1 Kings 13:1

Contemporary English Version 1995

One day, Jeroboam was standing at the altar in Bethel, ready to make an offering. Suddenly one of God's prophets arrived from Judah and shouted: The Lord sent me with a message about this altar. A child named Josiah will be born into David's family. He will sacrifice on this altar the priests who make offerings here, and human bones will be burned on it.

Cross References

2 Kings 23:17

and he asked, “Whose grave is that?” Some people who lived nearby answered, “It belongs to the prophet from Judah who told what would happen to this altar.”

1 Thessalonians 4:15

Our Lord Jesus told us that when he comes, we won't go up to meet him ahead of his followers who have already died.

Jeremiah 25:3

For 23 years now, ever since the thirteenth year that Josiah was king, I have been telling you what the Lord has told me. But you have not listened.

Jeremiah 32:29

The Babylonian army is already attacking, and they will capture the city and set it on fire. The people of Jerusalem have made me angry by going up to the flat roofs of their houses and burning incense to Baal and offering wine sacrifices to other gods. Now these houses will be burned to the ground!

Jeremiah 11:12

Then they will offer sacrifices to their other gods and ask them for help. After all, the people of Judah have more gods than towns, and more shameful altars for Baal than there are streets in Jerusalem. But those gods won't be able to rescue the people of Judah from disaster.

2 Chronicles 26:18

and said, “Your Majesty, this isn't right! You are not allowed to burn incense to the Lord. That must be done only by priests who are descendants of Aaron. You will have to leave! You have sinned against the Lord, and so he will no longer bless you.”

2 Chronicles 9:29

Everything else Solomon did while he was king is written in the records of Nathan the prophet, Ahijah the prophet from Shiloh, and Iddo the prophet who wrote about Jeroboam son of Nebat.

1 Kings 20:35

About this time the Lord commanded a prophet to say to a friend, “Hit me!” But the friend refused,

1 Kings 13:32

I'm sure that everything he said about the altar in Bethel and the shrines in Samaria will happen.”

1 Kings 13:26

When the old prophet heard the news, he said, “That must be the prophet from Judah. The Lord warned him, but he disobeyed. So the Lord sent a lion to kill him.”

1 Kings 13:9

The Lord said I can't eat or drink anything and that I can't go home the same way I came.”

1 Kings 13:5

The altar split in half, and the ashes fell to the ground, just as the prophet had warned.

1 Kings 12:22

Meanwhile, God told Shemaiah the prophet

Numbers 16:40

just as the Lord had told Moses. The pans were a warning to the Israelites that only Aaron's descendants would be allowed to offer incense to the Lord. Anyone else who tried to would be punished like Korah and his followers.

Revelation 8:3

Another angel, who had a gold container for incense, came and stood at the altar. This one was given a lot of incense to offer with the prayers of God's people on the gold altar in front of the throne.

Malachi 1:11

From dawn until dusk my name is praised by every nation on this earth, as they burn incense and offer the proper sacrifices to me.

1 Samuel 9:6

“Wait!” the servant answered. “There's a man of God who lives in a town near here. He's amazing! Everything he says comes true. Let's talk to him. Maybe he can tell us where to look.”

2 Kings 23:15

But Josiah was not finished yet. At Bethel he destroyed the shrine and the altar that Jeroboam son of Nebat had built and that had caused the Israelites to sin. Josiah had the shrine and the Asherah pole burned and ground into dust.

2 Chronicles 26:16

Uzziah became proud of his power, and this led to his downfall. One day, Uzziah disobeyed the Lord his God by going into the temple and burning incense as an offering to him.

1 Samuel 2:27

One day a prophet came to Eli and gave him this message from the Lord: When your ancestors were slaves of the king of Egypt, I came and showed them who I am.

Amos 7:13

Don't do any more preaching at Bethel. The king worships here at our national temple.”

Amos 7:16

And here you are, telling me not to preach!