3 Kingdoms 13

Old Testament · Brenton Septuagint with Greek parallel

3 Kingdoms 13

1And behold, there came a man of God out of Juda by the word of the Lord to Baethel, and Jeroboam stood at the altar to sacrifice.Καὶ ἰδοὺ ἄνθρωπος τοῦ Θεοῦ ἐξ Ἰούδα παρεγένετο ἐν λόγῳ Κυρίου εἰς Βαιθὴλ, καὶ Ἱεροβοὰμ εἱστήκει ἐπὶ τὸ θυσιαστήριον ἐπιθῦσαι.

2And he cried against the altar by the word of the Lord, and said, O altar, altar, thus says the Lord, Behold, a son is to be born to the house of David, * Josias by name; and he shall offer upon you the priests of the high places, even of them that sacrifice upon you, and he shall burn men's bones upon you.Καὶ ἐπεκάλεσε πρὸς τὸ θυσιαστήριον ἐν λόγῳ Κυρίου, καὶ εἶπε, θυσιαστήριον, θυσιαστήριον, τάδε λέγει Κύριος, ἰδοὺ υἱὸς τίκτεται τῷ οἴκῳ Δαυὶδ, Ἰωσίας ὄνομα αὐτῷ, καὶ θύσει ἐπὶ σὲ τοὺς ἱερεῖς τῶν ὑψηλῶν τῶν ἐπιθυόντων ἐπὶ σὲ, καὶ ὀστᾶ ἀνθρώπων καύσει ἐπὶ σέ.

3And in that day one shall give a sign, saying, This is the word which the Lord has spoken, saying, Behold, the altar is torn, and the fatness upon it shall be poured out.Καὶ δώσει ἐν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ ἐκείνῃ τέρας, λέγων, τοῦτο τὸ ῥῆμα ὃ ἐλάλησε Κύριος, λέγων, ἰδοὺ τὸ θυσιαστήριον ῥήγνυται, καὶ ἐκχυθήσεται ἡ πιότης ἡ ἐπʼ αὐτῷ.

4And it came to pass when king Jeroboam heard the words of the man of God who called on the altar that was in Baethel, that the king stretched forth his hand from the altar, saying, Take hold of him. And, behold, his hand, which he stretched forth against him, withered, and he could not draw it back to himself.Καὶ ἐγένετο ὡς ἤκουσεν ὁ βασιλεὺς Ἱεροβοὰμ τῶν λόγων τοῦ ἀνθρώπου τοῦ Θεοῦ τοῦ ἐπικαλεσαμένου ἐπὶ τὸ θυσιαστήριον τὸ ἐν Βαιθὴλ, καὶ ἐξέτεινεν ὁ βασιλεὺς τὴν χεῖρα αὐτοῦ ἀπὸ τοῦ θυσιαστηρίου, λέγων, συλλάβετε αὐτόν· καὶ ἰδοὺ ἐξηράνθη ἡ χεὶρ αὐτοῦ, ἣν ἐξέτεινεν ἐπʼ αὐτὸν, καὶ οὐκ ἐδυνήθη ἐπιστρέψαι αὐτὴν πρὸς αὐτόν.

5And the altar was torn, and the fatness was poured out from the altar, according to the sign which the man of God gave by the word of the Lord.Καὶ τὸ θυσιαστήριον ἐῤῥάγη, καὶ ἐξεχύθη ἡ πιότης ἀπὸ τοῦ θυσιαστηρίου, κατὰ τὸ τέρας ὃ ἔδωκεν ὁ ἄνθρωπος τοῦ Θεοῦ ἐν λόγῳ Κυρίου.

6And king Jeroboam said to the man of God, Intreat the Lord your God, and let my hand † be restored to me. And the man of God entreated the Lord, and he restored the king's hand to him, and it became as before.Καὶ εἶπεν ὁ βασιλεὺς Ἱεροβοὰμ τῷ ἀνθρώπῳ τοῦ Θεοῦ, δεήθητι τοῦ πρόσώπου Κυρίου τοῦ Θεοῦ σου, καὶ ἐπιστρεψάτω ἡ χείρ μου πρὸς ἐμέ· καὶ ἐδεήθη ὁ ἄνθρωπος τοῦ Θεοῦ τοῦ προσώπου Κυρίου, καὶ ἐπέστρεψε τὴν χεῖρα τοῦ βασιλέως πρὸς αὐτὸν, καὶ ἐγένετο καθὼς τὸ πρότερον.

7And the king said to the man of God, Enter with me into the house, and dine, and I will give you a gift.Καὶ ἐλάλησεν ὁ βασιλεὺς πρὸς τὸν ἄνθρωπον τοῦ Θεοῦ, εἴσελθε μετʼ ἐμοῦ εἰς οἶκον, καὶ ἀρίστησον, καὶ δώσω σοι δόμα.

8And the man of God said to the king, If you should give me the half of your house, I ‡ would not go in with you, neither will I eat bread, neither will I drink water in this place; for thus the Lord charged me by his word, saying,Καὶ εἶπεν ὁ ἄνθρωπος τοῦ Θεοῦ πρὸς τὸν βασιλέα, ἐὰν δῷς μοι τὸ ἥμισυ τοῦ οἴκου σου, οὐκ εἰσελεύσομαι μετὰ σοῦ, οὐδὲ μὴ φάγω ἄρτον, οὐδὲ μὴ πίω ὕδωρ ἐν τῷ τόπῳ τούτῳ·

9Eat no bread, and drink no water, and return not by the way by which you came.ὅτι οὕτως ἐνετείλατό μοι Κύριος ἐν λόγῳ, λέγων, μὴ φάγῃς ἄρτον καὶ μὴ πίῃς ὕδωρ καὶ μὴ ἐπιστρέψῃς ἐν τῇ ὁδῷ ᾗ ἐπορεύθης ἐν αὐτῇ.

10So he departed by another way, and returned not by the way by which he came to Baethel.Καὶ ἀπῆλθεν ἐν ὁδῷ ἄλλῃ, καὶ οὐκ ἀνέστρεψεν ἐν τῇ ὁδῷ ᾗ ἦλθεν ἐν αὐτῇ εἰς Βαιθήλ.

11And there lived an old prophet in Baethel; and his sons came and told him all the works that the man of God did on that day in Baethel, and the words which he spoke to the king: and § they turned the face of their father.Καὶ προφήτης εἷς πρεσβύτης κατῴκη ἐν Βαιθὴλ, καὶ ἔρχονται οἱ υἱοὶ αὐτοῦ καὶ διηγήσαντο αὐτῷ πάντα τὰ ἔργα ἃ ἐποίησεν ὁ ἄνθρωπος τοῦ Θεοῦ ἐν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ ἐκείνῃ ἐν Βαιθὴλ, καὶ τοὺς λόγους οὓς ἐλάλησε τῷ βασιλεῖ, καὶ ἐπέστρεψαν τὸ πρόσωπον τοῦ πατρὸς αὐτῶν.

12And their father spoke to them, saying, Which way went he? and his sons show him the way by which the man of God who came out of Juda went up.Καὶ ἐλάλησε πρὸς αὐτοὺς ὁ πατὴρ αὐτῶν, λέγων, ποίᾳ ὁδῷ πεπόρευται; καὶ δεικνύουσιν αὐτῷ οἱ υἱοὶ αὐτοῦ τὴν ὁδὸν ἐν ᾗ ἀνῆλθεν ὁ ἄνθρωπος τοῦ Θεοῦ ὁ ἐλθὼν ἐξ Ἰούδα.

13And he said to his sons, Saddle me the ass: and they saddled him the ass, and he mounted it,Καὶ εἶπε τοῖς υἱοῖς αὐτοῦ, ἐπισάξατέ μοι τὸν ὄνον· καὶ ἐπέσαξαν αὐτῷ τὸν ὄνον, καὶ ἐπέβη ἐπʼ αὐτὸν,

14and went after the man of God, and found him sitting under an oak: and he said to him, Are you the man of God that came out of Juda? And he said to him, I am.καὶ ἐπορεύθη κατόπισθεν τοῦ ἀνθρώπου τοῦ Θεοῦ, καὶ εὗρεν αὐτὸν καθήμενον ὑπὸ δρῦν, καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ, εἰ σὺ εἶ ὁ ἄνθρωπος τοῦ Θεοῦ ὁ ἐληλυθὼς ἐξ Ἰούδα; καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ, ἐγώ.

15And he said to him, Come with me, and eat bread.Καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ, δεῦρο μετʼ ἐμοῦ, καὶ φάγε ἄρτον.

16And he said, I shall not by any means be able to return with you, neither will I eat bread, neither will I drink water in this place.Καὶ εἶπεν, οὐ μὴ δύνωμαι τοῦ ἐπιστρέψαι μετὰ σοῦ, οὐδὲ μὴ φάγομαι ἄρτον, οὐδὲ πίομαι ὕδωρ ἐν τῷ τόπῳ τούτῳ·

17For thus the Lord commanded me by word, saying, Eat not bread there, and drink not water, and return not there by the way by which you came.Ὅτι οὕτως ἐντέταλταί μοι ἐν λόγῳ Κύριος, λέγων, μὴ φάγῃς ἄρτον ἐκεῖ καὶ μὴ πίῃς ὕδωρ καὶ μὴ ἐπιστρέψῃς ἐκεῖ ἐν τῇ ὁδῷ ᾗ ἐπορεύθης ἐν αὐτῇ.

18And he said to him, I also am a prophet as you are; and an angel spoke to me by the word of the Lord, saying, Bring him back to you into your house, and let him eat bread and drink water: but he lied to him.Καὶ εἶπε πρὸς αὐτὸν, κᾀγὼ προφήτης εἰμὶ καθὼς σὺ, καὶ ἄγγελος λελάληκε πρὸς μὲ ἐν ῥήματι Κυρίου, λέγων, ἐπίστρεψον αὐτὸν πρὸς σεαυτὸν εἰς τὸν οἶκόν σου, καὶ φαγέτω ἄρτον, καὶ πιέτω ὕδωρ· καὶ ἐψεύσατο αὐτῷ·

19And he brought him back, and he ate bread and drank water in his house.Καὶ ἐπέστρεψεν αὐτὸν, καὶ ἔφαγεν ἄρτον καὶ ἔπιεν ὕδωρ ἐν τῴ οἴκῳ αὐτοῦ.

20And it came to pass while they were sitting at the table, that the word of the Lord came to the prophet that brought him back;Καὶ ἐγένετο αὐτῶν καθημένων ἐπὶ τῆς τραπέζης, καὶ ἐγένετο λόγος Κυρίου πρὸς τὸν προφήτην τὸν ἐπιστρέψαντα αὐτόν·

21and he spoke to the man of God that came out of Juda, saying, Thus says the Lord, Because you have ** resisted the word of the Lord, and have not kept the commandment which the Lord your God commanded you,καὶ εἶπε πρὸς τὸν ἄνθρωπον τοῦ Θεοῦ τὸν ἥκοντα ἐξ Ἰούδα, λέγων, τάδε λέγει Κύριος, ἀνθʼ ὧν παρεπίκρανας τὸ ῥῆμα Κυρίου, καὶ οὐκ ἐφύλαξας τὴν ἐντολὴν ἣν ἐνετείλατό σοι Κύριος ὁ Θεός σου,

22but have returned, and eaten bread and drunk water in the place of which he spoke to you, saying, You shall not eat bread, and shall not drink water; therefore your body shall in nowise enter into the sepulchre of your fathers.καὶ ἐπέστρεψας, καὶ ἔφαγες ἄρτον καὶ ἔπιες ὕδωρ ἐν τῷ τόπῳ τούτῳ ᾧ ἐλάλησε πρὸς σὲ, λέγων, οὐ μὴ φάγῃς ἄρτον καὶ μὴ πίῃς ὕδωρ, οὐ μὴ εἰσέλθῃ τὸ σῶμά σου εἰς τὸν τάφον τῶν πατέρων σου.

23And it came to pass after he had eaten bread and drunk water, that he saddled the ass for him, and he turned and departed.Καὶ ἐγένετο μετὰ τὸ φαγεῖν αὐτὸν ἄρτον καὶ πιεῖν ὕδωρ, καὶ ἐπέσαξεν αὐτῷ τὸν ὄνον, καὶ ἐπέστρεψε, καὶ ἀπῆλθε.

24And a lion found him in the way, and killed him; and his body was cast out in the way, and the ass was standing by it, and the lion also was standing by the body.Καὶ εὗρεν αὐτὸν λέων ἐν τῇ ὁδῷ, καὶ ἐθανάτωσεν αὐτόν· καὶ ἦν τὸ σῶμα αὐτοῦ ἐῥῥιμμένον ἐν τῇ ὁδῷ, καὶ ὁ ὄνος εἱστήκει παρʼ αὐτὸ, καὶ ὁ λέων εἱστήκει παρὰ τὸ σῶμα.

25And, behold, men were passing by, and saw the carcass cast in the way, and the lion was standing near the carcass: and they went in and spoke of it in the city where the old prophet lived.Καὶ ἰδοὺ ἄνδρες παραπορευόμενοι καὶ εἶδον τὸ θνησιμαῖον ἐῤῥιμμένον ἐν τῇ ὁδῷ, καὶ ὁ λέων εἱστήκει ἐχόμενα τοῦ θνησιμαίου· καὶ εἰσῆλθον, καὶ ἐλάλησαν ἐν τῇ πόλει οὗ ὁ προφήτης ὁ πρεσβύτης κατῴκει ἐν αὐτῄ.

26And the prophet that turned him back out of the way heard, and said, This is the man of God who rebelled against the word of the Lord. ††Καὶ ἤκουσεν ὁ ἐπιστρέψας αὐτὸν ἐκ τῆς ὁδοῦ, καὶ εἶπεν, ὁ ἄνθρωπος τοῦ Θεοῦ οὗτός ἐστιν ὃς παρεπίκρανε τὸ ῥῆμα Κυρίου·

27And he spoke to his sons, saying, Saddle me the ass, and they saddled it.

28And he went and found the body cast in the way, and the ass and the lion were standing by the body: and the lion had not devoured the body of the man of God, and had not torn the ass.Καὶ ἐπορεύθη καὶ εὗρε τὸ σῶμα αὐτοῦ ἐῤῥιμμένον ἐν τῇ ὁδῷ, καὶ ὁ ὄνος, καὶ ὁ λέων εἱστήκεισαν παρὰ τὸ σῶμα· καὶ οὐκ ἔφαγεν ὁ λέων τὸ σῶμα τοῦ ἀνθρώπου τοῦ Θεοῦ, καὶ οὐ συνέτριψε τὸν ὄνον.

29And the prophet took up the body of the man of God, and laid it on his ass; and the prophet brought him back to his city, to bury him in his own tomb,Καὶ ᾖρεν ὁ προφήτης τὸ σῶμα τοῦ ἀνθρώπου τοῦ Θεοῦ, καὶ ἐπέθηκεν αὐτὸ ἐπὶ τὸν ὄνον, καὶ ἐπέστρεψεν αὐτὸν εἰς τὴν πόλιν

30and they bewailed him, saying, Alas, brother.ὁ προφήτης, τοῦ θάψαι αὐτὸν ἐν τῷ τάφῳ ἑαυτοῦ, καὶ ἐκόψαντο αὐτὸν, οὐαὶ ἀδελφέ.

31And it came to pass after he had lamented him, that he spoke to his sons, saying, ‡‡ Whenever I die, bury me in this tomb wherein the man of God is buried; lay me by his bones, that my bones may be preserved with his bones.Καὶ ἐγένετο μετὰ τὸ κόψασθαι αὐτὸν, καὶ εἶπε τοῖς υἱοῖς αὐτοῦ, λέγων, ἐὰν ἀποθάνω, θάψατέ με ἐν τῷ τάφῳ τούτῳ οὗ ὁ ἄνθρωπος τοῦ Θεοῦ τέθαπται ἐν αὐτῷ, παρὰ τὰ ὀστᾶ αὐτοῦ θέτε με, ἵνα σωθῶσι τὰ ὀστᾶ μου μετὰ τῶν ὀστῶν αὐτοῦ.

32For the word will surely come to pass which he spoke by the word of the Lord against the altar in Baethel, and against the high houses in Samaria.Ὅτι γινόμενον ἔσται τὸ ῥῆμα ὃ ἐλάλησεν ἐν λόγῳ Κυρίου ἐπὶ τὸ θυσιαστήριον ἐν Βαιθὴλ καὶ ἐπὶ τοὺς οἴκους τοὺς ὑψηλοὺς τοὺς ἐν Σαμαρείᾳ.

33And after §§ this Jeroboam turned not from his sin, but he turned and made of part of the people priests of the high places: whoever would, he consecrated him, and he became a priest for the high places.Καὶ μετὰ τὸ ῥῆμα τοῦτο οὐκ ἐπέστρεψεν Ἱεροβοὰμ ἀπὸ τῆς κακίας αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐπέστρεψε καὶ ἐποίησεν ἐκ μέρους τοῦ λαοῦ ἱερεῖς ὑψηλῶν· ὁ βουλόμενος ἐπλήρου τὴν χεῖρα αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐγένετο ἱερεὺς εἰς τὰ ὑψηλά.

34And this *** thing became sin to the house of Jeroboam, even to its destruction and its removal from the face of the earth.Καὶ ἐγένετο τὸ ῥῆμα τοῦτο εἰς ἁμαρτίαν τῷ οἴκῳ Ἱεροβοὰμ, καὶ εἰς ὄλεθρον, καὶ εἰς ἀφανισμὸν ἀπὸ προσώπου τῆς γῆς.

Translator's Notes

These notes come from the printed edition of Sir Lancelot Brenton's classic English translation of the Septuagint (LXX), and record where the Greek differs from the English rendering or admits more than one reading.

• v. 2*Gr. Josias the name to him.
• v. 6†Gr. return to me.
• v. 8‡Gr. will not.
• v. 11§Wide variation from the Hebrew.
• v. 21**Gr. embittered.
• v. 26††Vat. has no verse 27. Alex. reads as follows.
• v. 31‡‡Gr. if I die.
• v. 33§§Gr. this word.
• v. 34***Gr. word.