1 Kings 13:12

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

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 went another way, and not by the way he came to Beth-el.

11 Now there was an old prophet living in Beth-el; and one of his sons came and gave him word of all the man of God had done that day in Beth-el, and they gave their father an account of the words he had said to the king.

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

13 So the prophet said to his sons, Make ready an ass for me. So they made an ass ready, and he got on it,

14 And went after the man of God, and came up with him while he was seated under an oak-tree. And he said to him, Are you the man of God who came from Judah? And he said, I am.