Study it in the app“He said, “What is that marker that I see?” The men of the city said to him, “It is the tomb of the man of Elohim who came from Judah and cried out these things that you have done on the altar of Bethel.””
He said,וַיֹּאמֶר“Whatמָהis thatהַ הַלָּזmarkerצִּיּוּןthatאֲשֶׁרIאֲנִיsee?”רֹאֶהThe menאַנְשֵׁיof the cityהָעִירsaidוַיֹּאמְרוּto him,אֵלָיו“It is the tombהַקֶּבֶרof the manאִישׁof Elohimהָאֱלֹהִיםwhoאֲשֶׁרcameבָּאfrom Judahמִיהוּדָהand cried outוַיִּקְרָאtheseהָאֵלֶּהthingsאֶת הַדְּבָרִיםthatאֲשֶׁרyou have doneעָשִׂיתָonעַלthe altarהַמִּזְבַּחof Bethel.”בֵּית אֵל
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appearsthat, yonder
That one: points to something in sight, a little way off.
Where else “halaz” appearsmarker
A sign set up to mark a place: the stone that marks a grave (2 Kings 23:17; Ezekiel 39:15) or the post that marks a road (Jeremiah 31:21).
Where else “tsiyun” appearssee
To see with one's eyes.
Where else “roe” appearsman
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “anshe” appearscity
A settled place protected by a wall, with a gate and houses.
Where else “ir” appearstomb
Tomb, grave.
Where else “kever” appearsElohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohim” appearscome
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “ba” appearsJudah
Judah, the fourth son of Jacob and Leah; also the tribe that came from him and its land, and later the southern kingdom; King David came from it. The name sounds like "give thanks". Borne also by other Israelites.
Where else “yhuda” appearscry out
To shout to YHWH for help, call on his name.
Where else “yikra” appearsthing
A matter, a thing; with "not", nothing.
Where else “devarim” appearsdo
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “asita” appearsaltar
Altar: a structure of stone or earth on which sacrifices are offered to God.
Where else “mizbach” appearsBethel
See it on the mapWhere else “bet” appearsBethel ?
Today: possibly Beitin, West Bank
A city in the hills about 11 miles (17 km) north of Jerusalem; the location is approximate.
There Jacob dreamed of a ladder reaching to heaven and named the place Bethel, "house of God" (Gen 28:19). Jeroboam set up a golden calf there (1 Kgs 12:29).
16Josiah turned and saw the tombs that were there on the mountain; and he sent and took the bones from the tombs and burned them on the altar and made it unclean, according to the word of YHWH that the man of Elohim cried out, who had cried out these things.
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18He said, “Let him alone; let no one disturb his bones.” So they left his bones safe, with the bones of the prophet who came from Samaria.
