16 But he answered, I may not return with thee, nor go in with thee, neither will I eat bread nor drink water with thee in this place.

17 For it was charged me by the word of the Lord, saying, Thou shalt eat no bread, nor drink water there, nor turn again to go by the way that thou wentest.

18 And he said unto him, I am a Prophet also as thou art, and an [a]Angel spake unto me by the word of the Lord, saying, Bring him again with thee into thine house, that he may eat bread and drink water: but he lied unto him.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 13:18 His fault is here double: first in that he suffereth not the Prophet to obey God’s express commandment: and next, that he feigneth to have a revelation to the contrary.

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