1 Kings 13:20
◄  1 Kings 13:20  ►
New International Version (©2011)
While they were sitting at the table, the word of the LORD came to the old prophet who had brought him back.

New Living Translation (©2007)
Then while they were sitting at the table, a command from the LORD came to the old prophet.

English Standard Version (©2001)
And as they sat at the table, the word of the LORD came to the prophet who had brought him back.

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
Now it came about, as they were sitting down at the table, that the word of the LORD came to the prophet who had brought him back;

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
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:

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
While they were sitting at the table, the word of the LORD came to the prophet who had brought him back,

International Standard Version (©2012)
Later, while they were sitting down at the table, a message from the LORD was delivered to the prophet who had brought him back,

NET Bible (©2006)
While they were sitting at the table, the LORD spoke through the old prophet

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
When they were sitting at the table, the LORD spoke his word to the old prophet who had brought back the man of God.

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
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:

American King James Version
And it came to pass, as they sat at the table, that the word of the LORD came to the prophet that brought him back:

American Standard Version
And it came to pass, as they sat at the table, that the word of Jehovah came unto the prophet that brought him back;

Douay-Rheims Bible
And as they sat at table, the word of the Lord came to the prophet that brought him back:

Darby Bible Translation
And it came to pass as they sat at the table, that the word of Jehovah came to the prophet that brought him back;

English Revised Version
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:

Webster's Bible Translation
And it came to pass, as they sat at the table, that the word of the LORD came to the prophet that brought him back:

World English Bible
It happened, as they sat at the table, that the word of Yahweh came to the prophet who brought him back;

Young's Literal Translation
And it cometh to pass -- they are sitting at the table -- and a word of Jehovah is unto the prophet who brought him back,

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

13:11-22 The old prophet's conduct proves that he was not really a godly man. When the change took place under Jeroboam, he preferred his ease and interest to his religion. He took a very bad method to bring the good prophet back. It was all a lie. Believers are most in danger of being drawn from their duty by plausible pretences of holiness. We may wonder that the wicked prophet went unpunished, while the holy man of God was suddenly and severely punished. What shall we make of this? The judgments of God are beyond our power to fathom; and there is a judgment to come. Nothing can excuse any act of wilful disobedience. This shows what they must expect who hearken to the great deceiver. They that yield to him as a tempter, will be terrified by him as a tormentor. Those whom he now fawns upon, he will afterwards fly upon; and whom he draws into sin, he will try to drive to despair.

Pulpit Commentary

Verse 20. - And it came to pass, as they sat at the table [cf. Psalm 78:30. He is taken in the act, "even in the blossoms of his sin"], that the word of the Lord came unto the prophet that brought him back.

Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And it came to pass, as they sat at the table,.... The old prophet, with his sons, and the man of God; the Arabic version adds, "and did eat", there being a pause in the Hebrew text, as if something was wanting, and to be understood and supplied:

that the word of the Lord came unto the prophet that brought him back; that is, to the old prophet, who was the means of bringing back the man of God; the word did not come to him who had transgressed the command of the Lord, but to him who was the occasion of it; though Abarbinel is of opinion that the word came to the latter, and so some versions, both ancient and modern, render the clause, "to the prophet whom he had brought back" (f) and which is countenanced by what is said, 1 Kings 13:26,

according to the word of the Lord which he spoke unto him: but the former sense best agrees with what follows.

(f) Syr. Ar. Junius & Tremellius.

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The Prophet's Disobedience
…19So he went back with him, and did eat bread in his house, and drank water. 20And it came to pass, as they sat at the table, that the word of the LORD came to the prophet that brought him back: 21And he cried to the man of God that came from Judah, saying, Thus said the LORD, For as much as you have disobeyed the mouth of the LORD, and have not kept the commandment which the LORD your God commanded you, …

1 Kings 13:19 So the man of God returned with him and ate and drank in his house.
1 Kings 13:21 He cried out to the man of God who had come from Judah, "This is what the LORD says: 'You have defied the word of the LORD and have not kept the command the LORD your God gave you.