1 Kings 13:9

Eat no bread, and drink no water, and return not by the way by which you came.

LXX2012 (US English)

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 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,

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

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 13:13Evil men have gone out from you, and have caused all the inhabitants of their land to fall away, saying, Let us go and worship other gods, whom you⌃ knew not,

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

1 Kings 13:21and he spoke to the man of God that came out of Juda, saying, Thus says the Lord, Because you have + 13:21 Gr. embittered. resisted the word of the Lord, and have not kept the commandment which the Lord your God commanded you,

Psalms 141:4I looked on my right hand, and behold, for there was none that noticed me; refuge failed me; and there was none that cared for my soul. 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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