1 Kings 13:8
And the man of God said to the king, If you should give me the half of your house, I + 13:8 Gr. will not. would not go in with you, neither will I eat bread, neither will I drink water in this place; for thus the Lord charged me by his word, saying,
LXX2012 (US English)
In The King James Version
In Context
9Eat no bread, and drink no water, and return not by the way by which you came.
Cross References
Exodus 5:3And they say to him, The God of the Hebrews has called us to him: we will go therefore a three days' journey into the wilderness, that we may sacrifice to the Lord our God, lest at any time death or slaughter happen to us.
Exodus 7:2And you shall say to him all things that I charge you, and Aaron your brother shall speak to Pharao, that he should send forth the children of Israel out of his land.
Numbers 22:18And Balaam answered and said to the princes of Balac, If Balac would give me his house full of silver and gold, I shall not be able to go beyond the word of the Lord God, to make it little or great in my mind.
1 Kings 13:16And he said, I shall not by any means be able to return with you, neither will I eat bread, neither will I drink water in this place.
2 Kings 5:26Whence come you, Giezi? and Giezi said, Your servant has not been hither or there. And Elisaie said to him, Went not my heart with you, when the man returned from his chariot to meet you? and now you have received silver, and now you have received raiment, and olive yards, and vineyards, and sheep, and oxen, and menservants, and maidservants.
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 →