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1 Kings 13:7

5 And the altar was split apart, and the ashes poured out, according to the sign that the man of God had given by the word of the LORD.

6 Then the king responded to the man of God, “Intercede with the LORD your God and pray that my hand may be restored.” So the man of God interceded with the LORD, and the king’s hand was restored to him as it was before.

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 replied, “If you were to give me half your possessions, I still would not go with you, nor would I eat bread or drink water in this place.

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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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.

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BSB
Then the king said to the man of God, “Come home with me and refresh yourself, and I will give you a reward.”
KJV
And the king said unto the man of God, Come home with me, and refresh thyself, and I will give thee a reward.
WEB
The king said to the man of God, “Come home with me and refresh yourself, and I will give you a reward.”
ASV
And the king said unto the man of God, Come home with me, and refresh thyself, and I will give thee a reward.
DARBY
And the king said to the man of God, Come home with me, and refresh thyself, and I will give thee a present.
BLB
And the king said to the man of God, “Come in with me to the house and refresh yourself, and I will give to you a reward.”
ÅB
Da sa kongen til den Guds mann: Kom hjem med meg og vederkveg deg og la meg få gi deg en gave!
OTB
Da inviterte kongen Guds mann og sa, “Kom hjem med meg og styrk deg, så skal jeg gi deg en gave.”
B1930
Da sa kongen til den Guds mann: Kom hjem med mig og vederkveg dig og la mig få gi dig en gave!

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Original text and word study

Cross references

  • 2 Kings 5:15

    Then Naaman and all his attendants went back to the man of God, stood before him, and declared, “Now I know for sure that there is no God in all the earth except in Israel. So please accept a gift from your servant.”

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  • 1 Samuel 9:7–8

    “If we do go,” Saul replied, “what can we give the man? For the bread in our packs is gone, and there is no gift to take to the man of God. What do we have?”

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  • Judges 13:15

    “Please stay here,” Manoah said to the angel of the LORD, “and we will prepare a young goat for you.”

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  • Jeremiah 40:5

    But before Jeremiah turned to go, Nebuzaradan added, “Return to Gedaliah son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, whom the king of Babylon has appointed over the cities of Judah, and stay with him among the people, or go anywhere else that seems right.” Then the captain of the guard gave him a ration and a gift and released him.

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  • Malachi 1:10

    “Oh, that one of you would shut the temple doors, so that you would no longer kindle useless fires on My altar! I take no pleasure in you,” says the LORD of Hosts, “and I will accept no offering from your hands.

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  • 1 Peter 5:2

    Be shepherds of God’s flock that is among you, watching over them not out of compulsion, but because it is God’s will; not out of greed, but out of eagerness;

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  • Acts 8:18–20

    When Simon saw that the Spirit was given through the laying on of the apostles’ hands, he offered them money.

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  • Judges 19:21

    So he brought him to his house and fed his donkeys. And they washed their feet and ate and drank.

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