1 Kings 13:32

32 Through him the Lord spoke against the altar at Bethel and against the places of worship in the towns of Samaria. What the Lord spoke through him will certainly come true."

1 Kings 13:32 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 13:32

For the saying which he cried by the word of the Lord against
the altar in Bethel
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 of Samaria, from the chief city of it, ( Isaiah 7:9 ) , here spoken of by anticipation, for as yet it was not in being, see ( 1 Kings 16:24 ) and either it has its name here by way of prophecy, or else given by the writer of this book, as what it went by in his time.

1 Kings 13:32 In-Context

30 The prophet buried the body in his own family grave, and they were sad for the man of God and said, "Oh, my brother."

31 After the prophet buried the body, he said to his sons, "When I die, bury me in this same grave. Put my bones next to his.

32 Through him the Lord spoke against the altar at Bethel and against the places of worship in the towns of Samaria. What the Lord spoke through him will certainly come true."

33 After this incident King Jeroboam did not stop doing evil. He continued to choose priests for the places of worship from among all the people. Anyone who wanted to be a priest for the places of worship was allowed to be one.

34 In this way the family of Jeroboam sinned, and this sin caused its ruin and destruction from the earth.