1 Kings 13:20 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ 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: ”

1 Kings 13:20 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

1 Kings 12:25 to 1 Kings 13:34 . The Sin of Jeroboam. The Prophet at Bethel. The sources cannot be exactly determined. Some (see Cent.B) may belong to the annals of the northern kingdom, but the...
1 Kings 13:20 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the 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: The word of the Lord came unto the prophet that brought him back - "A great clamo...
1 Kings 13:20 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

So he went back with him, and did eat bread in his house, and drank water. No JFB commentary on these verses.
1 Kings 13:20 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Disobedient Prophet 2. Josiah] for the fulfilment see 2 Kings 23:15-20 . Some 300 years separated the prediction from the event, and the mention by name of the king destined to accomplish it...
1 Kings 13:20 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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 wh...
1 Kings 13:20 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

JEROBOAM AND THE MAN OF GOD 1 Kings 13:1-34 "Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God." - 1 John 4:1 WE are told that Jeroboam, whose position probably...
1 Kings 13:20 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Breaking Three Commandments 1 Kings 21:1-29 ; 1 Kings 1:1-53 ; 1 Kings 2:1-46 ; 1 Kings 3:1-28 ; 1 Kings 4:1-34 ; 1 Kings 5:1-18 ; 1 Kings 6:1-38 ; 1 Kings 7:1-51 ; 1 Kings 8:1-66 ; 1 Ki...
1 Kings 13:20 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

In this chapter are two lessons of supreme value; first, the patient grace of God, and, second, the solemn responsibility of such as bear His message. The first of these is brought out in the story...
1 Kings 13:20 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(12) 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. (13) And he said unto his sons, Saddle me the ass. So they saddled h...
1 Kings 13:20 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

THE PROPHET OF JUDAH ‘The prophet of Judah.’ 1 Kings 13:1-25 The altar at Beth-el was an ill-omened altar. The shadow of ruin was on it from the first. On the very morning of its inauguratio...
1 Kings 13:20 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And it came to pass, as they sat at the table ,.... The old prophet, with his sons, and the man of God; the Arabic version adds, "and did eat", there being a pause in the Hebrew text, as if somethin...
1 Kings 13:20 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

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: Ver. 20. And it came to pass, as they sat at the table. ] Where this prophet w...
1 Kings 13:20 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The word of the Lord came , &c. God obliged the prophet, who had caused him to sin, to denounce a punishment against him for it, that it might the more affect him; nothing being more piercing th...
1 Kings 13:20 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

A SOLEMN MESSAGE FROM GOD (vs.1-10) God would not leave Jereboam without clear witness to God's abhorrence of the evil that Jereboam had introduced in Israel. The Lord sent a man of God from Jud...
1 Kings 13:20 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Prophet Deceived. B. C. 974. 11 Now there dwelt an old prophet in Beth-el; and his...
1 Kings 13:20 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

As they sat at the table; there the prophet meets with a severe judgment, where he was pleasing himself with this seasonable refreshment. The word of the Lord came by secret instinct into his min...
1 Kings 13:20 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Old Prophet And The Man Of God ( 1 Kings 13:11-32 ). Meanwhile dwelling in Bethel was an old prophet who had served YHWH for many years. The fact that he was not present at the celebrations ta...
1 Kings 13:20 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.— 1 Kings 13:11 . An old prophet in Bethel : who had been faithless amid surrounding faithlessness. His alertness to win the prophet of Judah to his house arose fr...
1 Kings 13:20 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Kings 13:1 . Bethel. See the notes on 1 Kings 12 1 Kings 12 . The man of God from Judah is called Jaddo by Josephus. 1 Kings 13:2 . Josiah. Cyrus is mentioned by name, as well as Josiah....
1 Kings 13:20 - The Biblical Illustrator

Now there dwelt an old man in Bethel The nameless prophet This passage forms part of a very remarkable narrative. The miraculous element is so prominent that certain critics would have the ch...
1 Kings 13:20 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION THE DISOBEDIENCE AND DEATH OF THE MAN OF GOD .—The seduction of the man of God, who has borne such fearless witness against Jeroboam's ecclesiastical policy, and his...
1 Kings 13:20 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Prophet Punished for his Disobedience
1 Kings 13:20 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 13:2 ; Genesis 22:11 ; John 11:51 ; Matthew 7:22 ; Numbers 23:16 ; Numbers 23:5 ; Numbers 24:16-24 ; Numbers 24:4

1 Kings 13:20 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

1 Kings 13:20 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

1 Kings 13:20 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

1 Kings 13:20 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1 Kings 13:20 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

1 Kings 13:20 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

1 Kings 13:20 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

1 Kings 13:20 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

1 Kings 13:20 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

1 Kings 13:20 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

1 Kings 13:20 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

1 Kings 13:20 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

1 Kings 13:20 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Kings 13:20 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

1 Kings 13:20 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

1 Kings 13:20 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

1 Kings 13:20 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

1 Kings 13:20 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

1 Kings 13:20 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Kings 13:20 - The Biblical Illustrator

1 Kings 13:20 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

1 Kings 13:20 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

1 Kings 13:20 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge