{"id":62360,"date":"2019-09-04T15:00:17","date_gmt":"2019-09-04T12:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/?p=62360"},"modified":"2023-03-30T07:52:05","modified_gmt":"2023-03-30T04:52:05","slug":"iddo-the-man-of-god","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/iddo-the-man-of-god\/","title":{"rendered":"Iddo, The Man Of God"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-content\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[281],"tags":[923,363,390],"acf":{"old_id":"62360","type":"no","iframe":"","writer":33877,"related_cahpter":"300","type_929":"2","show_author_image":false,"old_create_date":"","old_url":"","post_main_content":{"description":"Severe, and bizarre, condemnation of Jeroboam and his policies","content":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Our chapter continues the condemnation of Jeroboam begun in Chapter 12, in which Jeroboam sets up two golden calves, one at Beth-El and the other at Dan. At the beginning of our chapter, an unnamed prophet suddenly appears: \u201cA man of God arrived at Bethel from Judah at the command of the Lord. While Jeroboam was standing on the altar to present the offering, the man of God, at the command of the Lord, cried out against the altar: \u2018O Altar, Altar! Thus, said the Lord: A son shall be born to the House of David, Josiah by name; and he shall slaughter upon you the priests of the shrines who bring offerings upon you. And human bones shall be burned upon you\u2019\u201d (13:1-2).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The rabbinic sages identify this \u201cMan of God\u201d with the Prophet Iddo (see Seder Olam Rabbah 20), in line with II Chronicles 9:29, which speaks of \u201cthe visions of Iddo, the seer, concerning Jeroboam son of Nebat\u201d. It seems that Iddo\u2019s \u201cvisions\u201d were recorded in one of the lost books mentioned in the Hebrew Bible, referred to as \u201cthe Midrash of the Prophet Iddo\u201d (II Chronicles 13:22).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Josephus (Antiquities VIII.8-9) elaborates on this biblical narrative. When Jeroboam was about to offer sacrifices on the altar at Beth-El, a \u201cman of God\u201d named \u201cJadon\u201d (i.e. Iddo), sent by God from Jerusalem, made his prophecy as recorded our chapter. In anger, Jeroboam stretched out his hand to seize Iddo, but his right hand withered. The altar at Bethel also was broken to pieces; and all that was upon it was poured out, as the Prophet had foretold should come to pass.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So, the King Jeroboam understood that Iddo was a true prophet. He begged Iddo to restore his right hand. When his had was restored, Jeroboam invited the Prophet to dine with him. But Iddo refused, saying that God had forbidden him to eat or drink in Bethel. But a false prophet in that city did manage to persuade Iddo to eat with him. But God appeared to Iddo and said, that he would be killed for transgressing God\u2019s commands. Indeed, as Iddo was returning to Jerusalem, a lion attacked and killed him. The false prophet of Bethel had Iddo buried in the grave reserved for himself and instructed his sons, after his death, to bury him together with Iddo (13:3-32).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Tanhuma Toledot 12 explains that Iddo cried to the Altar twice (13:2) to include in his prophecy both the idolatrous golden calves at the Altars at Bethel and at Dan (see 12: 28-29). When Iddo made his prophecy, Jeroboam thought him a madman. 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