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1 Kings 13:19

Obedience

17 For I have been told by the word of the LORD: ‘You must not eat bread or drink water there or return by the way you came.’”

18 Then the prophet replied, “I too am a prophet like you, and an angel spoke to me by the word of the LORD, saying, ‘Bring him back with you to your house, so that he may eat bread and drink water.’” The old prophet was lying to him,

but the man of God went back with him, ate bread in his house, and drank water.

20 While they were sitting at the table, the word of the LORD came to the prophet who had brought him back,

21 and the prophet cried out to the man of God who had come from Judah, “This is what the LORD says: ‘Because you have defied the word of the LORD and have not kept the commandment that the LORD your God gave you,

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BSB
but the man of God went back with him, ate bread in his house, and drank water.
KJV
So he went back with him, and did eat bread in his house, and drank water.
WEB
So he went back with him, ate bread in his house, and drank water.
ASV
So he went back with him, and did eat bread in his house, and drank water.
DARBY
Then he went back with him, and ate bread in his house, and drank water.
BLB
And he went back with him and ate bread in his house, and he drank water.
ÅB
Så vendte han da tilbake med ham og spiste og drakk i hans hus.
OTB
Så vendte han tilbake med ham, og de delte et måltid og drakk vann i hans hus.
B1930
Så vendte han da tilbake med ham og åt og drakk i hans hus.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Genesis 3:6

    When the woman saw that the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eyes, and that it was desirable for obtaining wisdom, she took the fruit and ate it. She also gave some to her husband who was with her, and he ate it.

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  • 1 Kings 13:9

    For this is what 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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  • Deuteronomy 18:20

    But if any prophet dares to speak a message in My name that I have not commanded him to speak, or to speak in the name of other gods, that prophet must be put to death.”

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  • Deuteronomy 13:3

    you must not listen to the words of that prophet or dreamer. For the LORD your God is testing you to find out whether you love Him with all your heart and with all your soul.

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  • Acts 4:19

    But Peter and John replied, “Judge for yourselves whether it is right in God’s sight to listen to you rather than God.

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  • Deuteronomy 13:5

    Such a prophet or dreamer must be put to death, because he has advocated rebellion against the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt and redeemed you from the house of slavery; he has tried to turn you from the way in which the LORD your God has commanded you to walk. So you must purge the evil from among you.

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  • 2 Peter 2:18–19

    With lofty but empty words, they appeal to the sensual passions of the flesh and entice those who are just escaping from others who live in error.

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  • Deuteronomy 13:1

    If a prophet or dreamer of dreams arises among you and proclaims a sign or wonder to you,

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