1 Kings 13:17

For I have been told by the word of the LORD: ‘You must not eat bread or drink water there or return by the way you came.’”

Berean Standard Bible

In The King James Version

For it was said to me by the word of the LORD, Thou shalt eat no bread nor drink water there, nor turn again to go by the way that thou camest.

In Context

16But the man replied, “I cannot return with you or eat bread or drink water with you in this place.

18Then the prophet replied, “I too am a prophet like you, and an angel spoke to me by the word of the LORD, saying, ‘Bring him back with you to your house, so that he may eat bread and drink water.’” The old prophet was lying to him,

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Cross References

1 Kings 20:35Meanwhile, by the word of the LORD, one of the sons of the prophets said to his companion, “Strike me, please!” But the man refused to strike him.

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 →

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