Matthew Poole and continuators on 1 Kings 13:2

2 And he cried against the altar in the word of the LORD, and said, O altar, altar , thus saith the LORD, Behold, a child shall be born unto the house of David, Josiah by name , and upon thee shall he offer the priests of the highplaces that burn incense upon thee, and mens bones shall be burnt upon thee.

And consequently, against all that Worship; which is oft signified by the name of the altar. See Isa. 19. 19. 1 Cor. 9. 13. Heb. 7. 13. and 13. 10.

He directs his Speech to the Altar; partly, because the following signs were wrought upon it; and partly to signifie, That Ieroboam would no more regard his words, than the Altar did; and yet they should take effect.

Which being done above 300 years after this Prophecy; plainly shews the absolute certainty of God's Providence, and Fore-knowledge, even in the most contingent things. For this was in it self uncertain, and wholly depended upon Man's Will, both as to the having of a Child, and as to the giving it this Name. Therefore God can certainly, and effectually over-rule Man's Will which way he pleaseth; or else it was possible, that this Prediction should have been false; which is Blasphemous to imagine.

Synecdochically, the Bones of the Priests, 2 King. 23. 15, 16. whereby the Altar should be defiled.

Marginal references: Heb. is born.; 2 King. 23. 16.