1 Kings 13:20
in 1 Kings 13While they were sitting at the table, the word of the LORD came to the prophet who had brought him back,
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And it came to pass, as they sat at the table, that the word of Jehovah came unto the prophet that brought him back;
KJV
And it came to pass, as they sat at the table, that the word of the Lord came unto the prophet that brought him back:
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This verse in 1 Kings 13
Commentary
3 notes on this verseThe word of the Lord came unto the prophet that brought him back - “A great clamor,” says Dr. Kennicott, “has been raised against this part of the history, on account of God’s denouncing sentence on the true prophet by the mouth of the false prophet: but if we examine with attention the original words here, they will be found to signify either he who brought him back; or, whom he had brought back; for the very same words, אשר השיבו asher heshibo, occur again in 1Ki 13:23, where they are now translated, whom he had brought back; and where they cannot be translated otherwise.
This site's exposition
as they sat at the table
on 1 Kings 13:20-22
While the two men sit at the meal that broke the charge, the word of the Lord comes on the old prophet, and the sentence he speaks against his guest is the same word he had just contradicted in his own mouth. Keil and the bench read the case as obedience to a direct, personal word admitting no second revision, even one claiming a fresh angelic message, so the man of God is judged for trusting a report over the command he already had. The false prophet who lied speaks true judgment in the same breath, and the text names the irony without resolving it.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
And it came to pass, as they sat at the table,....
The words behind it
12 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיְהִ֕י | vayhi | and it was | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| הֵ֥ם | hem | they | H1992 → | 553 times |
| יֹשְׁבִ֖ים | yoshevim | [were] sitting | H3427 → | 1079 times |
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | to | H413 → | 5510 times |
| הַשֻּׁלְחָ֑ן פ | hashulchan | the table | H7979 → | 71 times |
| וַֽיְהִי֙ | vayhi | and it came | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| דְּבַר־ | devar- | [the] word of | H1697 → | 1440 times |
| יְהוָ֔ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | to | H413 → | 5510 times |
| הַנָּבִ֖יא | hanavi' | the prophet | H5030 → | 314 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֥ר | ʾasher | who | H834 → | 5497 times |
| הֱשִׁיבֽוֹ׃ | heshivo | he had brought back him | H7725 → | 1056 times |
וַיְהִ֕יand it was
vayhiH1961 →3559 times
הֵ֥םthey
hemH1992 →553 times
יֹשְׁבִ֖ים[were] sitting
yoshevimH3427 →1079 times
אֶל־to
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
הַשֻּׁלְחָ֑ן פthe table
hashulchanH7979 →71 times
וַֽיְהִי֙and it came
vayhiH1961 →3559 times
דְּבַר־[the] word of
devar-H1697 →1440 times
יְהוָ֔הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
אֶל־to
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
הַנָּבִ֖יאthe prophet
hanavi'H5030 →314 times
אֲשֶׁ֥רwho
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
הֱשִׁיבֽוֹ׃he had brought back him
heshivoH7725 →1056 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
Numbers 24:4the prophecy of one who hears the words of God, who sees a vision from the Almighty, who bows down with eyes wide open:
it leads to
- Revelation 1:17
When I saw Him, I fell at His feet like a dead man. But He placed His right hand on me and said, “Do not be afraid. I am the First and the Last,
- Revelation 1:10
On the Lord’s day I was in the Spirit, and I heard behind me a loud voice like a trumpet,
- Revelation 1:17
Through
Numbers 23:5Then the LORD put a message in Balaam’s mouth, saying, “Return to Balak and give him this message.”
it leads to
- Deuteronomy 18:18
I will raise up for them a prophet like you from among their brothers. I will put My words in his mouth, and he will tell them everything I command him.
- Jeremiah 1:9
Then the LORD reached out His hand, touched my mouth, and said to me: “Behold, I have put My words in your mouth.
- Isaiah 51:16
I have put My words in your mouth, and covered you with the shadow of My hand, to establish the heavens, to found the earth, and to say to Zion, ‘You are My people.’”
- Isaiah 59:21
“As for Me, this is My covenant with them,” says the LORD. “My Spirit will not depart from you, and My words that I have put in your mouth will not depart from your…
- Deuteronomy 18:18
Through
John 11:51Caiaphas did not say this on his own. Instead, as high priest that year, he was prophesying that Jesus would die for the nation,
it leads to
- Daniel 9:26
Then after the sixty-two weeks the Messiah will be cut off and will have nothing. Then the people of the prince who is to come will destroy the city and the sanctuary. The end…
- 2 Corinthians 5:21
God made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf, so that in Him we might become the righteousness of God.
- Daniel 9:26
Where this verse is studied
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About 1 Kings
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Keil, The Books of the Kings and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.