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By the word of the LORD a man of God came from Judah to Bethel, as Jeroboam was standing by the altar to make an offering. He cried out against the altar by the word of the LORD: \u201cO altar, altar! This is what the LORD says: \u2018A son named Josiah will be born to the house of David. On you he will sacrifice the priests of the high places who now make offerings here, and human bones will be burned on you.\u2019 \u201d That same day the man of God gave a sign: \u201cThis is the sign the LORD has declared: The altar will be split apart and the ashes on it will be poured out.\u201d <\/p>\n

When King Jeroboam heard what the man of God cried out against the altar at Bethel, he stretched out his hand from the altar and said, \u201cSeize him!\u201d But the hand he stretched out toward the man shriveled up, so that he could not pull it back. Also, the altar was split apart and its ashes poured out according to the sign given by the man of God by the word of the LORD. <\/p>\n

Then the king said to the man of God, \u201cIntercede with the LORD your God and pray for me that my hand may be restored.\u201d So the man of God interceded with the LORD, and the king\u2019s hand was restored and became as it was before. (1 Kings 13:1-6)<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

God\u2019s gift of a throne didn\u2019t come without strings. Solomon\u2019s son lost the ten tribes of the north because of his idolatry. God had told Jeroboam that he would become their the king. But Jerusalem remained the place where people went to worship God. It was also where the king of Judah, David\u2019s heir, ruled. Fearful that his new kingdom would be undermined by continued faithfulness to God in Jerusalem, Jeroboam decided to establish new places of worship to secure his political position. He built golden calves and set them up in Dan and Bethel. He established a separate priesthood to officiate at the shrines he had built. (see 1 Kings 12:25-33)<\/p>\n

He did all this, despite the fact that God had given him his kingdom. He simply didn\u2019t trust God. For his unfaithfulness to God, because of the sin he led his people into, God eventually sent a prophet to proclaim judgment against him.<\/p>\n

Jeroboam\u2019s reaction to the words of the prophet are predictably unwelcoming. But God protected his spokesperson and even granted healing to Jeroboam in the midst of the pronouncement of judgment. But Jeroboam never repented of what he had done: he maintained the false religion he had created for political purposes, and so the prophet\u2019s words came true.<\/p>\n

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