1Ki 13:1-3 | TNotes | STEP | Summary for 1Kgs 13:1-10: 13:1-10 The account of the unnamed man of God who denounced Jeroboam’s false altar at Bethel emphasizes the authority of God’s word. Like Isaiah’s prophecy of Cyrus’s coming (Isa 44:28 ; 45:1 ) and Micah’s prophecy about Bethlehem as the Messiah’s birthplace (Mic 5:2 ), this prophecy gave a distinctive proper name associated with an event long before it happened (2 Kgs 23:15-20 ). Such prophecies give assurance of God’s sovereignty and omniscience (see Isa 42:9 ).

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bIsa 44:28►

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dMic 5:2►

e2 Kgs 23:15-20►

fIsa 42:9►

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hLev 1:16►

i6:10-11►

‏ 1 Kings 13:1-3

Summary for 1Kgs 13:1-10: 13:1-10 ^a The account of the unnamed man of God who denounced Jeroboam’s false altar at Bethel emphasizes the authority of God’s word. Like Isaiah’s prophecy of Cyrus’s coming (Isa 44:28 ^b; 45:1 ^c) and Micah’s prophecy about Bethlehem as the Messiah’s birthplace (Mic 5:2 ^d), this prophecy gave a distinctive proper name associated with an event long before it happened (2 Kgs 23:15-20 ^e). Such prophecies give assurance of God’s sovereignty and omniscience (see Isa 42:9 ^f).
13:3 ^g In Levitical regulations, ashes from sacrifices at the prescribed altar were to be taken to a clean place (Lev 1:16 ^h; 6:10-11 ⁱ). Because Jeroboam’s altar ... split apart, and its ashes ... poured out, the altar and its sacrifices were rendered unclean.