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New Century Version

1 Kings 13:7

Then the king said to the man of God, "Please come home and eat with me, and I will give you a gift."

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

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

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 10:19
Their land reached from Sidon to Gerar as far as Gaza, and then to Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim, as far as Lasha.
Genesis 12:6
Abram traveled through that land as far as the great tree of Moreh at Shechem. The Canaanites were living in the land at that time.
Genesis 13:14
After Lot left, the Lord said to Abram, "Look all around you—to the north and south and east and west.
Genesis 13:15
All this land that you see I will give to you and your descendants forever.
Genesis 13:18
So Abram moved his tents and went to live near the great trees of Mamre at the city of Hebron. There he built an altar to the Lord .
Genesis 21:25
Then Abraham complained to Abimelech about Abimelech's servants who had seized a well of water.
Genesis 26:20
But the herdsmen of Gerar argued with them and said, "This water is ours." So Isaac named that well Argue because they argued with him.
Genesis 34:30
Then Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, "You have caused me a lot of trouble. Now the Canaanites and the Perizzites who live in the land will hate me. Since there are only a few of us, if they join together to attack us, my people and I will be destroyed."
Exodus 2:17
Some shepherds came and chased the girls away, but Moses defended the girls and watered their flock.
Nehemiah 5:9
Then I said, "What you are doing is not right. Don't you fear God? Don't let our foreign enemies shame us.

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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