1 Kings 13:24 BSB — MannaFest

1 Kings 13:24

As he went on his way, a lion met him on the road and killed him, and his body was left lying in the road, with the donkey and the lion standing beside it.

BSB

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ASV

And when he was gone, a lion met him by the way, and slew him: and his body was cast in the way, and the ass stood by it; the lion also stood by the body.

KJV

And when he was gone, a lion met him by the way, and slew him: and his carcase was cast in the way, and the ass stood by it, the lion also stood by the carcase.

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Commentary

3 voices

Gregory the Dialogist

Dialogues, Book 4, Chapter 24 (604)

Seeing we find it written, that what death soever the just man dieth, that his justice shall not be taken from him: what hurt cometh to God's elect servants (walking no question the way to everlasting life), if for a little while they have some pitiful end? and perhaps it proceedeth from some small sin of theirs, which by such kind of death God's pleasure is that it should be purged.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

Had he never read that man lives not by bread alone? That his death was for the glory of God; for by this it appeared, (1.) That nothing is more provoking to him than disobedience to an express command, though in a small matter, which makes his proceedings against our first parents, for eating the forbidden fruit, the easier to be accounted for.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

A lion met him - and slew him - By permitting himself to be seduced by the old prophet, when he should have acted only on the expressly declared counsel of God, he committed the sin unto death; that is, such a sin as God will punish with the death of the body, while he extends mercy to the soul. See my notes on 1Jn 5:16 (note), 1Jn 5:17 (note). From the instance here related, we see, as in various other cases, that often judgment begins at the house of God.

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Original language & word study

16 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיֵּ֕לֶךְ	vai.Ye.lekh	and he went	H1980 →
וַיִּמְצָאֵ֧הוּ	vai.yim.tza.'E.hu	and it met him	H4672 →
אַרְיֵ֛ה	'ar.Yeh	a lion	H738 →
בַּדֶּ֖רֶךְ	ba.De.rekh	on the way	H1870 →
וַיְמִיתֵ֑הוּ	vay.mi.Te.hu	and it killed him	H4191 →
וַתְּהִ֤י	va.te.Hi	and it was	H1961 →
נִבְלָתוֹ֙	niv.la.To	corpse his	H5038 →
מֻשְׁלֶ֣כֶת	mush.Le.khet	thrown down	H7993 →
בַּדֶּ֔רֶךְ	ba.De.rekh	in the road	H1870 →
וְהַחֲמוֹר֙	ve.ha.cha.mOr	and the donkey	H2543 →
עֹמֵ֣ד	'o.Med	[was] standing	H5975 →
אֶצְלָ֔הּ	'etz.Lah	beside it	H681 →
וְהָ֣אַרְיֵ֔ה	ve.Ha.'ar.Yeh	and the lion	H738 →
עֹמֵ֖ד	'o.Med	[was] standing	H5975 →
אֵ֥צֶל	'E.tzel	beside	H681 →
הַנְּבֵלָֽה׃	ha.ne.ve.Lah	the corpse	H5038 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Proverbs 26:13
The slacker says, “A lion is in the road! A fierce lion roams the public square!”
leads to
- Proverbs 15:19
  The way of the slacker is like a hedge of thorns, but the path of the upright is a highway.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Proverbs 22:13
  The slacker says, “There is a lion outside! I will be slain in the streets!”
- Proverbs 19:15
  Laziness brings on deep sleep, and an idle soul will suffer hunger.
Through
Amos 5:19
It will be like a man who flees from a lion, only to encounter a bear, or who enters his house and rests his hand against the wall, only to be bitten by a…
leads to
- Isaiah 24:17–18
  Terror and pit and snare await you, O dweller of the earth.
- Jeremiah 15:2–3
  If they ask you, ‘Where shall we go?’ you are to tell them that this is what the LORD says: ‘Those destined for death, to death; those destined for the sword, to the sword;…
- Jeremiah 48:43–44
  Terror and pit and snare await you, O dweller of Moab,” declares the LORD.
Through
Proverbs 22:13
The slacker says, “There is a lion outside! I will be slain in the streets!”
leads to
- Proverbs 26:13–16
  The slacker says, “A lion is in the road! A fierce lion roams the public square!”
- Numbers 13:32–33
  So they gave the Israelites a bad report about the land that they had spied out: “The land we explored devours its inhabitants, and all the people we saw there are great in stature.

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01Commentary

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About 1 Kings

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About 1 Kings