1 Kings 13:10

Translations

Modern

So the man of God went another way and did not return by the way he had come to Bethel.

Traditional

So he went another way, and returned not by the way that he came to Beth–el.

Literal

And he went another way and did not return by the way that he had come in to Bethel.

Latin

Abiit ergo per aliam viam, et non est reversus per iter quo venerat in Bethel.

Original

Hebrew

English

So the man of God went another way and did not return by the way he had come to Bethel.

Notes

1 Kings 13:1–10

The story of the unnamed man of God who spoke against Jeroboam’s false altar at Bethel shows the authority of God’s word. This prophecy even gave a personal name connected with an event that would happen much later (2 Kings 23:15–20).

Other examples are Isaiah’s prophecy of Cyrus as a future ruler (Isaiah 44:28; 45:1) and Micah’s prophecy that the Messiah would be born in Bethlehem (Micah 5:2). Prophecies like these give assurance that God is in control of history and knows all things (see Isaiah 42:9).

Theme notes and profiles

Jeroboam I Prophets in 1 Kings