second. At the borders of the story are two prophetic confrontations. In the first, the man of God confronts Jeroboam, warning him of destruction, while in the second, the old prophet confronts the man of God, warning him of immediate death. By the time we reach scene 4, the prophet is in the same relation to the man of God as the man of God is to Jeroboam, and as a result what happens to the man of God serves as a warning of what will happen to Jeroboam. The man of God resists the seductions of