World English Bible
1 Kings 13:16
“He said, "I may not return with you, nor go in with you; neither will I eat bread nor drink water with you in this place.”
Verse in context — 1 Kings 13
He went after the man of God, and found him sitting under an oak. He said to him, "Are you the man of God who came from Judah?" He said, "I am.
Then he said to him, "Come home with me, and eat bread.
He said, "I may not return with you, nor go in with you; neither will I eat bread nor drink water with you in this place.
For it was said to me by the word of Yahweh, 'You shall eat no bread nor drink water there, nor turn again to go by the way that you came.
He said to him, "I also am a prophet as you are; and an angel spoke to me by the word of Yahweh, saying, 'Bring him back with you into your house, that he may eat bread and drink water.'" He lied to him.
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Solomon’s reign, the temple’s construction, and the kingdom’s division.
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