Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version So he took another road and did not return by the way he had come to Bethel. New Living Translation So he left Bethel and went home another way. English Standard Version So he went another way and did not return by the way that he came to Bethel. Berean Standard Bible So the man of God went another way and did not return by the way he had come to Bethel. King James Bible So he went another way, and returned not by the way that he came to Bethel. New King James Version So he went another way and did not return by the way he came to Bethel. New American Standard Bible So he went another way and did not return by the way that he had come to Bethel. NASB 1995 So he went another way and did not return by the way which he came to Bethel. NASB 1977 So he went another way, and did not return by the way which he came to Bethel. Legacy Standard Bible So he went another way and did not return by the way which he came to Bethel. Amplified Bible So he went another way and did not return by the way that he came to Bethel. Christian Standard Bible So he went another way; he did not go back by the way he had come to Bethel. Holman Christian Standard Bible So he went another way; he did not go back by the way he had come to Bethel. American Standard Version So he went another way, and returned not by the way that he came to Beth-el. Contemporary English Version Then he started home down a different road. English Revised Version So he went another way, and returned not by the way that he came to Beth-el. GOD'S WORD® Translation So the man of God left on another road and didn't go back on the road he had taken to Bethel. Good News Translation So he did not go back the same way he had come, but by another road. International Standard Version Then he left, returning a different way than the one by which he had traveled to Bethel. Majority Standard Bible So the man of God went another way and did not return by the way he had come to Bethel. NET Bible So he started back on another road; he did not travel back on the same road he had taken to Bethel. New Heart English Bible So he went another way, and did not return by the way that he came to Bethel. Webster's Bible Translation So he went another way, and returned not by the way that he came to Beth-el. World English Bible So he went another way, and didn’t return by the way that he came to Bethel. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionAnd he goes on in another way, and has not turned back in the way in which he came in to Beth-El. Young's Literal Translation And he goeth on in another way, and hath not turned back in the way in which he came in unto Beth-El. Smith's Literal Translation And he will go in another way, and he turned not back in the way which he came in it to the house of God. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleSo he departed by another way, and returned not by the way that he came into Bethel. Catholic Public Domain Version Then he departed by another way, and he did not return along the way that he had traveled to Bethel. New American Bible So he departed by another road and did not go back the way he had come to Bethel. New Revised Standard Version So he went another way, and did not return by the way that he had come to Bethel. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa Bible- - - Peshitta Holy Bible Translated And he went on himself on another road, and he did not return on the road by which he came to Bayth Eil. OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917So he went another way, and returned not by the way that he came to Beth-el. Brenton Septuagint Translation So he departed by another way, and returned not by the way by which he came to Baethel. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Jeroboam's Hand Withers…9For this is what I was commanded by the word of the LORD: ‘You must not eat bread or drink water or return by the way you came.’ ” 10So the man of God went another way and did not return by the way he had come to Bethel. Cross References 1 Kings 20:35-36 Meanwhile, by the word of the LORD, one of the sons of the prophets said to his companion, “Strike me, please!” But the man refused to strike him. / Then the prophet said to him, “Because you have not obeyed the voice of the LORD, as soon as you depart from me a lion will kill you.” And when he left, a lion found him and killed him. 2 Kings 23:16-18 And as Josiah turned, he saw the tombs there on the hillside, and he sent someone to take the bones out of the tombs, and he burned them on the altar to defile it, according to the word of the LORD proclaimed by the man of God who had foretold these things. / Then the king asked, “What is this monument I see?” And the men of the city replied, “It is the tomb of the man of God who came from Judah and proclaimed these things that you have done to the altar of Bethel.” / “Let him rest,” said Josiah. “Do not let anyone disturb his bones.” So they left his bones undisturbed, along with those of the prophet who had come from Samaria. 1 Samuel 15:22-23 But Samuel declared: “Does the LORD delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices as much as in obedience to His voice? Behold, obedience is better than sacrifice, and attentiveness is better than the fat of rams. / For rebellion is like the sin of divination, and arrogance is like the wickedness of idolatry. Because you have rejected the word of the LORD, He has rejected you as king.” Jeremiah 35:5-10 Then I set pitchers full of wine and some cups before the men of the house of the Rechabites, and I said to them, “Drink some wine.” / “We do not drink wine,” they replied, “for our forefather Jonadab son of Rechab commanded us, ‘Neither you nor your descendants are ever to drink wine. / Nor are you ever to build a house or sow seed or plant a vineyard. Those things are not for you. Instead, you must live in tents all your lives, so that you may live a long time in the land where you wander.’ ... 2 Kings 17:13-15 Yet through all His prophets and seers, the LORD warned Israel and Judah, saying, “Turn from your wicked ways and keep My commandments and statutes, according to the entire Law that I commanded your fathers and delivered to you through My servants the prophets.” / But they would not listen, and they stiffened their necks like their fathers, who did not believe the LORD their God. / They rejected His statutes and the covenant He had made with their fathers, as well as the decrees He had given them. They pursued worthless idols and became worthless themselves, going after the surrounding nations that the LORD had commanded them not to imitate. Amos 7:14-17 “I was not a prophet,” Amos replied, “nor was I the son of a prophet; rather, I was a herdsman and a tender of sycamore-fig trees. / But the LORD took me from following the flock and said to me, ‘Go, prophesy to My people Israel.’ / Now, therefore, hear the word of the LORD. You say: ‘Do not prophesy against Israel; do not preach against the house of Isaac.’ ... Matthew 7:13-14 Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. / But small is the gate and narrow the way that leads to life, and only a few find it. Luke 9:57-62 As they were walking along the road, someone said to Jesus, “I will follow You wherever You go.” / Jesus replied, “Foxes have dens and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay His head.” / Then He said to another man, “Follow Me.” The man replied, “Lord, first let me go and bury my father.” ... Acts 5:29 But Peter and the other apostles replied, “We must obey God rather than men. 2 Corinthians 6:14-17 Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers. For what partnership can righteousness have with wickedness? Or what fellowship does light have with darkness? / What harmony is there between Christ and Belial? Or what does a believer have in common with an unbeliever? / What agreement can exist between the temple of God and idols? For we are the temple of the living God. As God has said: “I will dwell with them and walk among them, and I will be their God, and they will be My people.” ... Hebrews 11:8 By faith Abraham, when called to go to a place he would later receive as his inheritance, obeyed and went, without knowing where he was going. 1 John 2:15-17 Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. / For all that is in the world—the desires of the flesh, the desires of the eyes, and the pride of life—is not from the Father but from the world. / The world is passing away, along with its desires; but whoever does the will of God remains forever. Genesis 19:17 As soon as the men had brought them out, one of them said, “Run for your lives! Do not look back, and do not stop anywhere on the plain! Flee to the mountains, or you will be swept away!” Numbers 22:12-13 But God said to Balaam, “Do not go with them. You are not to curse this people, for they are blessed.” / So Balaam got up the next morning and said to Balak’s princes, “Go back to your homeland, because the LORD has refused to let me go with you.” Deuteronomy 13:1-4 If a prophet or dreamer of dreams arises among you and proclaims a sign or wonder to you, / and if the sign or wonder he has spoken to you comes about, but he says, “Let us follow other gods (which you have not known) and let us worship them,” / you must not listen to the words of that prophet or dreamer. For the LORD your God is testing you to find out whether you love Him with all your heart and with all your soul. ... Treasury of Scripture So he went another way, and returned not by the way that he came to Bethel. Jump to Previous Bethel Beth-El Road Turned WayJump to Next Bethel Beth-El Road Turned Way1 Kings 13 1. Jeroboam's hand withers6. and at the prayer of the prophet is restored 7. The prophet departs from Bethel 11. An old prophet brings him back 20. He is reproved by God 23. slain by a lion 26. buried by the old prophet 31. who confirms the prophecy 33. Jeroboam's obstinacy So the man of God This phrase refers to a prophet, a messenger chosen by God to deliver His word. In Hebrew, "man of God" is "ish ha-Elohim," indicating a person set apart for divine purposes. Prophets in Israel held a significant role, often challenging kings and guiding the people back to covenant faithfulness. The title underscores the authority and divine mission of the individual, reminding us of the importance of obedience to God's calling. went another way and did not return by the way he had come to Bethel CHAPTER 13:11-34. THE DISOBEDIENCE AND DEATH OF THE MAN OF GOD. - The seduction of the man of God, who has borne such fearless witness against Jeroboam's ecclesiastical policy, and his tragical end, are now narrated, partly because of the deep impression the story made at the time, but principally because these events were in themselves an eloquent testimony against the worship of the calves and the whole ecclesiastical policy of Jeroboam, and a solemn warning for all time against any, the slightest, departure from the commandments of God. The very unfaithfulness of this accredited messenger of the Most High, and the instant punishment it provoked, became part of the Divine protest against the new regime, against the unfaithfulness of Israel; whilst the remarkable manner in which these occurrences were recalled to the nation's memory in the reign of Josiah (2 Kings 23:17, 18) made it impossible for the historian of the theocracy to pass them over without notice. Hebrew So [the man of God] wentוַיֵּ֖לֶךְ (way·yê·leḵ) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 1980: To go, come, walk another אַחֵ֑ר (’a·ḥêr) Adjective - masculine singular Strong's 312: Hinder, next, other way בְּדֶ֣רֶךְ (bə·ḏe·reḵ) Preposition-b | Noun - common singular Strong's 1870: A road, a course of life, mode of action and did not וְלֹֽא־ (wə·lō-) Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle Strong's 3808: Not, no return שָׁ֣ב (šāḇ) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 7725: To turn back, in, to retreat, again by the way בַּדֶּ֔רֶךְ (bad·de·reḵ) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - common singular Strong's 1870: A road, a course of life, mode of action he had come בָּ֥א (bā) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 935: To come in, come, go in, go to אֶל־ (’el-) Preposition Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to Bethel. אֵֽל׃ (’êl) Noun - proper - feminine singular Strong's 1008: Bethel -- 'house of God', a city in Ephraim, also a place in southern Judah Links 1 Kings 13:10 NIV1 Kings 13:10 NLT 1 Kings 13:10 ESV 1 Kings 13:10 NASB 1 Kings 13:10 KJV 1 Kings 13:10 BibleApps.com 1 Kings 13:10 Biblia Paralela 1 Kings 13:10 Chinese Bible 1 Kings 13:10 French Bible 1 Kings 13:10 Catholic Bible OT History: 1 Kings 13:10 So he went another way and didn't (1Ki iKi i Ki 1 Kg 1kg) |