1 Kings 13:1-10 - A Man Of God Proclaims Judgment Against The False Altar
1 And behold, there came a man of God out of Judah with the word of God, to Bethel, as Jeroboam stood by the altar to offer, 2 and cried against the altar at the commandment of the LORD and said, "Altar, altar, thus sayeth the LORD: 'Behold, a child shall be born of the house of David, Josiah by name, which upon thee shall offer the priests of the hill altars that sacrifice upon thee, and shall burn men's bones upon thee.'" 3 And he gave them the same time a sign, saying, "This is the sign, of that the LORD hath promised: Behold, the altar shall rent and the ashes that are in it shall fall out."
4 And when the king heard the saying of the man of God which he cried against the altar in Bethel, he stretched out his hand from the altar saying, "Hold him." And his hand, which he put forth toward him, dried up that he could not pull it in again to him; 5 and the altar clave and the ashes ran out of the altar according to the token which the man of God had given at the commandment of the LORD.
6 And the king answered and said unto the man of God, "Oh pray unto the LORD thy God and make intercession for me, that my hand may be restored me again." And the man of God besought the LORD, and his hand came to him again as well as before.
7 Then said the king unto the man of God, "Come home with me and refresh thyself, and I will give thee a reward."
8 But the man of God answered the king, "If thou wouldest give me half thine house, I would not go with thee - neither would I eat meat or drink water in this place. 9 For so was it charged me, through the word of God and said to me, 'Eat no bread nor drink water nor turn again by the same way thou wentest." 10 And so he went another way and returned not by the way he came to Bethel.