1 Kings 13:14
in 1 Kings 13and went after the man of God. He found him sitting under an oak tree and asked, “Are you the man of God who came from Judah?” “I am,” he replied.
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ASV
And he 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.
KJV
And 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.
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This verse in 1 Kings 13
Commentary
2 notes on this verseAnd went after the man of God - I can hardly think that this was with any evil design. His sons had given him such an account of the prediction, the power, and influence of this prophet, that he wished to have a particular acquaintance with him, in order that he might get farther information relative to the solemn import of the prophecy which he had denounced against the idolatry at Beth-el. This good man could not have been an object of the old prophet’s malevolence.
This site's exposition
found him sitting under an oak
on 1 Kings 13:14-15
He finds the man of God resting under an oak and invites him home for bread, the same invitation Jeroboam already made and the man of God already refused. Clarke reads the old prophet's motive as ordinary curiosity about the prophecy just pronounced against Bethel, not malice, and nothing in the narrative before this point contradicts that reading.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיֵּ֗לֶךְ | vaiyelekh | and he went | H1980 → | 1546 times |
| אַֽחֲרֵי֙ | ʾacharei | after | H310 → | 715 times |
| אִ֣ישׁ | ʾish | [the] man of | H376 → | 1663 times |
| הָאֱלֹהִ֔ים | haelohim | <the> God | H430 → | 2601 times |
| וַיִּ֨מְצָאֵ֔הוּ | vaiyimtzaehu | and he found him | H4672 → | 455 times |
| יֹשֵׁ֖ב | yoshev | sitting | H3427 → | 1079 times |
| תַּ֣חַת | tachat | under | H8478 → | 505 times |
| הָאֵלָ֑ה | haelah | the oak | H424 → | |
| וַיֹּ֣אמֶר | vaiyomer | and he said | H559 → | 5305 times |
| אֵלָ֗יו | ʾelav | to him | H413 → | 5510 times |
| הַאַתָּ֧ה | haatah | ¿ [are] you | H859 → | 1094 times |
| אִישׁ־ | ʾish- | [the] man of | H376 → | 1663 times |
| הָאֱלֹהִ֛ים | haelohim | <the> God | H430 → | 2601 times |
| אֲשֶׁר־ | ʾasher- | who | H834 → | 5497 times |
| בָּ֥אתָ | bata | you came | H935 → | 2568 times |
| מִֽיהוּדָ֖ה | mihudah | from Judah | H3063 → | 819 times |
| וַיֹּ֥אמֶר | vaiyomer | and he said | H559 → | 5305 times |
| אָֽנִי׃ | ʾani | I [am] | H589 → | 874 times |
וַיֵּ֗לֶךְand he went
vaiyelekhH1980 →1546 times
אַֽחֲרֵי֙after
ʾachareiH310 →715 times
אִ֣ישׁ[the] man of
ʾishH376 →1663 times
הָאֱלֹהִ֔ים<the> God
haelohimH430 →2601 times
וַיִּ֨מְצָאֵ֔הוּand he found him
vaiyimtzaehuH4672 →455 times
יֹשֵׁ֖בsitting
yoshevH3427 →1079 times
תַּ֣חַתunder
tachatH8478 →505 times
הָאֵלָ֑הthe oak
haelahH424 →
וַיֹּ֣אמֶרand he said
vaiyomerH559 →5305 times
אֵלָ֗יוto him
ʾelavH413 →5510 times
הַאַתָּ֧ה¿ [are] you
haatahH859 →1094 times
אִישׁ־[the] man of
ʾish-H376 →1663 times
הָאֱלֹהִ֛ים<the> God
haelohimH430 →2601 times
אֲשֶׁר־who
ʾasher-H834 →5497 times
בָּ֥אתָyou came
bataH935 →2568 times
מִֽיהוּדָ֖הfrom Judah
mihudahH3063 →819 times
וַיֹּ֥אמֶרand he said
vaiyomerH559 →5305 times
אָֽנִי׃I [am]
ʾaniH589 →874 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
John 4:34Jesus explained, “My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me and to finish His work.
it leads to
- John 6:38
For I have come down from heaven, not to do My own will, but to do the will of Him who sent Me.
- John 5:30
I can do nothing by Myself; I judge only as I hear. And My judgment is just, because I do not seek My own will, but the will of Him who sent Me.
- Job 23:12
I have not departed from the command of His lips; I have treasured the words of His mouth more than my daily bread.
- John 17:4
I have glorified You on earth by accomplishing the work You gave Me to do.
- John 4:32
But He told them, “I have food to eat that you know nothing about.”
- John 6:38
Through
1 Kings 19:4while he himself traveled on a day’s journey into the wilderness. He sat down under a broom tree and prayed that he might die. “I have had enough, LORD,” he said. “Take my life,…
it leads to
- Jonah 4:3
And now, O LORD, please take my life from me, for it is better for me to die than to live.”
- Numbers 11:15
If this is how You are going to treat me, please kill me right now—if I have found favor in Your eyes—and let me not see my own wretchedness.”
- Jonah 4:3
Through
John 4:6Since Jacob’s well was there, Jesus, weary from His journey, sat down by the well. It was about the sixth hour.
it leads to
- Hebrews 4:15
For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who was tempted in every way that we are, yet was without sin.
- Hebrews 4:15
Where this verse is studied
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Who and where
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible and John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament.