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the Week of Proper 15 / Ordinary 20
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New Century Version

1 Kings 13:10

So he took a different road and did not return on the same road by which he had come to Bethel.

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 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.
Good News Translation
So he did not go back the same way he had come, but by another road.
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 The Lord commanded a man of God from Judah to go to Bethel. When he arrived, Jeroboam was standing by the altar to offer a sacrifice. 2 The Lord had commanded the man of God to speak against the altar. The man said, "Altar, altar, the Lord says to you: ‘David's family will have a son named Josiah. The priests for the places of worship now make their sacrifices on you, but Josiah will sacrifice those priests on you. Human bones will be burned on you.'" 3 That same day the man of God gave proof that these things would happen. "This is the Lord 's sign that this will happen," he said. "This altar will break apart, and the ashes on it will fall to the ground." 4 When King Jeroboam heard what the man of God said about the altar in Bethel, the king raised his hand from the altar and pointed at the man. "Take him!" he said. But when the king said this, his arm was paralyzed, and he could not move it. 5 The altar also broke into pieces, and its ashes fell to the ground. This was the sign the Lord had told the man of God to give. 6 Then the king said to the man of God, "Please pray to the Lord your God for me, and ask him to heal my arm." So the man of God prayed to the Lord , and the king's arm was healed, becoming as it was before. 7 Then the king said to the man of God, "Please come home and eat with me, and I will give you a gift." 8 But the man of God answered the king, "Even if you gave me half of your kingdom, I would not go with you. I will not eat or drink anything in this place. 9 The Lord commanded me not to eat or drink anything nor to return on the same road by which I came." 10 So he took a different road and did not return on the same road by which he had come to Bethel.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Cross-References

Genesis 3:6
The woman saw that the tree was beautiful, that its fruit was good to eat, and that it would make her wise. So she took some of its fruit and ate it. She also gave some of the fruit to her husband who was with her, and he ate it.
Genesis 6:2
When the sons of God saw that these girls were beautiful, they married any of them they chose.
Genesis 13:1
So Abram, his wife, and Lot left Egypt, taking everything they owned, and traveled to southern Canaan.
Genesis 13:8
Abram said to Lot, "There should be no arguing between you and me, or between your herdsmen and mine, because we are brothers.
Genesis 13:10
Lot looked all around and saw the whole Jordan Valley and that there was much water there. It was like the Lord 's garden, like the land of Egypt in the direction of Zoar. (This was before the Lord destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah.)
Genesis 13:15
All this land that you see I will give to you and your descendants forever.
Genesis 13:16
I will make your descendants as many as the dust of the earth. If anyone could count the dust on the earth, he could count your people.
Genesis 13:17
Get up! Walk through all this land because I am now giving it to you."
Genesis 14:2
All these kings went to war against several other kings: Bera king of Sodom, Birsha king of Gomorrah, Shinab king of Admah, Shemeber king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela. (Bela is also called Zoar.)
Genesis 14:8
At that time the kings of Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, Zeboiim, and Bela went out to fight in the Valley of Siddim. (Bela is called Zoar.)

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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