1 Kings 13:9

for so He commanded me by the word of YHWH, saying, You do not eat bread nor drink water, nor return in the way that you have come.”

Literal Standard Version

In The King James Version

For so was it charged me by the word of the LORD, saying, Eat no bread, nor drink water, nor turn again by the same way that thou camest.

In Context

8And the man of God says to the king, “If you give to me the half of your house, I do not go in with you, nor do I eat bread, nor do I drink water, in this place;

10And he goes on in another way, and has not turned back in the way in which he came in to Beth-El.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 13:13Men, sons of worthlessness, have gone out of your midst, and they force away the inhabitants of their city, saying, Let us go and serve other gods (which you have not known),

1 Kings 13:1And behold, a man of God has come from Judah, by the word of YHWH, to Beth-El, and Jeroboam is standing by the altar—to make incense;

1 Kings 13:21and he calls to the man of God who came from Judah, saying, “Thus said YHWH: Because that you have provoked the mouth of YHWH, and have not kept the command that your God YHWH charged you,

Psalms 141:4Do not incline my heart to an evil thing, || To habitually do actions in wickedness, || Working iniquity with men, || Indeed, I do not eat of their pleasant things.

John 15:9According as the Father loved Me, I also loved you, remain in My love;

Romans 16:17And I call on you, brothers, to mark those who are causing the divisions and the stumbling-blocks, contrary to the teaching that you learned, and turn away from them;

Matthew Henry on 1 Kings 13:2-11

A Prophet Sent to Jeroboam; the Withering of Jeroboam's Hand. ( b. c. 974.) 1 And, behold, there came a man of God out of Judah by the word of the Lord unto Beth-el: and Jeroboam stood by the altar to burn incense. 2 And he cried against the altar in the word of the Lord , and said, O altar, altar, thus saith the Lord ; Behold, a child shall be born unto the house of David, Josiah by name; and upon thee shall he offer the priests of the high places that burn incense upon thee, and men's bones shall be burnt upon… Read the whole commentary →

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