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He found him sitting under an oak tree and asked, &#8220Are you the man of God who came from Judah?&#8221 &#8220I am,&#8221 he replied. <a href="/nlt/1_kings/13.htm">New Living Translation</a> Then he rode after the man of God and found him sitting under a great tree. The old prophet asked him, “Are you the man of God who came from Judah?” “Yes, I am,” he replied. <a href="/esv/1_kings/13.htm">English Standard Version</a> And he went after the man of God and found him sitting under an oak. And he said to him, “Are you the man of God who came from Judah?” And he said, “I am.” <a href="/bsb/1_kings/13.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> and went after the man of God. He found him sitting under an oak tree and asked, “Are you the man of God who came from Judah?” “I am,” he replied. <a href="/kjv/1_kings/13.htm">King James Bible</a> And went after the man of God, and found him sitting under an oak: and he said unto him, Art thou the man of God that camest from Judah? And he said, I am. <a href="/nkjv/1_kings/13.htm">New King James Version</a> and went after the man of God, and found him sitting under an oak. Then he said to him, “Are you the man of God who came from Judah?” And he said, “I am.” <a href="/nasb_/1_kings/13.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> So he went after the man of God and found him sitting under an oak; and he said to him, “Are you the man of God who came from Judah?” And he said, “I am.” <a href="/nasb/1_kings/13.htm">NASB 1995</a> So he went after the man of God and found him sitting under an oak; and he said to him, &#8220Are you the man of God who came from Judah?&#8221 And he said, &#8220I am.&#8221 <a href="/nasb77/1_kings/13.htm">NASB 1977 </a> So he went after the man of God and found him sitting under an oak; and he said to him, “Are you the man of God who came from Judah?” And he said, “I am.” <a href="/lsb/1_kings/13.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> So he went after the man of God and found him sitting under an oak; and he said to him, “Are you the man of God who came from Judah?” And he said, “I am.” <a href="/amp/1_kings/13.htm">Amplified Bible</a> and he went after the man of God. And he found him sitting under an oak (terebinth) tree, and he said to him, “Are you the man of God who came from Judah?” And he said, “I am.” <a href="/csb/1_kings/13.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> He followed the man of God and found him sitting under an oak tree. He asked him, “Are you the man of God who came from Judah? ” “I am,” he said. <a href="/hcsb/1_kings/13.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> He followed the man of God and found him sitting under an oak tree. He asked him, &#8220Are you the man of God who came from Judah?"&#8221 I am,&#8221 he said. <a href="/asv/1_kings/13.htm">American Standard Version</a> And he went after the man of God, and found him sitting under an oak; and he said unto him, Art thou the man of God that camest from Judah? And he said, I am. <a href="/cev/1_kings/13.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> and rode off to look for the prophet from Judah. The old prophet found him sitting under an oak tree and asked, "Are you the prophet from Judah?" "Yes, I am." <a href="/erv/1_kings/13.htm">English Revised Version</a> And he went after the man of God, and found him sitting under an oak: and he said unto him, Art thou the man of God that camest from Judah? And he said, I am. <a href="/gwt/1_kings/13.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> He went after the man of God and found him sitting under an oak tree. The old prophet asked him, "Are you the man of God who came from Judah?" "Yes," he answered. <a href="/gnt/1_kings/13.htm">Good News Translation</a> down the road after the prophet from Judah and found him sitting under an oak tree. "Are you the prophet from Judah?" he asked. "I am," the man answered. <a href="/isv/1_kings/13.htm">International Standard Version</a> and he rode off after the man of God and found him sitting under an oak tree. "You're the man of God who came from Judah, aren't you?" the old prophet asked him. "I am," he replied. <a href="/msb/1_kings/13.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> and went after the man of God. He found him sitting under an oak tree and asked, ?Are you the man of God who came from Judah?? ?I am,? he replied. <a href="/net/1_kings/13.htm">NET Bible</a> and took off after the prophet, whom he found sitting under an oak tree. He asked him, "Are you the prophet from Judah?" He answered, "Yes, I am." <a href="/nheb/1_kings/13.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> He went after the man of God, and found him sitting under an oak. He said to him, "Are you the man of God who came from Judah?" He said, "I am." <a href="/wbt/1_kings/13.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> And went after the man of God, and found him sitting under an oak: and he said to him, Art thou the man of God that camest from Judah? And he said, I am. <a href="/web/1_kings/13.htm">World English Bible</a> He went after the man of God, and found him sitting under an oak. He said to him, “Are you the man of God who came from Judah?” He said, “I am.” <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/1_kings/13.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> and goes after the man of God, and finds him sitting under the oak, and says to him, “Are you the man of God who has come from Judah?” And he says, “I [am].” <a href="/ylt/1_kings/13.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> and goeth after the man of God, and findeth him sitting under the oak, and saith unto him, 'Art thou the man of God who hast come from Judah?' and he saith, 'I am.' <a href="/slt/1_kings/13.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> And he will go after the man of God, and he will find him sitting under an oak: and he will say to him, Thou the man of God who came from Judah? And he will say, I.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/1_kings/13.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> And went after the man of God, and found him sitting under a turpentine tree: and he said to him: Art thou the man of God that camest from Juda? He answered: I am. <a href="/cpdv/1_kings/13.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> and he went away after the man of God. And he found him sitting under a terebinth tree. And he said to him, “Are you the man of God who came from Judah?” And he responded, “I am.” <a href="/nabre/1_kings/13.htm">New American Bible</a> and followed the man of God, whom he found seated under a terebinth. When he asked him, “Are you the man of God who came from Judah?” he answered, “Yes.” <a href="/nrsvce/1_kings/13.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> He went after the man of God, and found him sitting under an oak tree. He said to him, “Are you the man of God who came from Judah?” He answered, “I am.”<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/1_kings/13.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> - - - <a href="/hpbt/1_kings/13.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> And he went on after the prophet of God and he found him while sitting under an oak and said to him: “Are you the Prophet of God who came from Yehuda?” He said to him, “I am.”<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/1_kings/13.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> And he went after the man of God, and found him sitting under a terebinth; and he said unto him: 'Art thou the man of God that camest from Judah?' And he said: 'I am.' <a href="/sep/1_kings/13.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> and went after the man of God, and found him sitting under an oak: and he said to him, Art thou the man of God that came out of Juda? And he said to him, I am. <a href="/parallel/1_kings/13-14.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Xx9A0AxPaoQ?start=5276" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/1_kings/13.htm">The Old Prophet and the Man of God</a> …13So the prophet said to his sons, “Saddle the donkey for me.” Then they saddled the donkey for him, and he mounted it 14<a href="/hebrew/1980.htm" title="1980: way·yê·leḵ (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To go, come, walk. Akin to yalak; a primitive root; to walk.">and went</a> <a href="/hebrew/310.htm" title="310: ’a·ḥă·rê (Prep) -- The hind or following part. From 'achar; properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after.">after</a> <a href="/hebrew/376.htm" title="376: ’îš (N-msc) -- Man. Contracted for 'enowsh; a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term.">the man</a> <a href="/hebrew/430.htm" title="430: hā·’ĕ·lō·hîm (Art:: N-mp) -- Plural of 'elowahh; gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used of the supreme God">of God.</a> <a href="/hebrew/4672.htm" title="4672: way·yim·ṣā·’ê·hū (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms:: 3ms) -- To attain to, find. ">He found him</a> <a href="/hebrew/3427.htm" title="3427: yō·šêḇ (V-Qal-Prtcpl-ms) -- A primitive root; properly, to sit down; by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry.">sitting</a> <a href="/hebrew/8478.htm" title="8478: ta·ḥaṯ (Prep) -- Underneath, below, instead of. From the same as Towach; the bottom; only adverbially, below, in lieu of, etc.">under</a> <a href="/hebrew/424.htm" title="424: hā·’ê·lāh (Art:: N-fs) -- A terebinth. Feminine of 'ayil; an oak or other strong tree.">an oak tree</a> <a href="/hebrew/559.htm" title="559: way·yō·mer (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To utter, say. A primitive root; to say.">and asked,</a> <a href="/hebrew/413.htm" title="413: ’ê·lāw (Prep:: 3ms) -- To, into, towards. "></a> <a href="/hebrew/859.htm" title="859: ha·’at·tāh (Art:: Pro-2ms) -- You (masc. sing.). ">“Are you</a> <a href="/hebrew/376.htm" title="376: ’îš- (N-msc) -- Man. Contracted for 'enowsh; a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term.">the man</a> <a href="/hebrew/430.htm" title="430: hā·’ĕ·lō·hîm (Art:: N-mp) -- Plural of 'elowahh; gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used of the supreme God">of God</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer- (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.">who</a> <a href="/hebrew/935.htm" title="935: bā·ṯā (V-Qal-Perf-2ms) -- To come in, come, go in, go. A primitive root; to go or come.">came</a> <a href="/hebrew/3063.htm" title="3063: mî·hū·ḏāh (Prep-m:: N-proper-ms) -- From yadah; celebrated; Jehudah, the name of five Israelites; also of the tribe descended from the first, and of its territory.">from Judah?”</a> <a href="/hebrew/589.htm" title="589: ’ā·nî (Pro-1cs) -- I. Contracted from 'anokiy; I.">“I am,”</a> <a href="/hebrew/559.htm" title="559: way·yō·mer (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To utter, say. A primitive root; to say.">he replied.</a> 15So the prophet said to the man of God, “Come home with me and eat some bread.”…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/2_kings/23-17.htm">2 Kings 23:17-18</a> 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. <a href="/1_kings/20-36.htm">1 Kings 20:36</a> 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. <a href="/2_kings/1-9.htm">2 Kings 1:9-10</a> Then King Ahaziah sent to Elijah a captain with his company of fifty men. So the captain went up to Elijah, who was sitting on top of a hill, and said to him, “Man of God, the king declares, ‘Come down!’” / Elijah answered the captain, “If I am a man of God, may fire come down from heaven and consume you and your fifty men.” And fire came down from heaven and consumed the captain and his fifty men. <a href="/2_kings/23-15.htm">2 Kings 23:15-16</a> He even pulled down the altar at Bethel, the high place set up by Jeroboam son of Nebat, who had caused Israel to sin. Then he burned the high place, ground it to powder, and burned the Asherah pole. / 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. <a href="/jeremiah/26-20.htm">Jeremiah 26:20-23</a> Now there was another man prophesying in the name of the LORD, Uriah son of Shemaiah from Kiriath-jearim. He prophesied against this city and against this land the same things that Jeremiah did. / King Jehoiakim and all his mighty men and officials heard his words, and the king sought to put him to death. But when Uriah found out about it, he fled in fear and went to Egypt. / Then King Jehoiakim sent men to Egypt: Elnathan son of Achbor along with some other men. ... <a href="/2_kings/23-19.htm">2 Kings 23:19-20</a> Just as Josiah had done at Bethel, so also in the cities of Samaria he removed all the shrines of the high places set up by the kings of Israel who had provoked the LORD to anger. / On the altars he slaughtered all the priests of the high places, and he burned human bones on them. Then he returned to Jerusalem. <a href="/2_kings/23-3.htm">2 Kings 23:3</a> So the king stood by the pillar and made a covenant before the LORD to follow the LORD and to keep His commandments, decrees, and statutes with all his heart and all his soul, and to carry out the words of the covenant that were written in this book. And all the people entered into the covenant. <a href="/2_kings/17-13.htm">2 Kings 17:13-14</a> 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. <a href="/2_kings/17-21.htm">2 Kings 17:21-23</a> When the LORD had torn Israel away from the house of David, they made Jeroboam son of Nebat king, and Jeroboam led Israel away from following the LORD and caused them to commit a great sin. / The Israelites persisted in all the sins that Jeroboam had committed and did not turn away from them. / Finally, the LORD removed Israel from His presence, as He had declared through all His servants the prophets. So Israel was exiled from their homeland into Assyria, where they are to this day. <a href="/2_chronicles/34-5.htm">2 Chronicles 34:5-7</a> Then he burned the bones of the priests on their altars. So he cleansed Judah and Jerusalem. / Josiah did the same in the cities of Manasseh, Ephraim, and Simeon, as far as Naphtali, and in the ruins around them. / He tore down the altars and Asherah poles, crushed the idols to powder, and cut to pieces all the incense altars throughout the land of Israel. Then he returned to Jerusalem. <a href="/matthew/7-15.htm">Matthew 7:15</a> Beware of false prophets. They come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves. <a href="/matthew/24-11.htm">Matthew 24:11</a> and many false prophets will arise and deceive many. <a href="/matthew/24-24.htm">Matthew 24:24</a> For false Christs and false prophets will appear and perform great signs and wonders to deceive even the elect, if that were possible. <a href="/acts/13-6.htm">Acts 13:6-11</a> They traveled through the whole island as far as Paphos, where they found a Jewish sorcerer and false prophet named Bar-Jesus, / an attendant of the proconsul, Sergius Paulus. The proconsul, a man of intelligence, summoned Barnabas and Saul because he wanted to hear the word of God. / But Elymas the sorcerer (for that is what his name means) opposed them and tried to turn the proconsul from the faith. ... <a href="/2_peter/2-1.htm">2 Peter 2:1</a> Now there were also false prophets among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you. They will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them—bringing swift destruction on themselves.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>And went after the man of God, and found him sitting under an oak: and he said to him, Are you the man of God that came from Judah? And he said, I am.siting<a href="/1_kings/19-4.htm">1 Kings 19:4</a> But he himself went a day's journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a juniper tree: and he requested for himself that he might die; and said, It is enough; now, O LORD, take away my life; for I am not better than my fathers.<a href="/john/4-6.htm">John 4:6,34</a> Now Jacob's well was there. Jesus therefore, being wearied with his journey, sat thus on the well: and it was about the sixth hour… <a href="/1_corinthians/4-11.htm">1 Corinthians 4:11,12</a> Even unto this present hour we both hunger, and thirst, and are naked, and are buffeted, and have no certain dwellingplace; … Art thou<a href="/1_kings/13-1.htm">1 Kings 13:1</a> And, behold, there came a man of God out of Judah by the word of the LORD unto Bethel: and Jeroboam stood by the altar to burn incense.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/2_samuel/2-20.htm">Am'</a> <a href="/1_kings/13-9.htm">Camest</a> <a href="/1_kings/11-29.htm">Found</a> <a href="/1_kings/13-12.htm">Judah</a> <a href="/2_samuel/18-14.htm">Oak</a> <a href="/judges/9-37.htm">Oak-Tree</a> <a href="/1_kings/13-13.htm">Rode</a> <a href="/1_kings/10-5.htm">Seated</a> <a href="/1_kings/10-5.htm">Sitting</a> <a href="/2_samuel/18-14.htm">Terebinth</a> <a href="/1_kings/6-34.htm">Tree</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/psalms/35-3.htm">Am'</a> <a href="/1_kings/13-17.htm">Camest</a> <a href="/1_kings/13-28.htm">Found</a> <a href="/1_kings/13-21.htm">Judah</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/10-12.htm">Oak</a> <a href="/amos/2-9.htm">Oak-Tree</a> <a href="/1_kings/18-45.htm">Rode</a> <a href="/1_kings/13-20.htm">Seated</a> <a href="/1_kings/13-20.htm">Sitting</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/10-12.htm">Terebinth</a> <a href="/1_kings/14-23.htm">Tree</a><div class="vheading2">1 Kings 13</div>1. <a href="/1_kings/13-1.htm">Jeroboam's hand withers</a> 6. <a href="/1_kings/13-6.htm">and at the prayer of the prophet is restored</a> 7. <a href="/1_kings/13-7.htm">The prophet departs from Bethel</a> 11. <a href="/1_kings/13-11.htm">An old prophet brings him back</a> 20. <a href="/1_kings/13-20.htm">He is reproved by God</a> 23. <a href="/1_kings/13-23.htm">slain by a lion</a> 26. <a href="/1_kings/13-26.htm">buried by the old prophet</a> 31. <a href="/1_kings/13-31.htm">who confirms the prophecy</a> 33. <a href="/1_kings/13-33.htm">Jeroboam's obstinacy</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/1_kings/13.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/1_kings/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/1_kings/13.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div>and went after the man of God. This phrase indicates the pursuit of the old prophet from Bethel after the man of God from Judah. The man of God had delivered a prophecy against the altar at Bethel, which was a center of idolatrous worship established by King Jeroboam. The old prophet's pursuit suggests a sense of urgency or divine prompting, reflecting the seriousness of the message delivered by the man of God. This pursuit can be seen as a test of the man of God's obedience to God's command not to eat or drink in Bethel or return by the same way he came.He found him sitting under an oak tree The oak tree is significant in biblical narratives as a place of rest, reflection, or divine encounter. Oaks were often landmarks and places of shade in the ancient Near East. The man of God sitting under the oak tree may symbolize a moment of vulnerability or contemplation after his prophetic mission. This setting also foreshadows the impending test of his obedience to God's instructions, as he is found in a state of rest rather than continuing his journey.and asked, “Are you the man of God who came from Judah?” The question posed by the old prophet confirms the identity of the man of God and acknowledges his origin from Judah. This highlights the distinction between the northern kingdom of Israel, where Bethel is located, and the southern kingdom of Judah. The man of God's journey from Judah to Bethel underscores the division between the two kingdoms and the significance of his mission to confront the idolatry in Israel. The inquiry also sets the stage for the deception that follows, as the old prophet seeks to engage the man of God in conversation.“I am,” he replied. The man of God's response is straightforward and affirms his identity. This acknowledgment is crucial as it establishes his authority and the authenticity of his prophetic message. However, his willingness to engage with the old prophet, despite God's clear instructions, foreshadows his eventual disobedience. This moment serves as a reminder of the importance of steadfastness in following God's commands, even when faced with seemingly benign interactions. The man of God's reply also reflects the theme of identity and mission, central to the narrative of prophets in the Old Testament.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/t/the_man_of_god.htm">The Man of God</a> A prophet from Judah sent by God to deliver a message against the altar at Bethel. His identity is not given, emphasizing his role as a messenger of God rather than his personal attributes. 2. <a href="/topical/t/the_old_prophet.htm">The Old Prophet</a> An older prophet living in Bethel who seeks out the man of God. His actions later in the chapter reveal a complex character who tests the man of God's obedience to God's command. 3. <a href="/topical/b/bethel.htm">Bethel</a> A significant location in the Northern Kingdom of Israel, where King Jeroboam set up a golden calf as an object of worship, leading Israel into idolatry. 4. <a href="/topical/t/the_oak_tree.htm">The Oak Tree</a> The place where the man of God rests, symbolizing a moment of vulnerability and transition in the account. 5. <a href="/topical/j/judah.htm">Judah</a> The southern kingdom from which the man of God originates, representing the remnant of true worship in contrast to the idolatry in Israel.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/o/obedience_to_god's_word.htm">Obedience to God's Word</a> The man of God's mission underscores the importance of adhering strictly to God's instructions, even when faced with opposition or deception. <a href="/topical/d/discernment_in_spiritual_matters.htm">Discernment in Spiritual Matters</a> The encounter with the old prophet illustrates the necessity of discerning truth from falsehood, especially when others claim to speak for God. <a href="/topical/t/the_consequences_of_disobedience.htm">The Consequences of Disobedience</a> The account warns of the dangers and consequences of deviating from God's commands, as seen in the man of God's eventual fate. <a href="/topical/r/rest_and_vulnerability.htm">Rest and Vulnerability</a> The man of God resting under the oak tree serves as a reminder of our human vulnerabilities and the need for spiritual vigilance. <a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty_and_fulfillment_of_prophecy.htm">God's Sovereignty and Fulfillment of Prophecy</a> Despite human failures, God's purposes and prophecies are ultimately fulfilled, as seen in the later reforms of King Josiah.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_1_kings_13.htm">Top 10 Lessons from 1 Kings 13</a> <a href="/q/does_ezekiel_14_align_with_nt_on_sin.htm">How does Ezekiel's teaching in chapter 14 align with or contradict the New Testament emphasis on personal responsibility for sin?</a> <a href="/q/why_is_abijah_more_faithful_in_chronicles.htm">2 Chronicles 13 compared with 1 Kings 15:3 - Why does Abijah appear more faithful in Chronicles than in Kings, and what might explain this seeming discrepancy?</a> <a href="/q/how_to_reconcile_manasseh's_repentance.htm">How do we reconcile Manasseh's repentance in 2 Chronicles 33:13 with 2 Kings 21, which does not mention his conversion or release from captivity at all?</a> <a href="/q/why_was_david's_child_punished.htm">Why did God punish David and Bathsheba's child?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/1_kings/13.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(14) An oak.--Properly, the oak, or terebinth; supposed to be known in that comparatively treeless country, like the oak at Shechem (<a href="/genesis/35-4.htm" title="And they gave to Jacob all the strange gods which were in their hand, and all their earrings which were in their ears; and Jacob hid them under the oak which was by Shechem.">Genesis 35:4</a>; <a href="/genesis/35-8.htm" title="But Deborah Rebekah's nurse died, and she was buried beneath Bethel under an oak: and the name of it was called Allonbachuth.">Genesis 35:8</a>; <a href="/joshua/24-26.htm" title="And Joshua wrote these words in the book of the law of God, and took a great stone, and set it up there under an oak, that was by the sanctuary of the LORD.">Joshua 24:26</a>; <a href="/judges/9-6.htm" title="And all the men of Shechem gathered together, and all the house of Millo, and went, and made Abimelech king, by the plain of the pillar that was in Shechem.">Judges 9:6</a>), the oak at Ophrah (<a href="/judges/6-11.htm" title="And there came an angel of the LORD, and sat under an oak which was in Ophrah, that pertained to Joash the Abiezrite: and his son Gideon threshed wheat by the wine press, to hide it from the Midianites.">Judges 6:11</a>), and the palm-tree of Deborah (<a href="/judges/4-5.htm" title="And she dwelled under the palm tree of Deborah between Ramah and Bethel in mount Ephraim: and the children of Israel came up to her for judgment.">Judges 4:5</a>). This expression is an evident mark of the antiquity of the document from which the history is taken. It has been suggested that the narrative implies a needless loitering of the prophet of Judah on the way. Taken by itself, it would not necessarily convey this; but in relation to the temper indicated in the whole story, the thing may be not improbable. . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/1_kings/13.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 14. - And he went after the man of God and found him sitting under an oak [Heb. the oak; i.e., the well-known oak. Possibly there was but one, or one of great size, in the neighbourhood - such trees are comparatively rare in Palestine. Possibly also this tree became well known from these events. It is singular that in another place (<a href="/genesis/35-8.htm">Genesis 35:8</a>) we read of "the oak" (אַלּון) of Bethel, whilst in <a href="/judges/4-5.htm">Judges 4:5</a> we read of the "palm tree" (תֹּמֶר) of Deborah, between Ramah and Bethel." And it is not at all improbable, seeing that in <a href="/1_samuel/10-3.htm">1 Samuel 10:3</a> we read of the terebinth (אֵלון) of Tabor - in the A.V. rendered "plain of Tabor" - which Ewald ("Hist. Israel," 3:21; 4:31) considers to be only a dialectic variation of Deborah, and remembering the great age to which these trees attain, that the same tree is referred to throughout. The word here used, it is true, is אֵלָה (which is generally supposed to indicate the terebinth, but is also "used of any large tree" (Gesenius), and which, therefore, may be used of the אַלּון of Bethel. Both names are derived from the same root (אוּל fortis. Cf. <a href="/amos/2-9.htm">Amos 2:9</a>), and both indicate varieties - what varieties it is not quite clear - of the oak. Some expositors have seen in this brief rest the beginning of his sin, and certainly it would seem against the spirit of his instructions to remain so near a place (see note on ver. 16) from which he was to vanish speedily, and, if possible, unperceived. In any case the action betrays his fatigue and exhaustion], and he said unto him, Art thou the man of God that camest from Judah? And he said, I am. <a href="/commentaries/1_kings/13-14.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>and went וַיֵּ֗לֶךְ (way·yê·leḵ) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1980.htm">Strong's 1980: </a> To go, come, walk after אַֽחֲרֵי֙ (’a·ḥă·rê) Preposition <a href="/hebrew/strongs_310.htm">Strong's 310: </a> The hind or following part the man אִ֣ישׁ (’îš) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_376.htm">Strong's 376: </a> A man as an individual, a male person of God. הָאֱלֹהִ֔ים (hā·’ĕ·lō·hîm) Article | Noun - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_430.htm">Strong's 430: </a> gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative He found him וַיִּ֨מְצָאֵ֔הוּ (way·yim·ṣā·’ê·hū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4672.htm">Strong's 4672: </a> To come forth to, appear, exist, to attain, find, acquire, to occur, meet, be present sitting יֹשֵׁ֖ב (yō·šêḇ) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3427.htm">Strong's 3427: </a> To sit down, to dwell, to remain, to settle, to marry under תַּ֣חַת (ta·ḥaṯ) Preposition <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8478.htm">Strong's 8478: </a> The bottom, below, in lieu of an oak tree הָאֵלָ֑ה (hā·’ê·lāh) Article | Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_424.htm">Strong's 424: </a> An oak, other strong tree and asked, וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (way·yō·mer) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_559.htm">Strong's 559: </a> To utter, say “Are you הַאַתָּ֧ה (ha·’at·tāh) Article | Pronoun - second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_859.htm">Strong's 859: </a> Thou and thee, ye and you the man אִישׁ־ (’îš-) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_376.htm">Strong's 376: </a> A man as an individual, a male person of God הָאֱלֹהִ֛ים (hā·’ĕ·lō·hîm) Article | Noun - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_430.htm">Strong's 430: </a> gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative who אֲשֶׁר־ (’ă·šer-) Pronoun - relative <a href="/hebrew/strongs_834.htm">Strong's 834: </a> Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that came בָּ֥אתָ (bā·ṯā) Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_935.htm">Strong's 935: </a> To come in, come, go in, go from Judah?” מִֽיהוּדָ֖ה (mî·hū·ḏāh) Preposition-m | Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3063.htm">Strong's 3063: </a> Judah -- 'praised', a son of Jacob, also the southern kingdom, also four Israelites “I [am],” אָֽנִי׃ (’ā·nî) Pronoun - first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_589.htm">Strong's 589: </a> I he replied. וַיֹּ֥אמֶר (way·yō·mer) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_559.htm">Strong's 559: </a> To utter, say <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/1_kings/13-14.htm">1 Kings 13:14 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/1_kings/13-14.htm">1 Kings 13:14 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/1_kings/13-14.htm">1 Kings 13:14 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/1_kings/13-14.htm">1 Kings 13:14 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/1_kings/13-14.htm">1 Kings 13:14 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/1_kings/13-14.htm">1 Kings 13:14 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/1_kings/13-14.htm">1 Kings 13:14 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/1_kings/13-14.htm">1 Kings 13:14 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/1_kings/13-14.htm">1 Kings 13:14 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/1_kings/13-14.htm">1 Kings 13:14 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/1_kings/13-14.htm">OT History: 1 Kings 13:14 He went after the man of God (1Ki iKi i Ki 1 Kg 1kg) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/1_kings/13-13.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="1 Kings 13:13"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="1 Kings 13:13" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/1_kings/13-15.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="1 Kings 13:15"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="1 Kings 13:15" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>