1 Kings 13:1

13:1 Just then ¹  a prophet ²  from Judah, sent by the Lord, arrived in Bethel, ³  as Jeroboam was standing near the altar ready to offer a sacrifice.

1 Kings 13:26

13:26 When the old prophet who had invited him to his house heard the news, ⁴  he said, “It is the prophet ⁵  who rebelled against the Lord. ⁶  The Lord delivered him over to the lion and it ripped him up ⁷  and killed him, just as the Lord warned him.” ⁸ 

¹ tn Heb “Look.” The Hebrew particle הִנֵּה (hinneh) is a rhetorical device by which the author invites the reader to visualize the scene for dramatic effect.

² tn Heb “the man of God.”

³ tn Heb “came by the word of the Lord to Bethel.”

⁴ tn Heb “and the prophet who had brought him back from the road heard.”

⁵ tn Heb “the man of God.”

⁶ tn Heb “the mouth of the Lord.”

⁷ tn Heb “broke him,” or “crushed him.”

⁸ tn Heb “according to the word of the Lord which he spoke to him.”