1 Kings 13:1
"And, behold, there came a man of God out of Judah by the word of the LORD unto Bethel: and Jeroboam stood by the altar to burn incense."
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Commentary
Gill's Exposition
And, behold, there came a man of God out of Judah,.... Whom Josephus (x) calls Jadon, perhaps the same with Iddo, who is by the Jewish writers (y) generally thought to be
this man of God, and which may seem to be countenanced by Ch2 9:29 but cannot be, because this man was quickly slain, whereas Iddo lived after Rehoboam, and wrote his acts, first and last, nay, after Ahijah his son, Ch2 13:22 and for the same reason Shemaiah cannot be the man of God, Kg1 12:22 , though Tertullian (z) calls him Sameas, and designs Shemaiah: but, whoever he was, he came by the word of the Lord to Bethel: that is, by his command: and Jeroboam stood by the altar to burn incense; at the time he came, Kg1 12:33 . (x) Ut supra. (Antiqu. l. 8. c. 8. sect. 3.) (y) Seder Olam Rabba, c. 20. Shalshalet Hakabala, fol. 11. 1. Jarch & Kimchi in loc. (z) De Jejuniis, c. 16.