Matthew Poole and continuators on 1 Kings 13:6

6 And the king answered , and said unto the man of God, Intreat now the face of the LORD thy God , and pray for me, that my hand may be restored me again. And the man of God besought the LORD , and the kings hand was restored again , and became as it was before.

i. e. Spoke; as that Word is oft used in both Testaments.

Who by his Zeal for thee, hath manifested himself to be thy God and Friend, in a singular manner; and therefore will hear thy Prayers for me, though he will not regard mine, because I have forsaken him and his Worship.

To assure Ieroboam, that what he had said, was not from ill-will to him, and that he heartily desired his Reformation, not his Ruine.

Partly to assure him, that the stroke was from God: partly, because he Repented of that Violence which he intended against the Prophet, for which God inflicted it: and partly, that this goodness of God to him, might have led him to Repentance; or, if he continued Impenitent, leave him without all excuse.

Marginal references: Heb. the [illegible: 1 word] of the LORD▪