Under an oak. This phrase literally means “under the oak” or “the terebinth tree.” It refers to a specific, well-known tree of this kind tha…

An oak. — Properly, the oak or terebinth; supposed to be known in that comparatively treeless country, like the …

And went after the man of God, and found him sitting under an
oak
To shelter him from…

The old prophet's conduct proves that he was not really a godly man. When the change took place under Jeroboam, he preferred his ease and interest …