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Young's Literal Translation

1 Kings 13:7

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.'

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."
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.
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 And lo, a man of God hath come from Judah, by the word of Jehovah, unto Beth-El, and Jeroboam is standing by the altar -- to make perfume; 2 and he calleth against the altar, by the word of Jehovah, and saith, `Altar! altar! thus said Jehovah, Lo, a son is born to the house of David -- Josiah his name -- and he hath sacrificed on thee the priests of the high places who are making perfume on thee, and bones of man are burnt on thee.' 3 And he hath given on that day a sign, saying, `This [is] the sign that Jehovah hath spoken, Lo, the altar is rent, and the ashes poured forth that [are] on it.' 4 And it cometh to pass, at the king's hearing the word of the man of God that he calleth against the altar in Beth-El, that Jeroboam putteth forth his hand from off the altar, saying, `Catch him;' and his hand is dried up that he hath put forth against him, and he is not able to bring it back unto him, 5 and the altar is rent, and the ashes poured forth from the altar, according to the sign that the man of God had given by the word of Jehovah. 6 And the king answereth and saith unto the man of God, `Appease, I pray thee, the face of Jehovah thy God, and pray for me, and my hand doth come back unto me;' and the man of God appeaseth the face of Jehovah, and the hand of the king cometh back unto him, and it is as at the beginning. 7 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.' 8 And the man of God saith unto the king, `If thou dost give to me the half of thine house, I do not go in with thee, nor do I eat bread, nor do I drink water, in this place; 9 for so He commanded me by the word of Jehovah, saying, Thou dost not eat bread nor drink water, nor turn back in the way that thou hast come.' 10 And he goeth on in another way, and hath not turned back in the way in which he came in unto Beth-El.

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
And the border of the Canaanite is from Sidon, [in] thy coming towards Gerar, unto Gaza; [in] thy coming towards Sodom, and Gomorrah, and Admah, and Zeboim, unto Lasha.
Genesis 12:6
And Abram passeth over into the land, unto the place Shechem, unto the oak of Moreh; and the Canaanite [is] then in the land.
Genesis 13:14
And Jehovah said unto Abram, after Lot's being parted from him, `Lift up, I pray thee, thine eyes, and look from the place where thou [art], northward, and southward, and eastward, and westward;
Genesis 13:15
for the whole of the land which thou are seeing, to thee I give it, and to thy seed -- to the age.
Genesis 13:18
And Abram tenteth, and cometh, and dwelleth among the oaks of Mamre, which [are] in Hebron, and buildeth there an altar to Jehovah.
Genesis 21:25
And Abraham reasoned with Abimelech concerning the matter of a well of water which Abimelech's servants have taken violently away,
Genesis 26:20
and shepherds of Gerar strive with shepherds of Isaac, saying, `The water [is] ours;' and he calleth the name of the well `Strife,' because they have striven habitually with him;
Genesis 34:30
And Jacob saith unto Simeon and unto Levi, `Ye have troubled me, by causing me to stink among the inhabitants of the land, among the Canaanite, and among the Perizzite: and I [am] few in number, and they have been gathered against me, and have smitten me, and I have been destroyed, I and my house.'
Exodus 2:17
and the shepherds come and drive them away, and Moses ariseth, and saveth them, and watereth their flock.
Nehemiah 5:9
And I say, `Not good [is] the thing that ye are doing; in the fear of our God do ye not walk, because of the reproach of the nations our enemies?

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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