1 Kings 13:10 - Printer Friendly

ESV: So he went another way and did not return by the way that he came to Bethel.

NIV: So he took another road and did not return by the way he had come to Bethel.

NASB: So he went another way and did not return by the way that he had come to Bethel.

CSB: So he went another way; he did not go back by the way he had come to Bethel.

NLT: So he left Bethel and went home another way.

KJV: So he went another way, and returned not by the way that he came to Bethel.

NKJV: So he went another way and did not return by the way he came to Bethel.

This was originally the first half of a combined text. First Kings records the end of David's reign and the rule of Solomon. After this, the kingdom is split in two. The northern nation of Israel no longer submits to the king of the southern nation, called Judah. The prophet Elijah first appears in this book. The kings mostly fail to honor the Lord. They participate in idolatry and other sins. This will eventually result in their conquest and exile, as depicted throughout the books of Chronicles.

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