1 Kings 13:9

Eat no bread, and drink no water, and return not by the way by which thou camest.

Updated Brenton Septuagint

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 said to the king, If thou shouldest give me the half of thy house, I would not go in with thee, neither will I eat bread, neither will I drink water in this place; for thus the Lord charged me by his word, saying,

10So he departed by another way, and returned not by the way by which he came to Bethel.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 13:13And if in one of thy cities which the Lord God gives thee to dwell therein, thou shalt hear men saying,

1 Kings 13:1And, behold, there came a man of God out of Judah by the word of the Lord to Bethel, and Jeroboam stood at the altar to sacrifice.

1 Kings 13:21and he spoke to the man of God that came out of Judah, saying, Thus saith the Lord, Because thou hast resisted the word of the Lord, and hast not kept the commandment which the Lord thy God commanded thee,

Psalms 141:4When my spirit was fainting within me, 1 Then thou knewest my paths; 1 In the very way wherein I was walking, they hid a snare for me. 1

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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