Melachim Alef 13:14

14 And went after the Ish HaElohim, found him sitting under the elah (the oak tree); and he said unto him, Art thou the Ish HaElohim that camest from Yehudah? And he said, I am.

Melachim Alef 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) .

Melachim Alef 13:14 In-Context

12 And their av said unto them, What derech went he? For his banim had seen on what derech the Ish HaElohim, who came from Yehudah, went.

13 And he said unto his banim, Saddle me the chamor. So they saddled him the chamor; and he rode thereon,

14 And went after the Ish HaElohim, found him sitting under the elah (the oak tree); and he said unto him, Art thou the Ish HaElohim that camest from Yehudah? And he said, I am.

15 Then he said unto him, Come with me home, and eat lechem.

16 And he said, I may not return with thee, nor go in with thee; neither will I eat lechem nor drink mayim with thee in this makom;