Their father said to them, “Which way did he go?” Now his sons had seen which way the man of God went, who came from Judah.
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Their father said to them, “Which way did he go?” Now his sons had seen which way the man of God went, who came from Judah.
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And their father said unto them, What way went he? For his sons had seen what way the man of God went, which came from Judah.
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And their father said unto them: 'What way went he?' For his sons had seen what way the man of God went, that came from Judah.
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain Hebrew, looked.
Hebrew, looked.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 1Ki 13:12 And their father said unto them, What…
1Ki 13:12 And their father said unto them, What way went he? For his sons had seen what way the man of God went, which came from Judah.
Ver. 12. For his sons had seen what way the man of God went.] As well they might, for he went away immediately after he had delivered his message, which also was such as they had reason to look after him; though better they had not, since by that means their father fell into so grievous a sin.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And he said unto his sons, saddle me the…
And he said unto his sons, saddle me the ass,.... Which he used to ride on; intimating he had a mind to ride after him, and overtake him, as he might reasonably think he might, since the man of God was on foot:
so they saddled him the ass, and he rode thereon; after the man of God, taking the way his sons directed.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 12. For (R.V. Now) his sons had seen] This…
12. For (R.V. Now) his sons had seen] This rendering is in accordance with the Massoretic pointing וַיִרְאוּ but all the Versions translate as if the verb had been וַיַרְאוּ, the Hiphil, ‘and his sons shewed him’.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain And their father said unto them, What way went…
And their father said unto them, What way went he? The question shows that the old prophet throughly understood the import of those "words," and that his first thought was that the interdict must be removed at any cost. For his sons had seen Heb. and his sons saw, or showed. LXX deiknuousin. Similarly most of the versions. A very slight change in the vowel points War"yw for W"ariYw would give this sense what way the man of God went which came from Judah.
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