1 Kings 13:21

and he cried out to the man of God who came from Judah, saying, “Yahweh says, ‘Because you have been disobedient to Yahweh’s mouth, and have not kept the commandment which Yahweh your God commanded you,

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and he cried out to the man of God who came from Judah, saying, “The LORD says, ‘Because you have been disobedient to the LORD’s word, and have not kept the commandment which the LORD your God commanded you,

BSB

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,

KJV

And he cried unto the man of God that came from Judah, saying, Thus saith the LORD, Forasmuch as thou hast disobeyed the mouth of the LORD, and hast not kept the commandment which the LORD thy God commanded thee,

ASV

and he cried unto the man of God that came from Judah, saying, Thus saith Jehovah, Forasmuch as thou hast been disobedient unto the mouth of Jehovah, and hast not kept the commandment which Jehovah thy God commanded thee,

BBE

And crying out to the man of God who came from Judah, he said, The Lord says, Because you have gone against the voice of the Lord, and have not done as you were ordered by the Lord,

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וַיִּקְרָא vai·yik·ra' and he called out H7121 אֶל־ 'el- to H413 אִישׁ 'ish [the] man of H376 הָאֱלֹהִים ha·'e·lo·him (the) God H430 אֲשֶׁר־ 'a·sher- who H834 בָּא ba' he had come H935 מִיהוּדָה mi·hu·dah from Judah H3063 לֵאמֹר le·mor (to) saying H559 כֹּה koh thus H3541 אָמַר 'a·mar he says H559 יְהוָה yah·weh Yahweh H3068 יַעַן ya·'an because H3282 כִּי ki for H3588 מָרִיתָ ma·ri·ta you have been disobedient to H4784 פִּי pi [the] mouth of H6310 יְהוָה yah·weh Yahweh H3068 וְלֹא ve·lo' and not H3808 שָׁמַרְתָּ sha·mar·ta you have kept H8104 אֶת־ 'et- (marks the object) H853 הַמִּצְוָה ha·mitz·vah the command H4687 אֲשֶׁר 'a·sher which H834 צִוְּךָ tzi·ve·kha he commanded you H6680 יְהוָה yah·weh Yahweh H3068 אֱלֹהֶיךָ 'e·lo·hei·kha God your H430

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 11–22

The old prophet's conduct proves that he was not really a godly man. When the change took place under Jeroboam, he preferred his ease and interest to his religion. He took a very bad method to bring the good prophet back. It was all a lie. Believers are most in danger of being drawn from their duty by plausible pretences of holiness. We may wonder that the wicked prophet went unpunished, while the holy man of God was suddenly and severely punished. What shall we make of this? The judgments of God are beyond our power to fathom; and there is a judgment to come. Nothing can excuse any act of wilful disobedience. This shows what they must expect who hearken to the great deceiver. They that yield to him as a tempter, will be terrified by him as a tormentor. Those whom he now fawns upon, he will afterwards fly upon; and whom he draws into sin, he will try to drive to despair.

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Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Hebrew and Greek data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. Library: sources.