1 Kings 13:12
in 1 Kings 13“Which way did he go?” their father asked. And his sons showed him the way taken by the man of God, who had come from Judah.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And their father said unto them, What way went he? Now his sons had seen what way the man of God went, that came from Judah.
KJV
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.
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This verse in 1 Kings 13
Commentary
3 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
a certain old prophet was living in Bethel
on 1 Kings 13:11-13
An old prophet living at Bethel hears the day's events and has the donkey saddled to overtake the man of God. Albert Barnes notes that Israelites who kept faith with the Lord after Jeroboam's changes generally left for Jerusalem. Yet this prophet stayed at the center of the calf worship.
This site's exposition
Which way did he go
The sons had been at the altar that day and watched the man of God leave. Jamieson, Fausset and Brown take them for worshippers at Bethel, and they allow that the sons served as priests there. Their father knows the prophecy only from their report.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
And their father said unto them, what way went he?.... Having a strong inclination to see him, and converse with him: for his sons had seen what way the man of God went which came from Judah; they took notice of it; and, as the Targum, they showed it to their father.
How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
On the verses either side of this one
An old prophet. A false prophet. 6 According to some opinions the prophet was Michah. Others opine it was either Amatzyah, or Yiddo, or Yonoson the son of Gershom.—Radak
This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.
Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 6 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.
The words behind it
18 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיְדַבֵּ֤ר | vaydaber | and he spoke | H1696 → | 1141 times |
| אֲלֵהֶם֙ | ʾalehem | to them | H413 → | 5510 times |
| אֲבִיהֶ֔ם | ʾavihem | father their | H1 → | 1212 times |
| אֵֽי־ | ʾei- | where? | H335 → | |
| זֶ֥ה | zeh | this | H2088 → | 1180 times |
| הַדֶּ֖רֶךְ | haderekh | [is] the way | H1870 → | 707 times |
| הָלָ֑ךְ | halakh | [which] he went | H1980 → | 1546 times |
| וַיִּרְא֣וּ | vaiyiru | and they had seen | H7200 → | 1300 times |
| בָנָ֗יו | vanav | sons his | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| הַדֶּ֙רֶךְ֙ | haderekh | the way | H1870 → | 707 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֤ר | ʾasher | which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| הָלַךְ֙ | halakh | he had gone | H1980 → | 1546 times |
| אִ֣ישׁ | ʾish | [the] man of | H376 → | 1663 times |
| הָאֱלֹהִ֔ים | haelohim | <the> God | H430 → | 2601 times |
| אֲשֶׁר־ | ʾasher- | who | H834 → | 5497 times |
| בָּ֖א | ba' | he had come | H935 → | 2568 times |
| מִיהוּדָֽה׃ | mihudah | from Judah | H3063 → | 819 times |
וַיְדַבֵּ֤רand he spoke
vaydaberH1696 →1141 times
אֲלֵהֶם֙to them
ʾalehemH413 →5510 times
אֲבִיהֶ֔םfather their
ʾavihemH1 →1212 times
אֵֽי־where?
ʾei-H335 →
זֶ֥הthis
zehH2088 →1180 times
הַדֶּ֖רֶךְ[is] the way
haderekhH1870 →707 times
הָלָ֑ךְ[which] he went
halakhH1980 →1546 times
וַיִּרְא֣וּand they had seen
vaiyiruH7200 →1300 times
בָנָ֗יוsons his
vanavH1121 →4930 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
הַדֶּ֙רֶךְ֙the way
haderekhH1870 →707 times
אֲשֶׁ֤רwhich
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
הָלַךְ֙he had gone
halakhH1980 →1546 times
אִ֣ישׁ[the] man of
ʾishH376 →1663 times
הָאֱלֹהִ֔ים<the> God
haelohimH430 →2601 times
אֲשֶׁר־who
ʾasher-H834 →5497 times
בָּ֖אhe had come
ba'H935 →2568 times
מִיהוּדָֽה׃from Judah
mihudahH3063 →819 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
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This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763).