1 Kings 13:1
13:1 Just then 1 a prophet 2 from Judah, sent by the Lord, arrived in Bethel, 3 as Jeroboam was standing near the altar ready to offer a sacrifice.
1 Kings 13:26
13:26 When the old prophet who had invited him to his house heard the news, 4 he said, “It is the prophet 5 who rebelled against the Lord. 6 The Lord delivered him over to the lion and it ripped him up 7 and killed him, just as the Lord warned him.” 8
1 tn Heb “Look.” The Hebrew particle הִנֵּה (hinneh) is a rhetorical device by which the author invites the reader to visualize the scene for dramatic effect.
2 tn Heb “the man of God.”
3 tn Heb “came by the word of the Lord to Bethel.”
4 tn Heb “and the prophet who had brought him back from the road heard.”
5 tn Heb “the man of God.”
6 tn Heb “the mouth of the Lord.”
7 tn Heb “broke him,” or “crushed him.”
8 tn Heb “according to the word of the Lord which he spoke to him.”