1 Kings 13:1

Context
13:1 Just then¹ a prophet² from Judah, sent by the Lord, arrived in Bethel,³ as Jeroboam was standing near the altar ready to offer a sacrifice.

1 Kings 13:30-31

Context
13:30 He put the corpse into his own tomb, and they⁴ mourned over him, saying, “Ah, my brother!” 13:31 After he buried him, he said to his sons, “When I die, bury me in the tomb where the prophet⁵ is buried; put my bones right beside his bones,

[13:1] ¹tn 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.

[13:1] ²tn Heb “the man of God.”

[13:1] ³tn Heb “came by the word of the Lord to Bethel.”

[13:30] ⁴tn “They” is the reading of the Hebrew text here; perhaps this is meant to include not only the old prophet but his sons (cf. v. 31).

[13:31] ⁵tn Heb “the man of God.”