About the Author of the Blogsite, Not the Author of the Bible:

About the Author of the Blogsite, Not the Author of the Bible: I was uncertain of how to accomplish this, mindful of Revelation 22:18-19, which says that nobody is to add to, or to take away from what was written in the Bible. After lots of prayerful contemplation, the Lord had it on my heart that I’m not to change the meaning of what is written in the Bible. He has also shown ways to add to people’s understating of that meaning, without altering the meaning, by putting that info within [brackets]. This is primarily accomplished with the KJV Bible and lots of prayers, but at times, BibleGateway.com, Biblehub.com, NIV Bible, Webster Dictionary, and other internet resources, as needed. Debra Seiling

About Understanding the Bible:

Understanding the Bible: After reading Isaiah 28:10 many times over the years and not totally understanding it, it recently became apparent to me that the Lord God has this passage as the means for understanding the Bible. For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little. Isaiah 28:10 KJV. Being prayerful about this passage, and looking up 'precept' in the Webster's Dictionary, it gave this passage a whole new meaning, once 'commandment' is substituted for 'precept'. Within brackets are additional words the Lord had on my heart to aid in understanding the meaning. For commandment must be [built up] upon commandment; commandment upon commandment; line upon line, line upon line; [developing understanding] here a little, and there a little.

The Table Format:

The Table Format: I was overwhelmed with how to explain the process for determining if someone had leprosy in Leviticus 13, which seemed very complicated. After praying, "Lord, if this is difficult for me to understand after reading it many times, how can this be explained to others?" The thought the Lord God had on my heart was for me to put it into a vertical chart to visually see the process. This made it much easier for me to follow the progression. After doing so, I prayed, "Lord, how can this be conveyed to readers, so that they can understand this process?" The thought the Lord God had on my heart was to put it within the lines of a table. Being a stiff-necked, stubborn person, as it's often called in the Bible, I prayed, asking the Lord God if He's sure that's really what He wanted me to do? I reluctantly put Leviticus 13 into a table format. When I read this difficult leprosy process within a table format, it suddenly became easier for me to understand. That's because it builds line upon line, as explained in the Understanding the Bible section. Shortly after that, the Lord God had it on my heart, to put all of The Books of the Bible in Smaller Chunks within a table format, to aid in understanding, line upon line.

1 Kings 13:1-34 A Man of God Is Sent to Prophesy to Jeroboam

 

A Man of God Is Sent to Prophesy to Jeroboam

1 Kings 13:1-34                               1 Kings [in Smaller Chunks]

[See,] by the Word of the Lord, there a man of God came out of Judah & [went] to BethEl. Jeroboam, [Nebat’s] son, stood by the altar to burn incense. [1 Kings 12:28-29 [Upon which,] king [Jeroboam] took counsel & made 2 calves of gold & said to them, It’s too much for you to go up to Jerusalem, [to sacrifice.] 

[Look,] your gods, O Israel, [that] brought you up out of the land of Egypt. And he [put] the one in BethEl and the other he put in Dan.]

[The man of God] cried [out] against the altar [with] the Word of the Lord & said, O altar, altar, the Lord has said [this; Look,] a child shall be born to the house of David, [named] Josiah. 

Upon you, [altar, Josiah] shall offer the priests of the high places [who] burn incense upon you & men’s bones shall be burnt upon you. [2 Kings 23:1 And as Josiah turned himself, he spied the [tombs] that were in the mount & [had] the bones [taken] out of [them] & burned them upon the altar & [defiled] it, according to the Word of the Lord, [that] the man of God, who proclaimed these words, [declared.]

[The man of God] gave a sign the same day, saying, This is the sign [that] the Lord has spoken [Watch,] the altar shall be [broken] and the ashes that are upon it shall be poured out. 

It [happened,] when king Jeroboam heard the saying of the man of God, [who] had cried [out] against the altar in BethEl, [Jeroboam] put [out] his hand from the altar, saying, [Seize] him.

And [Jeroboam’s] hand [that] he had put out against [the man of God] [shriveled] up, so that [Jeroboam] couldn’t pull his hand in again. The altar also [split apart] & the ashes poured out, according to the [Lord’s] Word, the man of God had given [Jeroboam.] 

King [Jeroboam] answered & said to the man of God, At the face of the Lord your God, I [request you] pray for me, [so] my hand may be restored [to] me again.

The man of God [begged] the Lord & the king’s hand was restored [to] him again & became as it was before. The king said to the man of God, Come home with me & refresh yourself & I will give you a reward.

The man of God said to the king, [Even] if you [were] to give me 1/2 [of your] house, I won’t go in with you, neither will I eat bread or drink water in this place, [because I] was charged by the Word of the Lord, saying, Don’t eat bread, nor drink water, nor [return] the same way you came.

So, [the man of God] went another way & came to BethEl. Now, an old prophet [lived] in BethEl & his sons came & told him all [the things] the man of God had done that day in BethEl & the words [that] he had spoken to the king. 

Their father said to them, [Which] way [did he go?] His sons had seen the way the man of God, [who] came from Judah, went. [The old prophet told] his sons, Saddle me a [mule,] so they [did] & he rode [on it] & went after the man of God & found him sitting under an oak.

He [asked,] Are you the man of God [who] came from Judah. He said, I am. The [old prophet] said to him, Come home with me & eat bread. [The man of God] 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 [I was told] by the Word of the Lord, You [shall not] eat bread, nor drink water there, nor [return] the way you came. The [old prophet] said, I am a prophet [like] you are & an angel [spoke] to me by the word of the Lord, saying, Bring him back with you to your house, [so] he may eat bread & drink water.

But [the old prophet] lied to [the man of God.] So, the [man of God] went back with [the old prophet] & [ate] bread & [drank] water in his house. And it [happened,] as they sat at the table, the Word of the Lord came to the prophet [who] brought him back.

He cried [out] to the man of God, saying, The Lord [says this, Since] you disobeyed the [words] by the mouth of the Lord & haven’t kept His [command that] the Lord your God commanded you, But [you] came back & [ate] bread & [drank] water in this place [when] the Lord [told you not to;]

Your carcass shall not come [into] the [tomb] of your [forefathers.] And it [happened,] after he had eaten bread & drunk [water, the old prophet] saddled a [mule] for the prophet whom he had brought back.

And when [the man of God] was gone, a lion met him by the [road] & slew him & his carcass was [thrown in the road] & the [mule] & the [lion] stood by the carcass. And [some] men passed by & saw the carcass [throw in the road] & the lion standing by it. And they came & told [about] it in the city where the old prophet lived.

And when the prophet [who] brought him back, heard [of it,] he said, It is the man of God, who [disobeyed] the [Lord’s] Word. Therefore, the Lord has delivered him to the lion, [that] has torn & killed him, according to the Word of the Lord, which He had spoken to him.

He [said] to his sons, Saddle me the [mule] & [they did.] And he went & found his carcass in the [road] & the [mule] & the lion standing by the carcass & the lion hadn’t eaten the carcass, nor [attacked] the [mule.]

And the prophet took up the carcass of the man of God & laid it upon the [mule] & brought it back & the old prophet came to the city, to mourn & to bury him. [The old prophet] laid the carcass [of the man of God] in his [own] grave & they mourned over him, saying, Alas, my brother!

It [happened,] after he had buried [the man of God,] that [the old prophet spoke] to his sons, saying, When I am dead, bury me in the [tomb where we] buried the man of God.

Lay my bones beside his bones: [Because of] the saying [that the man of God] cried by the Word of the Lord against the altar of BethEl [Jeroboam built] & against all the houses [in] the high places in the cities of Samaria, shall surely [happen.] 

After this, Jeroboam [didn’t] return from his evil [ways,] but again made the [lowliest] of people priests of the high places. [Whoever] would [do it, Jeroboam] consecrated him & he became one of the priests of the high places.  And this thing became [the] sin of the house of Jeroboam, [that led to his downfall] & [destruction from] the face of the earth.