Lièwángjìshang 13:6

6 Wáng duì shén rén shuō , qǐng nǐ wèi wǒ dǎogào , qiú Yēhéhuá nǐ shén de ēndiǎn shǐ wǒde shǒu fù yuán . yúshì shén rén qídǎo Yēhéhuá , wáng de shǒu jiù fù le yuán , réng rú xún cháng yíyàng .

Lièwángjìshang 13:6 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 13:6

And the king answered and said unto the man of God
In another tone than when he bid the people lay hold on him; not in a haughty, but humble manner; not as threatening, but supplicating:

entreat now the face of the Lord thy God;
he does not say "my God", for he had apostatized from him, and served other gods, but "thy" God, whose prophet he was, and who had an interest in him, as clearly appeared by what he had said and done by him;

and pray for me, that my hand may be restored me again;
not that the anger of God might be turned away from him, and he enjoy the divine favour, and have an application of pardoning grace made to him, only to have this outward mercy, this temporal favour restored to him, the use of his hand:

and the man of God besought the Lord;
not rendering evil for evil; but being of a forgiving spirit, though the king had stretched out his hand against him, he lifted up his hands to heaven for him:

and the king's hand was restored again, and became as it was before;
which was another instance of divine power, and a further proof of the prophet's divine mission; from whence it might be concluded, that what he had prophesied of would be fulfilled, and was an instance also of divine goodness to the king, which should have led him to repentance, but did not.

Lièwángjìshang 13:6 In-Context

4 Yé Luóbōān wáng tīngjian shén rén xiàng Bótèlì de tán suǒ hūjiào de huà , jiù cóng tán shàng shēnshǒu , shuō , ná zhù tā ba . wáng xiàng shén rén suǒ shēn de shǒu jiù kū gān le , bùnéng wān huí .

5 Tán yĕ pòliè le , tán shàng de huī qīng sǎ le , zhēng rú shén rén fèng Yēhéhuá de méng suǒ shè de yùzhào .

6 Wáng duì shén rén shuō , qǐng nǐ wèi wǒ dǎogào , qiú Yēhéhuá nǐ shén de ēndiǎn shǐ wǒde shǒu fù yuán . yúshì shén rén qídǎo Yēhéhuá , wáng de shǒu jiù fù le yuán , réng rú xún cháng yíyàng .

7 Wáng duì shén rén shuō , qǐng nǐ tóng wǒ huí qù chī fàn , jiā tiān xīn lì , wǒ yĕ bì gĕi nǐ shǎngcì .

8 Shén rén duì wáng shuō , nǐ jiù shì bǎ nǐde gōng yī bàn gĕi wǒ , wǒ yĕ bù tóng nǐ jìn qù , yĕ bú zaì zhè dìfang chī fàn hē shuǐ .