1 Kings 13 · Verse 10

1 Kings 13:10

So he went another way, and returned not by the way that he came to Beth–el.
1 Kings 13:10, King James Version

1 Kings 13:10 in other translations

BSBSo the man of God went another way and did not return by the way he had come to Bethel.
WEBSo he went another way, and didn’t return by the way that he came to Bethel.
ASVSo he went another way, and returned not by the way that he came to Beth-el.
YLTAnd he goeth on in another way, and hath not turned back in the way in which he came in unto Beth-El.
DARBYSo he went another way, and returned not by the way that he had come to Bethel.
BBESo he went another way, and not by the way he came to Beth-el.
WebsterSo he went another way, and returned not by the way that he came to Beth-el.

What does 1 Kings 13:10 mean?

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 1 Kings 13:1-10

In threatening the altar, the prophet threatens the founder and worshippers. Idolatrous worship will not continue, but the word of the Lord will endure for ever. The prediction plainly declared that the family of David would continue, and support true religion, when the ten tribes would not be able to resist them. If God, in justice, harden the hearts of sinners, so that the hand they have stretched out in sin they…

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1 Kings 13:10 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַיֵּ֖לֶךְvai.Ye.lekhand he wentH1980
בְּדֶ֣רֶךְbe.De.rekhby a wayH1870
אַחֵ֑ר'a.CheranotherH312
וְלֹֽא\־ve.lo'-and notH3808
שָׁ֣בshavhe returnedH7725
בַּדֶּ֔רֶךְba.De.rekhby the wayH1870
אֲשֶׁ֛ר'a.SherwhichH834
בָּ֥אba'he had comeH935
בָ֖הּvahby it
אֶל\־'el-toH413
בֵּֽית\־beit-Beth-H1008
אֵֽל\׃\ \פ'El-elH1008

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Context

  • 1 Kings 13:9

    For so was it charged me by the word of the Lord, saying, Eat no bread, nor drink water, nor turn again by the same way that thou camest.

  • 1 Kings 13:10

    So he went another way, and returned not by the way that he came to Beth–el.

  • 1 Kings 13:11

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

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1 Kings 13:10 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Fuése pues por otro camino, y no volvió por el camino por donde había venido á Beth-el.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et il s’en alla par un autre chemin; il ne s’en retourna point par le chemin par lequel il était venu à Béthel.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und er ging auf einem anderen Wege und kehrte nicht auf dem Wege zurück, auf welchem er nach Bethel gekommen war.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Abiit ergo per aliam viam, et non est reversus per iter quo venerat in Bethel.