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1 Kings 13:12 KJV
1 Kings · chapter 13 · verse 12
And their father said unto them, What way went he? For his sons had seen what way the man of God went, which came from Judah.1 Kings 13:12 · King James Version
1 Kings 13:12 in context
10So he went another way, and returned not by the way that he came to Bethel.
11Now there dwelt an old prophet in Bethel; and his sons came and told him all the works that the man of God had done that day in Bethel: the words which he had spoken unto the king, them they told also to their father.
12And their father said unto them, What way went he? For his sons had seen what way the man of God went, which came from Judah.
13And he said unto his sons, Saddle me the ass. So they saddled him the ass: and he rode thereon,
14And went after the man of God, and found him sitting under an oak: and he said unto him, Art thou the man of God that camest from Judah? And he said, I am.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- fatherʼâbfather, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote applicationH1 →
- JudahYᵉhûwdâhJehudah , the name of five IsraelitesH3063 →
- saiddâbarperhaps properly, to arrangeH1696 →
- wenthâlakto walkH1980 →
- sonsbêna son , in the widest sense , etc.)H1121 →
- seenrâʼâhto see, literally or figurativelyH7200 →
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The man of God had honestly and resolutely refused the king's invitation, though he promised him a reward; yet he was over-persuaded by an old prophet to come back with him, and dine in Beth-el, contrary to the command given him. Here we find how dearly his dinner cost him. Observe with wonder, I.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 11-22