1 Kings 13:14

14 So he went after the man of God and found him sitting under an oak; and he said to him, "Are you the man of God who came from Judah?" And he said, "I am."

1 Kings 13:14 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 13:14

And went after the man of God, and found him sitting under an
oak
To shelter him from the heat, and being faint, hungry, and thirsty; so the ancients of old made use of oaks for a covering, before houses were invented ^F5; thus Abraham pitched his tent in the plain, or under the oak, of Mamre, ( Genesis 13:18 )

and he said unto him, art thou the man of God that camest from Judah?
which he might guess at from his habit, and from the description his sons had given of him:

and he said, I am;
owned himself to be the person he inquired after.

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FOOTNOTES:

F5 Suidas in voce (dendruazein) .

1 Kings 13:14 In-Context

12 Their father said to them, "Which way did he go?" Now his sons had seen the way which the man of God who came from Judah had gone.

13 Then he said to his sons, "Saddle the donkey for me." So they saddled the donkey for him and he rode away on it.

14 So he went after the man of God and found him sitting under an oak; and he said to him, "Are you the man of God who came from Judah?" And he said, "I am."

15 Then he said to him, "Come home with me and eat bread."

16 He said, "I cannot return with you, nor go with you, nor will I eat bread or drink water with you in this place.

Footnotes

• [a]. Or a "terebinth"