Bible Compass
Log inGet started
Back to the chapter

1 Kings 13:19

Obedience

17 For it was said to me by the word of the LORD, Thou shalt eat no bread nor drink water there, nor turn again to go by the way that thou camest.

18 He said unto him, I am a prophet also as thou art; and an angel spake unto me by the word of the LORD, saying, Bring him back with thee into thine house, that he may eat bread and drink water. But he lied unto him.

So he went back with him, and did eat bread in his house, and drank water.

20 And it came to pass, as they sat at the table, that the word of the LORD came unto the prophet that brought him back:

21 And he cried unto the man of God that came from Judah, saying, Thus saith the LORD, Forasmuch as thou hast disobeyed the mouth of the LORD, and hast not kept the commandment which the LORD thy God commanded thee,

Read the whole chapter

Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

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)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Genesis 3:6

    And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.

    Read in context

  • 1 Kings 13:9

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

    Read in context

  • Deuteronomy 18:20

    But the prophet, which shall presume to speak a word in my name, which I have not commanded him to speak, or that shall speak in the name of other gods, even that prophet shall die.

    Read in context

  • Deuteronomy 13:3

    Thou shalt not hearken unto the words of that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams: for the LORD your God proveth you, to know whether ye love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul.

    Read in context

  • Acts 4:19

    But Peter and John answered and said unto them, Whether it be right in the sight of God to hearken unto you more than unto God, judge ye.

    Read in context

  • Deuteronomy 13:5

    And that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams, shall be put to death; because he hath spoken to turn you away from the LORD your God, which brought you out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed you out of the house of bondage, to thrust thee out of the way which the LORD thy God commanded thee to walk in. So shalt thou put the evil away from the midst of thee.

    Read in context

  • 2 Peter 2:18–19

    For when they speak great swelling words of vanity, they allure through the lusts of the flesh, through much wantonness, those that were clean escaped from them who live in error.

    Read in context

  • Deuteronomy 13:1

    If there arise among you a prophet, or a dreamer of dreams, and giveth thee a sign or a wonder,

    Read in context