1 Kings 13:6

And the king answers and says to the man of God, “Please appease the face of your God YHWH, and pray for me, and my hand comes back to me”; and the man of God appeases the face of YHWH, and the hand of the king comes back to him, and it is as at the beginning.

Literal Standard Version

In The King James Version

And the king answered and said unto the man of God, Intreat now the face of the LORD thy God, and pray for me, that my hand may be restored me again. And the man of God besought the LORD, and the king’s hand was restored him again, and became as it was before.

In Context

5and the altar is torn, and the ashes [are] poured forth from the altar, according to the sign that the man of God had given by the word of YHWH.

7And the king speaks to the man of God, “Come in with me to the house, and refresh yourself, and I give a gift to you.”

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Cross References

Exodus 8:8And Pharaoh calls for Moses and for Aaron and says, “Make supplication to YHWH, that he may turn aside the frogs from me, and from my people, and I send the people away, and they sacrifice to YHWH.”

Exodus 8:28And Pharaoh says, “I send you away, and you have sacrificed to your God YHWH in the wilderness, only do not go very far off; make supplication for me”;

Exodus 10:17and now, please bear with my sin, only this time, and make supplication to your God YHWH, that He may turn aside from off me only this death.”

Numbers 12:13And Moses cries to YHWH, saying, “O God, please give healing to her! Please!”

1 Samuel 12:19and all the people say to Samuel, “Pray for your servants to your God YHWH, and we do not die, for we have added evil to all our sins to ask [for] a king for ourselves.”

Jeremiah 37:3And Zedekiah the king sends Jehucal son of Shelemiah, and Zephaniah son of Maaseiah the priest, to Jeremiah the prophet, saying, “Pray, we implore you, for us to our God YHWH.”

Matthew Henry on 1 Kings 13:2-11

A Prophet Sent to Jeroboam; the Withering of Jeroboam's Hand. ( b. c. 974.) 1 And, behold, there came a man of God out of Judah by the word of the Lord unto Beth-el: and Jeroboam stood by the altar to burn incense. 2 And he cried against the altar in the word of the Lord , and said, O altar, altar, thus saith the Lord ; Behold, a child shall be born unto the house of David, Josiah by name; and upon thee shall he offer the priests of the high places that burn incense upon thee, and men's bones shall be burnt upon… Read the whole commentary →

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