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Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge on 1 Kings 13:28
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The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
R. A. Torrey and contributors · Cross-reference reference work
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the lion had: All here was supernatural. The lion, though he had killed the man, yet, contrary to his nature, did not devour him, nor tear the ass, nor meddle with the travellers that passed by; while the ass stood quietly by, not fearing the lion, nor betaking himself to flight. both stood as guardians of the fallen prophet, till this extraordinary intelligence was carried into the city which rendered the miracle the more illustrious and plainly shewed that this event did not happen by chance. This concatenation of miracles marked the death of the man of God as a Divine rebuke for his disobedience in eating bread at idolatrous Beth-el; and here we see, as in various other cases, that "often judgment begins at the house of God." The true prophet, for suffering himself to be seduced by the old prophet, and for receiving that as a revelation from God which was opposed to the revelation which himself had received, and which was confirmed by so many miracles, is slain by a lion, and his body deprived of the burial of his fathers; while the wicked king and the fallen prophet are both permitted to live. Kg1 17:4, Kg1 17:6; Lev 10:2, Lev 10:5; Job 38:11; Psa 148:7, Psa 148:8; Jer 5:22, Jer 5:23; Dan 3:22, Dan 3:27, Dan 3:28, Dan 6:22-24; Act 16:26; Heb 11:33, Heb 11:34 torn: Heb. broken 3 Kings (1 Kings) 13:30
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