1 Kings 13:16
But he said: “I am not able to turn back, nor to go with you. Neither will I eat bread, or drink water in this place.
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15And he said to him, “Come home with me, so that you may eat bread.”
Cross References
Numbers 22:13And he, rising up in the morning, said to the leaders, “Go into your own land, for the Lord has prohibited me from going with you.”
1 Kings 13:8And the man of God responded to the king: “Even if you will give me one half part of your house, I will not go with you, nor eat bread, nor drink water in this place.
Matthew 16:23And turning away, Jesus said to Peter: “Get behind me, Satan; you are an obstacle to me. For you are not behaving according to what is of God, but according to what is of men.”
Matthew Henry on 1 Kings 13:12-23
The Prophet Deceived. ( b. c. 974.) 11 Now there dwelt an old prophet in Beth-el; and his sons came and told him all the works that the man of God had done that day in Beth-el: the words which he had spoken unto the king, them they told also to their father. 12 And their father said unto them, What way went he? For his sons had seen what way the man of God went, which came from Judah. 13 And he said unto his sons, Saddle me the ass. So they saddled him the ass: and he rode thereon, 14 And went after the man of… Read the whole commentary →