Verse 23

1 Kings 13:23

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23 Now after the meal he made ready the ass for him, for the prophet whom he had taken back.

Original Language Text

hebrew

וַ/יְהִ֗י אַחֲרֵ֛י אָכְל֥/וֹ לֶ֖חֶם וְ/אַחֲרֵ֣י שְׁתוֹת֑/וֹ וַ/יַּחֲבָשׁ ל֣/וֹ הַ/חֲמ֔וֹר לַ/נָּבִ֖יא אֲשֶׁ֥ר הֱשִׁיבֽ/וֹ

English Translation

And it happened after he ate bread and after he drank that he saddled his donkey for the prophet who had returned him.

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Chapter 13 Context

1 Then a man of God (Elohim) came from Judah by the order of the Lord to Beth-el, where Jeroboam was b... Focus ↗

2 And by the order of the Lord he made an outcry against the altar, saying, O altar, altar, the Lord h... Focus ↗

3 The same day he gave them a sign, saying, This is the sign which the Lord has given: See, the altar... Focus ↗

4 Then the king, hearing the man of God (Elohim) crying out against the altar at Beth-el, put out his... Focus ↗

5 And the altar was broken and the burned waste on it overturned; this was the sign which the man of G... Focus ↗

6 Then the king made answer and said to the man of God (Elohim), Make a prayer now for the grace of th... Focus ↗

7 And the king said to the man of God (Elohim), Come with me to my house for food and rest, and I will... Focus ↗

8 But the man of God (Elohim) said to the king, Even if you gave me half of all you have, I would not... Focus ↗

9 For so I was ordered by the word of the Lord, who said, You are not to take food or a drink of water... Focus ↗

10 So he went another way, and not by the way he came to Beth-el. Focus ↗

11 Now there was an old prophet living in Beth-el; and one of his sons came and gave him word of all th... Focus ↗

12 Then their father said to them, Which way did he go? Now his sons had seen which way the man of God... Focus ↗

13 So the prophet said to his sons, Make ready an ass for me. So they made an ass ready, and he got on... Focus ↗

14 And went after the man of God (Elohim), and came up with him while he was seated under an oak-tree.... Focus ↗

15 Then he said to him, Come back to the house with me and have a meal. Focus ↗

16 But he said, I may not go back with you or go into your house; and I will not take food or a drink o... Focus ↗

17 For the Lord said to me, You are not to take food or water there, or go back again by the way you ca... Focus ↗

18 Then he said to him, I am a prophet like you; and an angel said to me by the word of the Lord, Take... Focus ↗

19 So he went back with him, and had a meal in his house and a drink of water. Focus ↗

20 But while they were seated at the table, the word of the Lord came to the prophet who had taken him... Focus ↗

21 And crying out to the man of God (Elohim) who came from Judah, he said, The Lord says, Because you h... Focus ↗

22 But have come back, and have taken food and water in this place where he said you were to take no fo... Focus ↗

23 Now after the meal he made ready the ass for him, for the prophet whom he had taken back.

24 And he went on his way; but on the road a lion came rushing at him and put him to death; and his dea... Focus ↗

25 And some men, going by, saw the body stretched out in the road with the lion by its side; and they c... Focus ↗

26 Then the prophet who had made him come back, hearing it, said, It is the man of God (Elohim), who we... Focus ↗

27 And he said to his sons, Make ready the ass for me. And they did so. Focus ↗

28 And he went and saw the dead body stretched out in the road with the ass and the lion by its side: t... Focus ↗

29 Then the prophet took up the body of the man of God (Elohim) and put it on the ass and took it back;... Focus ↗

30 And he put the body in the resting-place made ready for himself, weeping and sorrowing over it, sayi... Focus ↗

31 And when he had put it to rest, he said to his sons, When I am dead, then you are to put my body int... Focus ↗

32 For the outcry he made by the word of the Lord against the altar in Beth-el and against all the hous... Focus ↗

33 After this Jeroboam, not turning back from his evil ways, still made priests for his altars from amo... Focus ↗

34 And this became a sin in the family of Jeroboam, causing it to be cut off and sent to destruction fr... Focus ↗

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Book: 1 Kings
Chapter: Chapter 13 (34 verses)
Version: Bible in Basic English

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