1Sa 9:6, 8, 1Ki 13:1, 4, 8 | ESV | STEP | But he said to him, Behold , there is a man of God in this city , and he is a man who is held in honor ; all that he says comes true . So now let us go there . Perhaps he can tell us the way we should go .

1 Samuel 9:6

6 But he said to him, “Behold, there is ^aa man of God in this city, and he is a man who is held in honor; ^ball that he says comes true. So now let us go there. Perhaps he can tell us the way we should go.”

1 Samuel 9:8

8 The servant answered Saul again, “Here, I have with me a quarter of a shekel ^{▼▼A shekel was about 2/5 ounce or 11 grams} of silver, and I will give it to the man of God to tell us our way.”

1 Kings 13:1

A Man of God Confronts Jeroboam

1 And behold, ^da man of God came out of Judah by the word of the Lord to Bethel. Jeroboam was standing by the altar ^eto make offerings.

1 Kings 13:4

4 And when the king heard the saying of the man of God, which he cried against the altar at Bethel, Jeroboam stretched out his hand from the altar, saying, “Seize him.” And his hand, which he stretched out against him, dried up, so that he could not draw it back to himself.

1 Kings 13:8

8 And the man of God said to the king, ^f“If you give me half your house, ^gI will not go in with you. And I will not eat bread or drink water in this place,