But the man of God said to the king, “(A)If you were to give me half your house, I would not go with you, nor would I eat bread or drink water in this place. For so [a]it was commanded me by the word of the Lord, saying, ‘You shall not eat bread nor drink water, nor return by the way that you came.’”

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 13:9 Lit He commanded me

But the man of God answered the king, “Even if you were to give me half your possessions,(A) I would not go with you, nor would I eat bread(B) or drink water here. For I was commanded by the word of the Lord: ‘You must not eat bread or drink water or return by the way you came.’”

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