ^ Nu 22:21; Jg 5:10; 2Sa 19:26
  21. ^ 1Ki 19:4
  22. ^ 1Ki 13:1
  23. ^ Nu 22:13
  24. ^ De 13:3
  25. ^ 1Ki 13:9
  26. ^ Nu 22:35; Jg 6:11; Ga 1:8
  27. ^ Le 19:11; De 18:20; Je 29:31; Eze 13:9; Mt 7:15; 2Pe 2:1; 1Jo 4:1
  28. ^ Pr 23:8
  29. ^ Nu 23:5, 16; 24:4
  30. ^ Nu 20:24; 22:32
  31. ^ Ps 119:4; Pr 19:16; 1Jo 5:3
  32. ^ 1Ki 13:30; 2Ki 23:18
  33. ^ 1Ki 20:36; 2Ki 17:25; Am 5:19
  34. ^ 2Sa 6:7; Na 1:2
  35. ^ 1Ki 13:9
  36. ^ 1Ki 13:21; Pr 11:31; Heb 12:29
  37. ^ 1Ki 13:13
  38. ^ Da 6:22
  39. ^ Ac 8:2
  40. ^ 2Ki 23:18; Heb 11:22
  41. ^ 1Ki 12:29; 2Ki 23:15
  42. ^ Le 26:30; 1Ki 12:31; 2Ki 23:19
  43. ^ 2Ki 23:19
  44. ^ Nu 23:19; Is 55:11
  45. ^ 1Ki 12:31; 2Ch 11:14
  46. ^ 2Ch 11:15
  47. ^ 1Ki 12:30; 16:31; 2Ki 3:3; 10:31; 13:2; 17:21
  48. ^ 1Ki 14:10; 15:29; 2Ki 17:23

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Comments

  1. Kiamia DoelKiamia Doel
    Jan 9, 2025 23:00 GMT

    The NWT adds words to the text that are not in the greek Manuscripts to fit it's own doctrinal position for example

    Compare the wording of the NWT and the NKJV at Colossians 1:15-17

    NKJV says

    15 He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. 16 For by Him all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. All things were created through Him and for Him. 17 And He is before all things, and in Him all things consist.

    NWT says

    15 He is the image of the invisible God,the firstborn OF all creation;16 because by means of him all OTHER things were created in the heavens and on the earth, the things visible and the things invisible,whether they are thrones or lordships or governments or authorities. All OTHER things have been created through him and for him. 17 Also, he is before all OTHER things,and by means of him all OTHER things were made to exist,

    The word “other” is not in the Greek but they add it Why? So they can decieve their followers into thinking that Christ was created by the Father and that he then created other things, that is not what the Greek says.

    1. SmeSme
      Feb 27, 2025 11:17 GMT

      Truth is from God and those that follow him. As for lies? John8:44

      Kiamia, I noticed you used a modern version of kjv to make your point about the nwt.

      Why didn’t you use the original kjv of col1:15?

      Is it because it disproves your point? It proves the opposite of what you wrote?

      Here is kjv col1:15 ¶” Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn OF every creature:“

      Now I appeal to your Christian nature to correct your mistake as God is watching each of us, and let us bless the God of Jesus his father.

      Kjv 1Pe 1:3  Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ….

  2. YanekYanek
    Dec 24, 2024 22:18 GMT

    Joshua, Jehovah’s Witnesses have never denied the deity of the Messiah in his prehuman existence. While on Earth he was fully 100% human. I do not mean he was a mere human, he was not affected by Adam’s unfaithful behavior, he was sinless.

  3. David yakubuDavid yakubu
    Oct 29, 2022 08:05 GMT

    When i do read some comments and seeing that its the same people that are supposed to be called believers but are talking ill of other denominations, it hurts. Let us all remember that We should judge not

    1. jonas smithjonas smith
      Apr 23, 2023 02:57 GMT

      The bible tells us to test the spirits. Satan disguises himself as angel of light. So yes some denomination are not teaching the truth. You are responsible for judging which ones are not. You have to judge the truth at all times. this is what the bible teaches

  4. THTH
    Apr 7, 2021 00:20 GMT

    The NWT is a very good translation. Dr. Jason David BeDuhn PhD attests to that in his book Truth in Translation. drive.google.com/...5p16melHzg8/view

    1. James LernerJames Lerner
      Jul 20, 2024 09:48 GMT

      The NWT is Satanic filth to its very core.

      The JW Cult is Satanic to its very core.

      Praise Yahweh I will never be a victim of JW brainwashing. If I burn in Hell for eternity or I am ultimately annihilated so be it

      May Yahweh's curse rest on the Watchtower Society and its Satanic leadership

    2. jim mcleodjim mcleod
      Aug 22, 2021 06:16 GMT

      NWT is a false translation that takes away from the deity of Jesus !

  5. SlightlyChaoticSlightlyChaotic
    Jan 30, 2021 16:33 GMT

    Thank you for taking the time to provide this service. I like seeing the NASB on your web page in the same format as I read on paper. On other sites, the text area is smaller, and so I have to keep scrolling down to read and sometimes I lose the context. So I really appreciate the format.

    As far as the NWT, you are certainly free to do whatever you think best with your own web pages. I'd suggest that you make a note anytime you have a translation that is associated with only one denomination or church, for example:
    New World Translation (Jehovah's Witness version).

    In Jesus' parable of the wheat and the tares. the main idea seems to be that you can't easily distinguish between God's people and not-God's people on this earth, so our Lord's response is to wait until they are shown to be the kind of people they are inside. But the NWT seems like false teaching to me. So I think the warning passages from Jesus' apostles are more applicable, as in 2 Peter 3:15-16, when he talks about Paul's writings:
    "There are some things in them that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they do the other Scriptures."
    And we also have the positive exhortations, as in 2 Timothy 2:15:
    "Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth."

    1. BroderickBroderick
      Jan 31, 2021 00:57 GMT

      Your suggestion regarding the denominational flagging is duly noted. But I can’t help but wonder, wouldn’t a Catholic also want “Protestant versions” marked as well?

      As for the parable, I’m pretty sure the slaves were convinced in their own minds that they could tell the tares from the wheat. After all, aren’t they the ones who identified the problem in the first place? But the master obviously thought otherwise.

      Furthermore, even at the time when Jesus himself was walking the earth, not everybody who claimed fellowship actually followed him causing John to inquire at Mark 9:39, “Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in Your name, and we tried to prevent him because he was not following us.” But Jesus said, “Do not hinder him . . . for he who is not against us is for us.”

  6. Joshua HarderJoshua Harder
    Dec 11, 2020 17:48 GMT

    Hello, question.. why have you included the NWT with other legitimate bible translations? Or why have you not atleast included a warning to readers? Don't you fear that someone could be influenced by the Watchtower's intentional heresies? Thank you.

    1. KevinKevin
      Jul 11, 2021 17:45 GMT

      en.m.wikipedia.org/..._Holy_Scriptures

      See the section critical review

    2. ChrisChris
      Jan 8, 2021 07:15 GMT

      Please site these intentional heresies. I am well versed in the watch tower outline and agree they are in many ways incorrect but i also bet i can point many out from EVERY established or main denomination. There is much to learn from them all as one who drinks milk?

      Judge not lest ye be judged, that is not to pass judgement on you either brother.

      I debate with scripture. I don't hold it to be true that Michael is Y'Shua HaMeshiach but I also firmly hold it to be true that our G-d and Heavenly Father are not the word encarnate and only begotten son.

      I love not seeing "lord" which i relate to baal. I feel the catholic church is a satanic establishment and I am aware a freemason started the hovies but there are evil in high places and our fight is also with principalities.

      What i'm saying is that in my darkest hours, those two were some of if not the only ones who would bring a Bible and eucharist and pray with me.

      We all fall short of the glory of G-d.

      Don't forget the NWT was recognized as the most accurate translation on Jeopardy.

      Lastly, this is different I noted than the NWT i have read and am very familiar with. Pull up the watchtower page and compare. I truly look forward to getting this one!

  7. julietjuliet
    Aug 17, 2022 09:36 GMT

    the sky is blue

  8. mercymercy
    Aug 12, 2022 21:23 GMT

    i am Mercy, the sky is blue what else do you need

    1. mercymercy
      Aug 12, 2022 21:25 GMT

      i am so sorry, it was a big mistake

  9. God is able to do all thingsGod is able to do all things
    May 17, 2021 17:59 GMT

    Jesus how much love calling yo name

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