1 Kings 13:12

12 Their father said, "Which way did he go?" His sons pointed out the road that the holy man from Judah had taken.

1 Kings 13:12 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 13:12

And their father said unto them, what way went he?
&c.] Having a strong inclination to see him, and converse with him:

for his sons had seen what way the man of God went which came from
Judah;
they took notice of it; and, as the Targum, they showed it to their father.

1 Kings 13:12 In-Context

10 Then he left by a different road than the one on which he had walked to Bethel.
11 There was an old prophet who lived in Bethel. His sons came and told him the story of what the holy man had done that day in Bethel, told him everything that had happened and what the holy man had said to the king.
12 Their father said, "Which way did he go?" His sons pointed out the road that the holy man from Judah had taken.
13 He told his sons, "Saddle my donkey." When they had saddled it, he got on
14 and rode after the holy man. He found him sitting under an oak tree. He asked him, "Are you the holy man who came from Judah?" "Yes, I am," he said.
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