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חבריה דמיכה, דכתיב: ״ואיש אחד מבני הנביאים אמר אל רעהו בדבר ה׳ הכיני נא, וימאן האיש להכותו״, וכתיב: ״ויאמר לו יען אשר לא שמעת [וגו׳]״.
the colleague of the prophet Micah, son of Imla (see II Chronicles 18:7–8), as it is written: “And a certain man of the sons of the prophets said to his colleague by the word of YHWH: Strike me, please. And the man refused to strike him” (I Kings 20:35). And it is written: “Then he said to him: Because you have not listened to the voice of YHWH, behold, as soon as you leave me, a lion should slay you. And as soon as he left from him, a lion found him; and slew him” (I Kings 20:36).
ונביא שעבר על דברי עצמו: כגון עדו הנביא, דכתיב: ״כי כן צוה אתי״, וכתיב: ״ויאמר לו גם אני נביא כמוך״, וכתיב: ״וישב אתו״, וכתיב: ״וילך וימצאהו אריה״.
The Mishnah lists among those liable to receive death at the hand of Heaven: And a prophet who violated his own statement. The Talmud comments: For example: Iddo the prophet, who, according to tradition, prophesied the punishment of Jeroboam in Bethel, as it is written: “I will neither eat bread nor drink water in this place, for it so was commanded me by the word of YHWH” (I Kings 13:8–9). And it is written: “And he said to him: I too am a prophet like you; and an angel spoke to me by the word of YHWH, saying: Bring him back with you into your house, that he may eat bread and drink water” (I Kings 13:18). And it is written: “And he went back with him, and ate bread in his house, and drank water” (I Kings 13:19). And it is written that he died at the hand of Heaven: “And he went, and a lion met him by the way, and killed him” (I Kings 13:24).