1 Kings 13:12

12 And their father said to them, Which way went he? for his sons had seen which way the man of God went, who came from Judah.

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 returned not by the way that he had come to Bethel.

11 Now there dwelt a certain old prophet in Bethel; and his sons came and told him all the works that the man of God had done that day in Bethel; the words that he had spoken to the king, them they told also to their father.

12 And their father said to them, Which way went he? for his sons had seen which way the man of God went, who came from Judah.

13 And he said to his sons, Saddle me the ass. So they saddled him the ass; and he rode thereon,

14 and went after the man of God, and found him sitting under a terebinth; and he said to him, Art thou the man of God that camest from Judah? And he said, I am.