Bible Strands
1 Kings 13:14
and went after the man of God. He found him sitting under an oak tree and asked, “Are you the man of God who came from Judah?” “I am,” he replied.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The prophet from Bethel pursues the man of God from Judah and locates him resting under an oak tree, then asks for confirmation of his identity.
The words — וַ/יֵּ֗לֵךְ (va/i.Ye.lekh) means "and he went," while תַּ֣חַת (Ta.chat) literally means "under," marking the prophet’s pursuit and the resting place.
The thread — Similar scenes of weary figures resting under trees or near wells appear in 1 Kings 19:4 and John 4:6, where divine encounters follow physical exhaustion.
Why it lands — The text demands verification of prophetic identity through direct confrontation, not assumption.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And went after the man of God, and found him sitting under an oak: and he said unto him, Art thou the man of God that camest from Judah? And he said, I am.
Cross-references
- 1 Kings 19:4 while he himself went a day’s journey into the wilderness. He sat down under a broom tree and prayed that he might die. “I have had enough, LORD,” he said. “Take my life, for I am no better than my fathers.”
- John 4:6 Since Jacob’s well was there, Jesus, weary from His journey, sat down by the well. It was about the sixth hour.
- John 4:34 Jesus explained, “My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me and to finish His work.
- 1 Corinthians 4:11 To this very hour we are hungry and thirsty, we are poorly clothed, we are brutally treated, we are homeless.
- 2 Corinthians 11:27 in labor and toil and often without sleep, in hunger and thirst and often without food, in cold and exposure.
- Philippians 4:12 I know how to live humbly, and I know how to abound. In any and every situation I have learned the secret of being filled and being hungry, of having plenty and having need.