1 Kings 13:14

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - 1 Kings 13:11-32

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 from (1) his interest (professional) in a fellow-prophet’s mission—this feeling awoke immediately he heard of one of his own class being near. (2) A sense of shame may have stirred in him that a prophet from a distance should have come to do what he himself, being near, should have long ago done. (3) He may... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 13:1-34

Chapter 13And so there came a young man out of Judah by the word of the LORD to Bethel: where Jeroboam was standing by the altar ready to burn incense. And he cried against the altar in the word of the LORD, and said, O altar, altar, thus saith the LORD ( 1 Kings 13:1-2 );There is that character in Los Angeles that has the golden altar and I've been tempted to go up and cry against his altar. "O altar, altar, thus saith the Lord."Behold, a child shall be born unto the house of David, Josiah by... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - 1 Kings 13:1-34

1 Kings 13:1 . Bethel. See the notes on 1 Kings 12:0; 1 Kings 12:0. 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. Isaiah 44. 45. 1 Kings 13:9 . Nor return by the same way: a hint that if we have walked to the profane feasts of the wicked, we should return to Zion by a new and living way. 1 Kings 13:11 . An old prophet. The Chaldaic reads, a false prophet. 1 Kings 13:18 . An angel spake to me. ... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - 1 Kings 13:11-32

1 Kings 13:11-32Now there dwelt an old man in Bethel The nameless prophetThis passage forms part of a very remarkable narrative.The miraculous element is so prominent that certain critics would have the chapter expunged from Holy Scripture. The natural and the supernatural are closely interwoven, as are the woof and web of a fabric, and the destruction of either would be the practical dissolution of the whole; indeed, nowhere is this more manifestly true than in the life and death, in the... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - 1 Kings 13:14

1Ki 13:14 And went after the man of God, and found him sitting under an oak: and he said unto him, [Art] thou the man of God that camest from Judah? And he said, I [am]. Ver. 14. Sitting under an oak. ] Or, An elm, as some render it; Insignem arborem significat, saith Vatablus. He was hungry and weary, as was likewise Elias when he sat under the juniper. God oft holdeth his best children to strait allowance here, and causeth them to suffer hardship. read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - 1 Kings 13:14

sitting: 1 Kings 19:4, John 4:6, John 4:34, 1 Corinthians 4:11, 1 Corinthians 4:12, 2 Corinthians 11:27, Philippians 4:12, Philippians 4:13 Art thou: 1 Kings 13:1 Reciprocal: Joshua 14:6 - the man read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Kings 13:14

14. Went after the man of God What was his object? Some have surmised that it was merely to show him becoming hospitality. But he must have learned from his sons that the man was forbidden to accept the hospitality of any one. More probable is the opinion that he was moved with jealousy and chagrin that a prophet should come from a distance to reprove the king’s idolatry, while he himself had uttered no word of disapproval; and to this may be added Kitto’s supposition, “That his single but... read more