1. And, behold, a man of God came out of Judah by the word of the Lord unto Bethel; and Jeroboam stood by the altar to burn incense.
2. And he cried against the altar by the word of the Lord and said, O altar, altar, thus hath the Lord said: Behold, a child shall be born unto the house of David, Josiah by name; and upon thee he shall sacrifice the priests of the high places that burn incense upon thee, and men’s bones shall be burnt upon thee.
3. And he gave a sign the same day, saying, This is the sign which the Lord has spoken: Behold, the altar shall be rent, and the ashes with the burnt fat that are upon it shall be poured out.
4. And when King Jeroboam heard the word of the man of God, who had cried out against the altar in Bethel, that he put forth his hand from the altar, saying, Lay hold on him. And his hand, which he put forth against him, dried up, so that he could not pull it in again to him.
5. The altar also was rent, and the ashes with the burnt fat were poured out from the altar, according to the sign which the man of God had given by the word of the Lord.
6. Then the king answered and said unto the man of God, Intreat now the face of the Lord thy God and pray for me, that my hand may be restored me again. And the man of God besought the Lord, and the king’s hand was restored him again and became as it was before.
7. And the king said unto the man of God, Come home with me and refresh thyself, and I will give thee a gift.
8. But the man of God said unto the king, If thou wilt give me half thy house, I will not go in with thee, neither will I eat bread nor drink water in this place,
9. for so was it charged me by the word of the Lord, saying, Eat no bread nor drink water nor turn again by the same way that thou camest.
10. So he went another way and did not return by the way that he came to Bethel.
11. Now there dwelt an old prophet in Bethel, and his sons came and told him all the works that the man of God had done that day in Bethel; they also told their father the words which he had spoken unto the king.