Then the King said unto the man of God, Come home with me, that thou mayest [a]dine, and I will give thee a reward.

But the man of God said unto the King, If thou wouldest give me half thine house, I would not go with thee, neither would I eat bread nor drink water in this place.

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

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 13:7 Or, take sustenance.
  2. 1 Kings 13:9 Or, he charged me: to wit, an Angel.
  3. 1 Kings 13:9 Seeing he had the express word of God, he ought not to have declined therefrom neither for the persuasion of man nor Angel.

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