⁸ Then Manoah^(A) prayed to the Lord: “Pardon your servant, Lord. I beg you to let the man of God^(B) you sent to us come again to teach us how to bring up the boy who is to be born.”

Prophecy Against the House of Eli

²⁷ Now a man of God^(A) came to Eli and said to him, “This is what the Lord says: ‘Did I not clearly reveal myself to your ancestor’s family when they were in Egypt under Pharaoh?

⁶ But the servant replied, “Look, in this town there is a man of God;^(A) he is highly respected, and everything^(B) he says comes true. Let’s go there now. Perhaps he will tell us what way to take.”

The Man of God From Judah

13 By the word of the Lord a man of God^(A) came from Judah to Bethel,^(B) as Jeroboam was standing by the altar to make an offering.

¹⁸ She said to Elijah, “What do you have against me, man of God? Did you come to remind me of my sin^(A) and kill my son?”