a man of God] A prophet sent by God. See on 1 Kings 13:1. the Lord is not with Israel] Because they had forsaken the LORD, 1 King. 12. 28, &c. all] Or, any of. Ephraim] Ephraim is put for the ten tribes (Jeremiah 7:15.) as Judah for the other two, Hosea 6:4. for Ephraim was as the firstborn (Genesis 48:19) and the greatest of the ten, Joshua 17:14; Joshua 17:17. out of it their first king arose, 1 Kings 11:26.