1 Kings 13:12 - Printer Friendly

ESV: And their father said to them, "Which way did he go?" And his sons showed him the way that the man of God who came from Judah had gone.

NIV: Their father asked them, "Which way did he go?" And his sons showed him which road the man of God from Judah had taken.

NASB: And their father said to them, 'Which way did he go?' Now his sons had seen the way that the man of God who came from Judah had gone.

CSB: Then their father asked them, "Which way did he go?" His sons had seen the way taken by the man of God who had come from Judah.

NLT: The old prophet asked them, 'Which way did he go?' So they showed their father which road the man of God had taken.

KJV: 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.

NKJV: And their father said to them, “Which way did he go?” For his sons had seen which way the man of God went who came from Judah.

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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