1 Kings 13:32

“For the saying which he cried by the word of the Lord against the altar in Bethel, etc.] That the priests should be offered on it, and men’s bones be burnt upon it; for as for its being rent, and the ashes of it poured out, that had been done already: and against all the houses of the high places which are in Samaria, shall surely come to pass: by which it appears that there were temples, and high places, and altars built in other parts of the kingdom besides Dan and Bethel, of the destruction of which the man of God prophesied, though not before mentioned; all which the old prophet gave credit to, and firmly believed would be accomplished. The kingdom of Israel, in later times, had the name…”

“Against all the houses of the high places - i. e., more than the two high places at Dan and Bethel. There were many lesser high places in the land, several of which would be likely to be in Israel 1 Kings 3:4. In the cities of Samaria - The word Samaria cannot have been employed by the old prophet, in whose days Samaria did not exist 1 Kings 16:24. The writer of Kings has substituted for the term used by him that whereby the country was known in his own day. return to 'Top of Page'”

“Samaria - That is, of the kingdom of Samaria; as it was called, though not when this fact was done, yet before these books were written. Samaria was properly this name of one city, Kg1 21:1, but from hence the whole kingdom of Israel was so called. 3 Kings (1 Kings) 13:33”

“13:32 the message . . . will certainly come true: The Lord’s swift judgment convinced the old prophet that the oracle of judgment pronounced by the man of God against Jeroboam’s altar would be fulfilled. The prophecy came true years later during Josiah’s reforms (2 Kgs 23:15-18). • Samaria was established as the capital city of Israel during the reign of Omri, first king of Israel’s third dynasty (1 Kgs 16:24, 29-33). The name Samaria sometimes refers to the capital city and sometimes to the northern kingdom in general (2 Kgs 17:24; Amos 6:1). Samaria’s mention here reflects the perspective of an author living at a later time. Similar uses of location names elsewhere reflect editorial…”

“the saying: Kg1 13:2; Kg2 23:16-19 the houses: Kg1 12:29, Kg1 12:31; Lev 26:30 in the cities: Kg1 16:24; Ch2 25:13; Ezr 4:10; Joh 4:4, Joh 4:5 3 Kings (1 Kings) 13:33”