Prophet stories

by peacefulpete 4 Replies latest watchtower bible

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  peacefulpete

  (1Kings 20) an unnamed prophet walks up to a man and tells him to punch him, the guy refuses to and is killed by a lion. He goes up to another guy and tells him to punch him, this guy does. Why does the prophet want to be punched? So he can wear a bandage as a disguise to approach the King and deliver his message of doom.

  Maybe some makeup would have worked?
  
  

  Lions were popular. The 1 Kings 13 has the story of another unnamed prophet being told to go and curse the alter in Bethel. After a scene where the hand of the King is withered then healed the king invites him dinner. He refuses saying God told him not to eat or drink there and to take a different road home. On his way home another "old" prophet of God follows the first prophet and tells him God directed him to have dinner with him. The prophet is fooled. The old prophet then condemns him in the name of Yahweh to be killed by a lion. He dies by a lion.

  That one smells like entrapment, doesn't it?
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  waton

  you cant trust the prophets . even today. the deity might want to fool you. punish you for being credulous.
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  peacefulpete

  It is interesting to me that the story arc of chapter 13 ends in 2 Kings 23 wherein the bones of both of these prophets were allowed to remain at peace. It would seem that worked as a happy ending in the mind of the writer. Being mauled to death by a lion was due punishment for allowing himself to be fooled by another prophet of God but in the end his bones were left buried in peace so all is good. That kind of outlook seems common in war torn and impoverished cultures. Life itself was cheap but having a good burial was important.
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  peacefulpete

  This story actually came to mind when doing the Nethinim thread. Recall Joshuah is told to kill the Gibeonites (who were Amorites, Hivites or Hittites depending upon the text) but is fooled by them into entering a treaty. No lion for Joshua however.
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  peacefulpete

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