John Gill Commentary 1 Kings 13:14

"And he 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 (ASV)

And went after the man of God, and found him sitting under an
oak
To shelter him from the heat, and being faint, hungry, and thirsty; so the ancients of old made use of oaks for a covering, before houses were invented ^F5 ; thus Abraham pitched his tent in the plain, or under the oak, of Mamre, (Genesis 13:18)

and he said to him, are you the man of God that came from Judah ?
which he might guess at from his habit, and from the description his sons had given of him:

and he said, I am ;
owned himself to be the person he inquired after.

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FOOTNOTES:

• F5: Suidas in voce (dendruazein) .