1 Kings 13 · Verse 15

1 Kings 13:15

Then he said unto him, Come home with me, and eat bread.
1 Kings 13:15, King James Version

1 Kings 13:15 in other translations

BSBSo the prophet said to the man of God, “Come home with me and eat some bread.”
WEBThen he said to him, “Come home with me and eat bread.”
ASVThen he said unto him, Come home with me, and eat bread.
YLTAnd he saith unto him, ‘Come with me to the house, and eat bread.'
DARBYAnd he said to him, Come home with me, and eat bread.
BBEThen he said to him, Come back to the house with me and have a meal.
WebsterThen he said to him, Come home with me, and eat bread.

What does 1 Kings 13:15 mean?

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 1 Kings 13:11-22

The old prophet's conduct proves that he was not really a godly man. When the change took place under Jeroboam, he preferred his ease and interest to his religion. He took a very bad method to bring the good prophet back. It was all a lie. Believers are most in danger of being drawn from their duty by plausible pretences of holiness. We may wonder that the wicked prophet went unpunished, while the holy man of God…

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1 Kings 13:15 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.

וַיֹּ֣אמֶרvai.Yo.merand he saidH559
אֵלָ֔יו'e.Lavto himH413
לֵ֥ךְlekhcomeH1980
אִתִּ֖י'i.Tiwith meH854
הַבָּ֑יְתָהha.Ba.ye.tahthe house towardsH1004
וֶאֱכֹ֖לve.'e.Kholand eatH398
לָֽחֶם\׃La.chembreadH3899

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

Context

  • 1 Kings 13:14

    And went after the man of God, and found him sitting under an oak: and he said unto him, Art thou the man of God that camest from Judah? And he said, I am.

  • 1 Kings 13:15

    Then he said unto him, Come home with me, and eat bread.

  • 1 Kings 13:16

    And he said, I may not return with thee, nor go in with thee: neither will I eat bread nor drink water with thee in this place:

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1 Kings 13:15 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Díjole entonces: Ven conmigo á casa, y come del pan.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et il lui dit: Viens avec moi à la maison, et mange du pain.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Da sprach er zu ihm: Komm mit mir nach Hause und iß Brot.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Dixitque ad eum: Veni mecum domum, ut comedas panem.