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1 Kings 13:20

18 Then the prophet replied, “I too am a prophet like you, and an angel spoke to me by the word of the LORD, saying, ‘Bring him back with you to your house, so that he may eat bread and drink water.’” The old prophet was lying to him,

19 but the man of God went back with him, ate bread in his house, and drank water.

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

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,

22 but you went back and ate bread and drank water in the place where He told you not to do so, your body shall never reach the tomb of your fathers.’”

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
While they were sitting at the table, the word of the LORD came to the prophet who had brought him back,
KJV
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:
WEB
As they sat at the table, the LORD’s word came to the prophet who brought him back;
ASV
And it came to pass, as they sat at the table, that the word of Jehovah came unto the prophet that brought him back;
DARBY
And it came to pass as they sat at the table, that the word of Jehovah came to the prophet that brought him back;
BLB
And it came to pass as they sat at the table, that the word of YHWH came to the prophet who had brought him back,
ÅB
Men mens de satt til bords, kom Herrens ord til den profet som hadde fått ham med seg tilbake,
OTB
Nå skjedde det, mens de satt ved bordet, at Herrens ord kom til profeten som hadde tatt ham med tilbake;
B1930
Men mens de satt til bords, kom Herrens ord til den profet som hadde fått ham med sig tilbake,

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Numbers 23:5

    Then the LORD put a message in Balaam’s mouth, saying, “Return to Balak and give him this message.”

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  • Matthew 7:22

    Many will say to Me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in Your name, and in Your name drive out demons and perform many miracles?’

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  • Numbers 24:16–24

    the prophecy of one who hears the words of God, who has knowledge from the Most High, who sees a vision from the Almighty, who bows down with eyes wide open:

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  • 1 Corinthians 13:2

    If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have absolute faith so as to move mountains, but have not love, I am nothing.

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  • Numbers 23:16

    And the LORD met with Balaam and put a message in his mouth, saying, “Return to Balak and speak what I tell you.”

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  • Numbers 24:4

    the prophecy of one who hears the words of God, who sees a vision from the Almighty, who bows down with eyes wide open:

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  • John 11:51

    Caiaphas did not say this on his own. Instead, as high priest that year, he was prophesying that Jesus would die for the nation,

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