1 Kings 13:20

20 While they were sitting at the table, the word of the LORD came to the old prophet who had brought him back.

1 Kings 13:20 in Other Translations

20 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:

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

20 Then while they were sitting at the table, a command from the LORD came to the old prophet.

20 There they were, sitting at the table together, when the word of God came to the prophet who had brought him back.

20 And it came to pass, as they sat at the table, that the word of Jehovah came unto the prophet that brought him back;

20 When they were sitting at the table, the LORD spoke his word to the old prophet who had brought back the man of God.

20 While they were sitting at the table, the word of the Lord came to the prophet who had brought him back,

20 They were sitting at the table. The LORD gave a message to the old prophet who had brought the man of God back.

1 Kings 13:20 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 13:20

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 something was wanting, and to be understood and supplied: that the word of the Lord came unto the prophet that brought him back;
that is, to the old prophet, who was the means of bringing back the man of God; the word did not come to him who had transgressed the command of the Lord, but to him who was the occasion of it; though Abarbinel is of opinion that the word came to the latter, and so some versions, both ancient and modern, render the clause, "to the prophet whom he had brought back" ^F6 and which is countenanced by what is said, ( 1 Kings 13:26 ) , according to the word of the Lord which he spoke unto him:
but the former sense best agrees with what follows.

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FOOTNOTES:

F6 Syr. Ar. Junius & Tremellius.

1 Kings 13:20 In-Context

18 The old prophet answered, “I too am a prophet, as you are. And an angel said to me by the word of the LORD: ‘Bring him back with you to your house so that he may eat bread and drink water.’ ” (But he was lying to him.)

19 So the man of God returned with him and ate and drank in his house.

20 While they were sitting at the table, the word of the LORD came to the old prophet who had brought him back.

21 He cried out to the man of God who had come from Judah, “This is what the LORD says: ‘You have defied the word of the LORD and have not kept the command the LORD your God gave you.

22 You came back and ate bread and drank water in the place where he told you not to eat or drink. Therefore your body will not be buried in the tomb of your ancestors.’ ”