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1 Kings 13:9
“for so was it commanded me by the word of Yahweh, saying, 'You shall eat no bread, nor drink water, neither return by the way that you came.”
Verse in context — 1 Kings 13
The king said to the man of God, "Come home with me, and refresh yourself, and I will give you a reward.
The man of God said to the king, "Even if you gave me half of your house, I would not go in with you, neither would I eat bread nor drink water in this place;
for so was it commanded me by the word of Yahweh, saying, 'You shall eat no bread, nor drink water, neither return by the way that you came.
So he went another way, and didn't return by the way that he came to Bethel.
Now there lived an old prophet in Bethel; and one of his sons came and told him all the works that the man of God had done that day in Bethel. They also told their father the words which he had spoken to the king.
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Solomon’s reign, the temple’s construction, and the kingdom’s division.
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