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Contemporary English Version

1 Kings 13:7

"Come home with me and eat something," Jeroboam said. "I want to give you a gift for what you have done."

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Afflictions and Adversities;   Fellowship;   Jeroboam;   Judgments;   Prophets;   Reproof;   Thompson Chain Reference - Earthly;   Reward;   Reward-Punishment;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Alliance and Society with the Enemies of God;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Iddo;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Jeroboam;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Bethel;   Jeroboam;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Jadon;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Meals;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Bethel ;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Jeroboam;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Kingdom of Israel;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Old Prophet, the;   Refresh;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Then the king declared to the man of God, “Come home with me, refresh yourself, and I’ll give you a reward.”
Hebrew Names Version
The king said to the man of God, Come home with me, and refresh yourself, and I will give you a reward.
King James Version
And the king said unto the man of God, Come home with me, and refresh thyself, and I will give thee a reward.
English Standard Version
And the king said to the man of God, "Come home with me, and refresh yourself, and I will give you a reward."
New Century Version
Then the king said to the man of God, "Please come home and eat with me, and I will give you a gift."
New English Translation
The king then said to the prophet, "Come home with me and have something to eat. I'd like to give a present."
Amplified Bible
And the king said to the man of God, "Come home with me and refresh yourself, and I will give you a reward."
New American Standard Bible
Then the king said to the man of God, "Come home with me and refresh yourself, and I will give you a gift."
Geneva Bible (1587)
Then the King sayde vnto the man of God, Come home with mee, that thou mayest dyne, and I will giue thee a reward.
Legacy Standard Bible
Then the king said to the man of God, "Come home with me and refresh yourself, and I will give you a gift."
Complete Jewish Bible
The king then said to the man of God, "Come home with me, and refresh yourself, and I will give you a reward.
Darby Translation
And the king said to the man of God, Come home with me, and refresh thyself, and I will give thee a present.
Easy-to-Read Version
Then the king said to the man of God, "Please come home with me. Come and eat with me. I will give you a gift."
George Lamsa Translation
And the king said to the prophet of God, Come home with me to eat and I will give you presents.
Good News Translation
Then the king said to the prophet, "Come home with me and have something to eat. I will reward you for what you have done."
Lexham English Bible
Then the king spoke to the man of God, "Come with me to the house and refresh yourself, that I may give you a gift."
Literal Translation
And the king spoke to the man of God, Come home with me, and refresh yourself, and I will give you a gift.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And the kynge sayde vnto the man of God: Come home with me, and dyne, and I wil geue the a rewarde.
American Standard Version
And the king said unto the man of God, Come home with me, and refresh thyself, and I will give thee a reward.
Bible in Basic English
And the king said to the man of God, Come with me to my house for food and rest, and I will give you a reward.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And the king sayde vnto the man of God: Come home with me, that thou mayest dine, and I will geue thee a reward.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And the king said unto the man of God: 'Come home with me, and refresh thyself, and I will give thee a reward.'
King James Version (1611)
And the king said vnto the man of God, Come home with mee, and refresh thy selfe, and I wil giue thee a reward.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the king said to the man of God, Enter with me into the house, and dine, and I will give thee a gift.
English Revised Version
And the king said unto the man of God, Come home with me, and refresh thyself, and I will give thee a reward.
Berean Standard Bible
Then the king said to the man of God, "Come home with me and refresh yourself, and I will give you a reward."
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Sotheli the kyng spak to the man of God, Come thou hoom with me, that thou ete, and Y schal yyue yiftis to thee.
Young's Literal Translation
And the king speaketh unto the man of God, `Come in with me to the house, and refresh thyself, and I give to thee a gift.'
Update Bible Version
And the king said to the man of God, Come home with me, and refresh yourself, and I will give you a reward.
Webster's Bible Translation
And the king said to the man of God, Come home with me, and refresh thyself, and I will give thee a reward.
World English Bible
The king said to the man of God, Come home with me, and refresh yourself, and I will give you a reward.
New King James Version
Then the king said to the man of God, "Come home with me and refresh yourself, and I will give you a reward."
New Living Translation
Then the king said to the man of God, "Come to the palace with me and have something to eat, and I will give you a gift."
New Life Bible
Then the king said to the man of God, "Come home with me and have something to eat to make yourself strong again. And I will pay you."
New Revised Standard
Then the king said to the man of God, "Come home with me and dine, and I will give you a gift."
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Then spake the king unto the man of God, Come home with me, and refresh thyself, - and let me give thee a present.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And the king said to the man of God: Come home with me to dine, and I will make thee presents.
Revised Standard Version
And the king said to the man of God, "Come home with me, and refresh yourself, and I will give you a reward."
THE MESSAGE
Then the king invited the holy man, "Join me for a meal; I have a gift for you."
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Then the king said to the man of God, "Come home with me and refresh yourself, and I will give you a reward."

Contextual Overview

1One day, Jeroboam was standing at the altar in Bethel, ready to make an offering. Suddenly one of God's prophets arrived from Judah and shouted: The Lord sent me with a message about this altar. A child named Josiah will be born into David's family. He will sacrifice on this altar the priests who make offerings here, and human bones will be burned on it. 3 You will know that the Lord has said these things when the altar splits in half, and the ashes on it fall to the ground. 4 Jeroboam pointed at the prophet and shouted, "Grab him!" But right away, Jeroboam's hand became stiff, and he could not move it. 5 The altar split in half, and the ashes fell to the ground, just as the prophet had warned. 6 "Please pray to the Lord your God and ask him to heal my hand," Jeroboam begged. The prophet prayed, and Jeroboam's hand was healed. 7 "Come home with me and eat something," Jeroboam said. "I want to give you a gift for what you have done." 8 "No, I wouldn't go with you, even if you offered me half of your kingdom. I won't eat or drink here either. 9 The Lord said I can't eat or drink anything and that I can't go home the same way I came." 10 Then he started home down a different road.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

refresh: Genesis 18:5, Judges 13:15, Judges 19:21

I will give: As great men in the East make no presents to equals or inferiors when visited, Sir John Chardin thinks that the king intended by this to treat the prophet as his superior. 1 Samuel 9:7, 1 Samuel 9:8, 2 Kings 5:15, Jeremiah 40:5, Malachi 1:10, Acts 8:18-20, 1 Peter 5:2

Reciprocal: Judges 19:5 - Comfort 1 Kings 14:3 - And take 2 Kings 5:5 - and took

Cross-References

Genesis 12:6
Abram went as far as the sacred tree of Moreh in a place called Shechem. The Canaanites were still living in the land at that time,
Genesis 13:14
After Abram and Lot had gone their separate ways, the Lord said to Abram: Look around to the north, south, east, and west.
Genesis 13:15
I will give you and your family all the land you can see. It will be theirs forever!
Genesis 13:18
Abram took down his tents and went to live near the sacred trees of Mamre at Hebron, where he built an altar in honor of the Lord .
Genesis 21:25
One day, Abraham told Abimelech, "Some of your servants have taken over one of my wells."
Genesis 26:20
But the shepherds of Gerar Valley quarreled with Isaac's shepherds and claimed the water belonged to them. So the well was named "Quarrel," because they had quarreled with Isaac.
Genesis 34:30
Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, "Look what you've done! Now I'm in real trouble with the Canaanites and Perizzites who live around here. There aren't many of us, and if they attack, they'll kill everyone in my household."
Exodus 2:17
Some shepherds tried to chase them away, but Moses came to their rescue and watered their animals.
Nehemiah 5:9
I continued, "What you have done is wrong! We must honor our God by the way we live, so the Gentiles can't find fault with us.
1 Corinthians 3:3
because you are not yet spiritual. You are jealous and argue with each other. This proves that you are not spiritual and that you are acting like the people of this world.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the king said unto the man of God, come home with me, and refresh thyself,.... By eating a meal with him, after such a journey he had taken, and delivered his prophecies, and put up his prayers for the king:

and I will give thee a reward; for his prayers, by means of which his hand was restored to him; but takes no notice of the Lord, the author of this miraculous cure, nor expresses the least degree of thankfulness and gratitude to him.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

I will give thee a reward - It was customary to honor a prophet with a gift, if he performed any service that was requested at his hands (see the marginal references).

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 1 Kings 13:7. Come home with me - and I will give thee a reward. — Come and be one of my priests, and I will give thee a proper salary.


 
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