Douay-Rheims Bible: 3 Kings — Introduction, Chapter Summaries and Notes by Richard Challoner
Chapter 13
SummaryA prophet sent from Juda to Bethel foretelleth the birth ofjosias, and the destruction of Jeroboam's altar. Jeroboam 's hand offering violence to the prophet witherethy but is restored by the prophet's prayer: the same prophet is deceived by another prophet, and slain by a lion.
[13:18] An angel spoke to me, etc. . . This old man of Bethel was indeed a prophet, but he sinned in thus deceiving the man of God; the more because he pretended a revelation for what he did.
[13:24] Killed him. . . Thus the Lord often punishes his servants here, that he may spare them hereafter. For the generality of divines are of opinion, that the sin of this prophet, considered with all its circumstances, was not mortal.