What Does 1 Kings 13:14 Mean in the King James?

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.

1 Kings 13:14 · KJV

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King James Version The King James Version, first published in 1611. Selah Verse shows the standard text.

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THE KEY

The man comes from Judah, a name rooted in praise, so his place of origin carries a meaning the English name leaves hidden.

THE MEANING

The question locates the man by where he comes from, and his answer is present and spare: “I am.” Judah carries the meaning of praise beneath its place-name, so his origin holds a second layer. The encounter remains open at this moment of recognition.

THE ROOT

יְהוּדָה

Yehudah

GROWS FROM

ידה

y-d-h

Praise, give thanks, acknowledge.

The name Yehudah is rooted in a word for praise. So “came from Judah” carries a hidden resonance with praise as well as a geographic origin; Genesis 29:35 makes that link explicit.

ALSO GROWS

yādâ: To praise, give thanks, or acknowledge.

יָדָה

This verb is the root behind Judah’s name and makes its meaning audible beneath the place-name.

tôdâ: Thanksgiving or thanks.

תּוֹדָה

This noun comes from the same root and keeps the connection between Judah and giving thanks visible.

THE PATTERN

A scriptural name can carry the nature or action the verse associates with the one named.

And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.

Genesis 2:7 · KJVThe Hebrew links adam, “human,” with adamah, “ground,” so the name echoes the material from which the human is formed.

And she conceived again, and bare a son: and she said, Now will I praise the LORD: therefore she called his name Judah; and left bearing.

Genesis 29:35 · KJVLeah ties Judah’s name directly to her words of praise.

And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name JESUS: for he shall save his people from their sins.

Matthew 1:21 · KJVThe name Jesus is paired with his act of deliverance, joining the name to the nature expressed in the verse.

THE THREAD

And she conceived again, and bare a son: and she said, Now will I praise the LORD: therefore she called his name Judah; and left bearing.

Genesis 29:35 · KJV

This verse ties Judah to the root ⁨ידה⁩, praise: Leah names him as she says, “Now will I praise the LORD.” So “came from Judah” carries praise alongside the man’s geographic origin.

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