1 Kings 13:12

12 Their father said to them, Which way did he go? Now 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 didn't return by the way that he came to Bethel.

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

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

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

14 He went after the man of God, and found him sitting under an oak; and he said to him, Are you the man of God who came from Judah? He said, I am.