1 Kings 13:12

12 Their father asked them, "Which way did he go?" His sons showed him the road the man of God 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 So he took another road. He didn't go back on the same road he had taken when he came to Bethel.

11 An old prophet was living in Bethel. His sons came and spoke to him. They told him everything the man of God had done there that day. They also told their father what the man had said to the king.

12 Their father asked them, "Which way did he go?" His sons showed him the road the man of God from Judah had taken.

13 So he said to his sons, "Put a saddle on the donkey for me." When they had done it, he got on the donkey.

14 He traveled on the same road the man of God had taken. He found the man sitting under an oak tree. He asked him, "Are you the man of God who came from Judah?" "I am," he replied.