Translations
F.O.G.MPrimary
F.O.G MessageFor the prophecy he proclaimed by the word of Yahweh against the altar in Bethel, and against all the shrines on the high places in the cities of Samaria, will certainly come true.'
F.O.GSecondary
The F.O.GFor the word which he cried out by the word of YHWH against the altar at Beit-El, and against all the houses of the high places in the cities of Shomron, shall surely come to pass.'
KJV
King James VersionFor the saying which he cried by the word of the LORD against the altar in Bethel, and against all the houses of the high places which are in the cities of Samaria, shall surely come to pass.
BSB
Berean Standard Biblefor the message that he cried out by the word of the LORD against the altar in Bethel and against all the shrines on the high places in the cities of Samaria will surely come to pass.”
Footnotes
The old prophet's final act is one of striking, unexpected faith: he confesses the authority of the very word he helped to be violated, and seeks to align his own bones with its speaker. By requesting burial beside the man of God, he enacts the prophecy's protection in reverse—2 Kings 23:18 records that Josiah spares their shared tomb precisely because of the bones of the prophet from Judah lying there. Note also that *Shomron* (Samaria) is a geographical anachronism here: the city was not founded until Omri's reign (1 Kings 16:24), roughly a century after Jeroboam I. Many scholars read this as a later editorial gloss updating the place-name for subsequent readers; others treat it as prophetic foreshadowing. FOG retains *Shomron*; FOG Message uses 'Samaria.'
