1 Kings 13:20

20 And it came to pass as they sat at the table, that the word of Jehovah came to the prophet that brought him back;

1 Kings 13:20 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 13:20

And it came to pass, as they sat at the table
The old prophet, with his sons, and the man of God; the Arabic version adds, "and did eat", there being a pause in the Hebrew text, as if something was wanting, and to be understood and supplied: that the word of the Lord came unto the prophet that brought him back;
that is, to the old prophet, who was the means of bringing back the man of God; the word did not come to him who had transgressed the command of the Lord, but to him who was the occasion of it; though Abarbinel is of opinion that the word came to the latter, and so some versions, both ancient and modern, render the clause, "to the prophet whom he had brought back" ^F6 and which is countenanced by what is said, ( 1 Kings 13:26 ) , according to the word of the Lord which he spoke unto him:
but the former sense best agrees with what follows.

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FOOTNOTES:

F6 Syr. Ar. Junius & Tremellius.

1 Kings 13:20 In-Context

18 And he said to him, I am a prophet also as thou art; and an angel spoke to me by the word of Jehovah saying, Bring him back with thee into thy house, that he may eat bread and drink water. He lied unto him.

19 Then he went back with him, and ate bread in his house, and drank water.

20 And it came to pass as they sat at the table, that the word of Jehovah came to the prophet that brought him back;

21 and he cried to the man of God that came from Judah, saying, Thus saith Jehovah: Forasmuch as thou hast disobeyed the word of Jehovah, and hast not kept the commandment that Jehovah thy God commanded thee,

22 but camest back, and hast eaten bread and drunk water in the place of which he said to thee, Eat no bread and drink no water; thy carcase shall not come to the sepulchre of thy fathers.