1 Kings 13:12 Their father asked them, "Which way did he go?" And his sons showed him which road the man of God from Judah had taken.

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Parallel Verses

New International Version
Their father asked them, "Which way did he go?" And his sons showed him which road the man of God from Judah had taken.

English Standard Version
And their father said to them, “Which way did he go?” And his sons showed him the way that the man of God who came from Judah had gone.

New American Standard Bible
Their father said to them, "Which way did he go?" Now his sons had seen the way which the man of God who came from Judah had gone.

King James Bible
And their father said unto them, What way went he? For his sons had seen what way the man of God went, which came from Judah.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Then their father said to them, "Which way did he go?" His sons had seen the way taken by the man of God who had come from Judah.

International Standard Version
"Which way did he go?" their father asked him, since his sons had observed the way that the man of God had taken to return to Judah from Bethel.

American Standard Version
And their father said unto them, What way went he? Now his sons had seen what way the man of God went, that came from Judah.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And their father said to them: What way went he? His sons shewed him the way by which the man of God went, who came out of Juda.

Darby Bible Translation
And their father said to them, Which way went he? for his sons had seen which way the man of God went, who came from Judah.

Young's Literal Translation
And their father saith unto them, 'Where is this -- the way he hath gone?' and his sons see the way that the man of God hath gone who came from Judah.

Cross References

1 Kings 13:11
Now there dwelled an old prophet in Bethel; and his sons came and told him all the works that the man of God had done that day in Bethel: the words which he had spoken to the king, them they told also to their father.

1 Kings 13:13
And he said to his sons, Saddle me the ass. So they saddled him the ass: and he rode thereon,

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Commentaries

Matthew Henry's 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.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

11. Now there dwelt an old prophet in Beth-el—If this were a true prophet, he was a bad man.