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1 Kings 13
⁷ Then the king said to the man of God, "Come home with me and refresh yourself, and I will give you a reward."
⁸ But the man of God said to the king, "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.
⁹ For so it was commanded me by the word of the Lord, saying, ’You shall eat no bread, nor drink water, nor return by the way which you came.’"
¹⁰ So he went another way and did not return by the way which he came to Bethel.
¹¹ Now an old prophet was living in Bethel; and his sons came and told him all the deeds which the man of God had done that day in Bethel; the words which he had spoken to the king, these also they related to their father.
¹² Their father said to them, "Which way did he go?" Now his sons had seen the way which the man of God who came from Judah had gone.
¹³ Then he said to his sons, "Saddle the donkey for me." So they saddled the donkey for him and he rode away on it.
¹⁴ So he went after the man of God and found him sitting under an oak; and he said to him, "Are you the man of God who came from Judah?" And he said, "I am."
¹⁵ Then he said to him, "Come home with me and eat bread."
¹⁶ He said, "I cannot return with you, nor go with you, nor will I eat bread or drink water with you in this place.
¹⁷ For a command came to me by the word of the Lord, ’You shall eat no bread, nor drink water there; do not return by going the way which you came.’"