AND, behold, there came a man of Elohiym out of Yahudah by the Word of Yahuah unto Beyt-El: and Yarov'am stood by the altar to burn incense.
And he cried against the altar in the Word of Yahuah, and said, O altar, altar, thus says Yahuah; Behold, a child shall be born unto the house of David, Yo'shiyahu by name; and upon you shall he offer the priests of the high places that burn incense upon you, and men's bones shall be burnt upon you.
And he gave a sign the same day, saying, This is the sign which Yahuah has spoken; Behold, the altar shall be rent, and the ashes that are upon it shall be poured out.
And it came to pass, when King Yarov'am heard the saying of the man of Elohiym, which had cried against the altar in Beyt-El, 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.
The altar also was rent, and the ashes poured out from the altar, according to the sign which the man of Elohiym had given by the Word of Yahuah.
And the king answered and said unto the man of Elohiym, Intreat now the face of Yahuah Elohayka, and pray for me, that my hand may be restored me again. And the man of Elohiym besought Yahuah, and the king's hand was restored him again, and became as it was before.
And the king said unto the man of Elohiym, Come home with me, and refresh yourself, and I will give you a reward.
And the man of Elohiym said unto the king, If you will give me half your house, I will not go in with you, neither will I eat bread nor drink water in this place:
For so was it charged me by the Word of Yahuah, saying, Eat no bread, nor drink water, nor turn again by the same way that you came.
So he went another way, and returned not by the way that he came to Beyt-El.
Now there dwelt an old prophet in Beyt-El; and his sons came and told him all the works that the man of Elohiym had done that day in Beyt-El: the words which he had spoken unto the king, them they told also to their father.
And their father said unto them, What way went he? For his sons had seen what way the man of Elohiym went, which came from Yahudah.
And he said unto his sons, Saddle me the ass. So they saddled him the ass: and he rode thereon,
And went after the man of Elohiym, and found him sitting under an oak: and he said unto him, Are you the man of Elohiym that came from Yahudah? And he said, I am.
Then he said unto him, Come home with me, and eat bread.
And he said, I may not return with you, nor go in with you: neither will I eat bread nor drink water with you in this place:
For it was said to me by the Word of Yahuah, You shall eat no bread nor drink water there, nor turn again to go by the way that you came.
He said unto him, I am a prophet also as you are; and an angel spoke unto me by the Word of Yahuah, saying, Bring him back with you into your house, that he may eat bread and drink water. But he lied unto him.
So he went back with him, and did eat bread in his house, and drank water.
And it came to pass, as they sat at the table, that the Word of Yahuah came unto the prophet that brought him back:
And he cried unto the man of Elohiym that came from Yahudah, saying, Thus says Yahuah, Forasmuch as you have disobeyed the mouth of Yahuah, and have not guarded the commandment which Yahuah Elohayka commanded you,
But came back, and have eaten bread and drunk water in the place, of the which Yahuah did say to you, Eat no bread, and drink no water; your carcase shall not come unto the sepulchre of your fathers.
And it came to pass, after he had eaten bread, and after he had drunk, that he saddled for him the ass, to wit, for the prophet whom he had brought back.
And when he was gone, a lion met him by the way, and slew him: and his carcase was cast in the way, and the ass stood by it, the lion also stood by the carcase.
And, behold, men passed by, and saw the carcase cast in the way, and the lion standing by the carcase: and they came and told it in the city where the old prophet dwelt.
And when the prophet that brought him back from the way heard thereof, he said, It is the man of Elohiym, who was disobedient unto the Word of Yahuah: therefore Yahuah has delivered him unto the lion, which has torn him, and slain him, according to the Word of Yahuah, which he spoke unto him.
And he spoke to his sons, saying, Saddle me the ass. And they saddled him.
And he went and found his carcase cast in the way, and the ass and the lion standing by the carcase: the lion had not eaten the carcase, nor torn the ass.
And the prophet took up the carcase of the man of Elohiym, and laid it upon the ass, and brought it back: and the old prophet came to the city, to mourn and to bury him.
And he laid his carcase in his own grave; and they mourned over him, saying, Alas, my brother!
And it came to pass, after he had buried him, that he spoke to his sons, saying, When I am dead, then bury me in the sepulchre wherein the man of Elohiym is buried; lay my bones beside his bones:
For the saying which he cried by the Word of Yahuah against the altar in Beyt-El, and against all the houses of the high places which are in the cities of Shomeron, shall surely come to pass.
After this thing Yarov'am returned not from his evil way, but made again of the lowest of the people priests of the high places: whosoever would, he consecrated him, and he became one of the priests of the high places.
And this thing became sin unto the house of Yarov'am, even to cut it off, and to destroy it from off the face of the earth.