1 Kings 13:18-22

13:18 The old prophet then said, ¹  “I too am a prophet like you. An angel told me with the Lord’s authority, ²  ‘Bring him back with you to your house so he can eat and drink.’” ³  But he was lying to him. ⁴  13:19 So the prophet went back with him and ate and drank in his house. ⁵ 

13:20 While they were sitting at the table, the Lord spoke through the old prophet ⁶  13:21 and he cried out to the prophet from Judah, “This is what the Lord says, ‘You ⁷  have rebelled against the Lord ⁸  and have not obeyed the command the Lord your God gave you. 13:22 You went back and ate and drank in this place, even though he said to you, “Do not eat or drink there.” ⁹  Therefore ¹⁰  your corpse will not be buried in your ancestral tomb.’” ¹¹ 

¹ tn Heb “and he said to him.”

² tn Heb “by the word of the Lord.”

³ tn Heb “eat food and drink water.”

⁴ tn Or “deceiving him.”

⁵ tn Heb “and he returned with him and ate food in his house and drank water.”

⁶ tn Heb “and the word of the Lord came to the prophet who had brought him back.”

⁷ tn The Hebrew text has “because” at the beginning of the sentence. In the Hebrew text vv. 21-22 are one long sentence comprised of a causal clause giving the reason for divine punishment (vv. 21-22a) and the main clause announcing the punishment (v. 22b). The translation divides this lengthy sentence for stylistic reasons.

⁸ tn Heb “the mouth [i.e., command] of the Lord.”

⁹ tn Heb “and you returned and ate food and drank water in the place about which he said to you, ‘do not eat food and do not drink water.’”

¹⁰ tn “Therefore” is added for stylistic reasons. See the note at 1 Kgs 13:21 pertaining to the grammatical structure of vv. 21-22.

¹¹ tn Heb “will not go to the tomb of your fathers.”