Deuteronomy 13:1-2
1 Enticers to idolatry;6 how near soever unto thee;9 are to be stoned to death.12 Idolatrous cities are not to be spared. a prophet.That is, one pretending to the divine inspiration and authority of the prophetic office, or a dreamer of dreams, one who pretends that some deity has spoken to him in the night season, and giveth thee a sign, {oth,} what appears to be a miraculous proof of his mission, or a wonder, {mopheth,} some portentous sign, such as an eclipse, which he, who knew when it would happen, might predict to the people, who knew nothing of the matter, and thereby accredit his pretensions. But no pretended miracles must be admitted as a proof that the people might violate the first and great commandment. 1Ki 13:18; Isa 9:15; Jer 6:13; 23:11; Eze 13:2,3,23; Zec 13:4Mt 7:15; 24:11; Lu 6:26; 2Pe 2:1; 1Jo 4:1a dreamer.Jer 23:25-28; 27:9; 29:8,24; *marg:Zec 10:2 18:22; Ex 7:22; 1Ki 13:3; Jer 28:9; Mt 7:22,23; 24:24; 2Co 11:13-152Th 2:9-11; Re 13:13,141 Kings 18:19
mount Carmel.Mount Carmel is situated north of Dora and south of Ptolemais or Acre, from which it is distant, according to Josephus, 120 stadia, or, according to Thevenot, 10 miles; one of its principal points advancing considerably into the Mediterranean, and forming an elevated promontory. It is described as a flattened cone, about 2,000 feet (some say 1,500) in height, very rocky, its sides steep and rugged, and the soil neither deep nor rich. Capt. Mangles says its is now quite barren, though at the north-eastern foot of it there are some pretty olive-grounds. 42,43; Jos 19:26; 1Sa 15:12; 2Ki 2:25; Jer 46:18; Am 1:2; 9:3the prophets of Baal.22:6; 2Pe 2:1; Re 19:20prophets of the groves.15:13; 16:33; 2Ki 13:6Though {ashairah} certainly denotes in some place a grove, yet it is equally certain, that in others, as here, it must signify an idol; and it is thought by learned men to be the same as Ashtoreth, or Astarte the Syrian Venus. eat at Jezebel's table.19:1,2; 2Ki 9:22; Re 2:201 Kings 18:27
Elijah.22:15; 2Ch 25:8; Ec 11:9; Isa 8:9,10; 44:15-17; Eze 20:39Am 4:4,5; Mt 26:45; Mr 7:9; 14:41aloud. Heb. with a great voice. for he is a god.Isa 41:23either.Such were the absurd and degrading notions which the heathens entertained of their gods. "Vishnoo sleeps four months in the year; and to each of the gods some particular business is assigned. Vayoo manages the winds; Vuroonu the waters, etc. According to a number of fables in the pooranus, the gods are often out on journeys or expeditions." Ward's Views of the Hindoos, vol. ii. p. 324. he is talking. or, he meditateth. is pursuing. Heb. hatha pursuit. must be awaked. Ps 44:23; 78:65,66; 121:4; Isa 51:9; Mr 4:38,391 Kings 18:40
Take. or, Apprehend.2Ki 10:25Kishon.Jud 5:21slew them there.De 13:5; 18:20; Jer 48:10; Zec 13:2,3; Re 19:20; 20:10Jeremiah 2:8
priests.6; 5:31; 8:10,11; 23:9-15; 1Sa 2:12; Isa 28:7; 29:10; 56:9-12Ho 4:6and they that.8:8,9; De 33:10; Mal 2:6-9; Lu 11:52; Joh 8:55; 16:3; Ro 2:17-242Co 4:2the pastors.10:21; 12:10; 23:1,2prophets.23:13; 1Ki 18:29,22,40do not.11; 7:8; 1Sa 12:21; Isa 30:5; Hab 2:18; Mt 16:26Jeremiah 28:15-17
The Lord.This was a bold speech, in the presence of those priests and people who were prejudiced in favour of the false prophets, who prophesied to them smooth things. 11; 14:14,15; 23:21; 27:15; 29:23,31,32; 1Ki 22:23; Eze 13:2,3,22Eze 22:28; La 2:14; Zec 13:3 I will.Ge 7:4; Ex 32:12; De 6:15; 1Ki 13:34; Am 9:8this year.3; 20:6; Nu 14:37; 16:28-35; 29:32; De 13:5-11because.Eze 13:11,12; Ac 13:8-11rebellion. Heb. revolt.29:32; De 13:5; *margins Hananiah.Isa 44:25,26; Zec 1:6the seventh month.The prophecy was delivered in the fifth month, (ver. 1,) and Hananiah died in the seventh month; exactly two months after he had delivered his false prophecy, which he declared, in the name of God, would be fulfilled in two years. Here then the true prophet was demonstrated, and the false prophet detected. The death of Hananiah, thus predicted, was God's seal to the words of His prophet, and must have gained his other predictions great credit among the people; though it is evident that it did not induce them to forsake their sins and return to the God of Israel.Zechariah 13:3
and his.Ex 32:27,28; De 13:6-11; 18:20; 33:9; Mt 10:37; Lu 14:26; 2Co 5:16Revelation of John 19:20
the beast.19; 13:1-8,18; 17:3-8,12; Da 2:40-45; 7:7,12-14,19-21,23the false.13:11-17; 16:13,14; 20:10; 22:15; Da 7:8-11,24-26; 8:24,262Th 2:8-11These.20:10,14; Da 7:11; 11:45burning.14:10; 21:8; Ge 19:24; De 29:23; Job 18:15; Ps 11:6; Isa 30:33; 34:9Eze 38:22
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