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Good News Translation

1 Kings 13:10

So he did not go back the same way he had come, but by another road.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Afflictions and Adversities;   Decision;   Fellowship;   Jeroboam;   Judgments;   Reproof;   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;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Bethel ;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Jeroboam;  

Encyclopedias:

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

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
So he went another way; he did not go back by the way he had come to Bethel.
Hebrew Names Version
So he went another way, and didn't return by the way that he came to Beit-El.
King James Version
So he went another way, and returned not by the way that he came to Bethel.
English Standard Version
So he went another way and did not return by the way that he came to Bethel.
New Century Version
So he took a different road and did not return on the same road by which he had come to Bethel.
New English Translation
So he started back on another road; he did not travel back on the same road he had taken to Bethel.
Amplified Bible
So he went another way and did not return by the way that he came to Bethel.
New American Standard Bible
So he went another way and did not return by the way that he had come to Bethel.
Geneva Bible (1587)
So he went another way and returned not by the way that he came to Beth-el.
Legacy Standard Bible
So he went another way and did not return by the way which he came to Bethel.
Contemporary English Version
Then he started home down a different road.
Complete Jewish Bible
So he went another way and did not return by the road by which he had come to Beit-El.
Darby Translation
So he went another way, and returned not by the way that he had come to Bethel.
Easy-to-Read Version
So he took a different road home. He did not go back the same way he came to Bethel.
George Lamsa Translation
So he went by another way, and did not return by the way that he came to Beth-el.
Lexham English Bible
So he went another way, and he did not return by the way on which he had come to Bethel.
Literal Translation
And he went on another way, and did not turn back in the way in which he came into Bethel.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And he departed another waye, and returned not agayne the waye that he came to Bethel.
American Standard Version
So he went another way, and returned not by the way that he came to Beth-el.
Bible in Basic English
So he went another way, and not by the way he came to Beth-el.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And so he went another way, and returned not by the way that he came to Bethel.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
So he went another way, and returned not by the way that he came to Beth-el.
King James Version (1611)
So he went another way, and returned not by the way that hee came to Bethel.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
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English Revised Version
So he went another way, and returned not by the way that he came to Beth–el.
Berean Standard Bible
So the man of God went another way and did not return by the way he had come to Bethel.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Therfor he yede bi another weie, and turnede not ayen bi the weie, bi which he cam in to Bethel.
Young's Literal Translation
And he goeth on in another way, and hath not turned back in the way in which he came in unto Beth-El.
Update Bible Version
So he went another way, and didn't return by the way that he came to Beth-el.
Webster's Bible Translation
So he went another way, and returned not by the way that he came to Beth-el.
World English Bible
So he went another way, and didn't return by the way that he came to Bethel.
New King James Version
So he went another way and did not return by the way he came to Bethel.
New Living Translation
So he left Bethel and went home another way.
New Life Bible
So he went another way. He did not return by the way he came to Bethel.
New Revised Standard
So he went another way, and did not return by the way that he had come to Bethel.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
So he departed another way, - and went not back by the way by which he came unto Bethel.
Douay-Rheims Bible
So he departed by another way, and returned not by the way that he came into Bethel.
Revised Standard Version
So he went another way, and did not return by the way that he came to Bethel.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
So he went another way and did not return by the way which he came to Bethel.

Contextual Overview

1 At the Lord 's command a prophet from Judah went to Bethel and arrived there as Jeroboam stood at the altar to offer the sacrifice. 2 Following the Lord 's command, the prophet denounced the altar: "O altar, altar, this is what the Lord says: A child, whose name will be Josiah, will be born to the family of David. He will slaughter on you the priests serving at the pagan altars who offer sacrifices on you, and he will burn human bones on you." 3 And the prophet went on to say, "This altar will fall apart, and the ashes on it will be scattered. Then you will know that the Lord has spoken through me." 4 When King Jeroboam heard this, he pointed at him and ordered, "Seize that man!" At once the king's arm became paralyzed so that he couldn't pull it back. 5 The altar suddenly fell apart and the ashes spilled to the ground, as the prophet had predicted in the name of the Lord . 6 King Jeroboam said to the prophet, "Please pray for me to the Lord your God, and ask him to heal my arm!" The prophet prayed to the Lord , and the king's arm was healed. 7 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." 8 The prophet answered, "Even if you gave me half of your wealth, I would not go with you or eat or drink anything with you. 9 The Lord has commanded me not to eat or drink a thing, and not to return home the same way I came." 10 So he did not go back the same way he had come, but by another road.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Cross-References

Genesis 3:6
The woman saw how beautiful the tree was and how good its fruit would be to eat, and she thought how wonderful it would be to become wise. So she took some of the fruit and ate it. Then she gave some to her husband, and he also ate it.
Genesis 6:2
some of the heavenly beings saw that these young women were beautiful, so they took the ones they liked.
Genesis 13:1
Abram went north out of Egypt to the southern part of Canaan with his wife and everything he owned, and Lot went with him.
Genesis 13:8
Then Abram said to Lot, "We are relatives, and your men and my men shouldn't be quarreling.
Genesis 13:10
Lot looked around and saw that the whole Jordan Valley, all the way to Zoar, had plenty of water, like the Garden of the Lord or like the land of Egypt. (This was before the Lord had destroyed the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah.)
Genesis 13:15
I am going to give you and your descendants all the land that you see, and it will be yours forever.
Genesis 13:16
I am going to give you so many descendants that no one will be able to count them all; it would be as easy to count all the specks of dust on earth!
Genesis 13:17
Now, go and look over the whole land, because I am going to give it all to you."
Genesis 14:2
went to war against five other kings: Bera of Sodom, Birsha of Gomorrah, Shinab of Admah, Shemeber of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (or Zoar).
Genesis 14:8
Then the kings of Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, Zeboiim, and Bela drew up their armies for battle in Siddim Valley and fought

Gill's Notes on the Bible

So he went another way, and returned not by the way that he came to Bethel. Neither ate nor drank with the king, though that is not expressed; nor did he go back the same way he came; but in each particular observed the divine command, and was obedient to it.


 
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