1 Kings 13:20
New International Version
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
Then while they were sitting at the table, a command from the LORD came to the old prophet.

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

Berean Standard Bible
While they were sitting at the table, the word of the LORD came to the prophet who had brought him back,

King James Bible
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:

New King James Version
Now it happened, as they sat at the table, that the word of the LORD came to the prophet who had brought him back;

New American Standard Bible
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;

NASB 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;

NASB 1977
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;

Legacy Standard Bible
Now it happened as they were sitting down at the table, that the word of Yahweh came to the prophet who had brought him back;

Amplified Bible
Now it happened as they were sitting at the table, that the word of the LORD came to the prophet who had brought him back.

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

Holman Christian Standard Bible
While they were sitting at the table, the word of the LORD came to the prophet who had 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;

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And as they were sitting at the table, the word of LORD JEHOVAH came upon the Prophet who brought him.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And it came to pass while they were sitting at the table, that the word of the Lord came to the prophet that brought him back;

Contemporary English Version
During the meal the LORD gave the old prophet

Douay-Rheims Bible
And as they sat at table, the word of the Lord 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:

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

Good News Translation
As they were sitting at the table, the word of the LORD came to the old prophet,

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

JPS Tanakh 1917
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.

Literal Standard Version
And it comes to pass—they are sitting at the table—and [there] is a word of YHWH to the prophet who brought him back,

Majority Standard Bible
While they were sitting at the table, the word of the LORD came to the prophet who had brought him back,

New American Bible
But while they were sitting at table, the word of the LORD came to the prophet who had brought him back,

NET Bible
While they were sitting at the table, the LORD spoke through the old prophet

New Revised Standard Version
As they were sitting at the table, the word of the LORD came to the prophet who had brought him back;

New Heart English Bible
It happened, as they sat at the table, that the word of the LORD came to the prophet who 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
As they sat at the table, Yahweh’s word 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,

Additional Translations ...
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Context
The Old Prophet and the Man of God
19but the man of God went back with him, ate bread in his house, and drank water. 20While they were sitting at the table, the word of the LORD came to the prophet who had brought him back, 21and the prophet cried out to the man of God who had come from Judah, “This is what the LORD says: ‘Because you have defied the word of the LORD and have not kept the commandment that the LORD your God gave you,…

Cross References
1 Kings 13:19
but the man of God went back with him, ate bread in his house, and drank water.

1 Kings 13:21
and the prophet cried out to the man of God who had come from Judah, "This is what the LORD says: 'Because you have defied the word of the LORD and have not kept the commandment that the LORD your God gave you,


Treasury of Scripture

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:

the word of the Lord

1 Kings 13:23
And it came to pass, after he had eaten bread, and after he had drunk, that he saddled for him the ass, to wit, for the prophet whom he had brought back.

Genesis 22:11
And the angel of the LORD called unto him out of heaven, and said, Abraham, Abraham: and he said, Here am I.

Numbers 23:5,16
And the LORD put a word in Balaam's mouth, and said, Return unto Balak, and thus thou shalt speak…

Numbers 24:4,16-24
He hath said, which heard the words of God, which saw the vision of the Almighty, falling into a trance, but having his eyes open: …

Matthew 7:22
Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works?

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1 Kings 13
1. Jeroboam's hand withers
6. 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














(20) The word of the Lord came.--It is, perhaps, the most terrible feature in the history that the Divine sentence is spoken--no doubt, as in the case of Balaam, unwillingly--through the very lips which by falsehood had lured the prophet of Judah from the right path, and at the very table of treacherous hospitality. Josephus, with his perverse tendency to explain away all that seems startling, misses this point entirely, and assigns the revelation to the prophet of Judah himself. Striking as this incident is, it is perhaps a symbol of a general law constantly exemplifying itself, that the voice of worldly wisdom first beguiles the servants of God to disobedience by false glosses on their duty to Him, and then proclaims unsparingly their sin and its just punishment.

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.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
While they
הֵ֥ם (hêm)
Pronoun - third person masculine plural
Strong's 1992: They

were sitting
יֹשְׁבִ֖ים (yō·šə·ḇîm)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural
Strong's 3427: To sit down, to dwell, to remain, to settle, to marry

at
אֶל־ (’el-)
Preposition
Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to

the table,
הַשֻּׁלְחָ֑ן (haš·šul·ḥān)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 7979: A table, a meal

the word
דְּבַר־ (də·ḇar-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 1697: A word, a matter, thing, a cause

of the LORD
יְהוָ֔ה (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

came
וַיְהִ֕י (way·hî)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be

to
אֶל־ (’el-)
Preposition
Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to

the prophet
הַנָּבִ֖יא (han·nā·ḇî)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 5030: A spokesman, speaker, prophet

who
אֲשֶׁ֥ר (’ă·šer)
Pronoun - relative
Strong's 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that

had brought him back,
הֱשִׁיבֽוֹ׃ (hĕ·šî·ḇōw)
Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine singular
Strong's 7725: To turn back, in, to retreat, again


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