1 Kings 13
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1 Kings 13:16-23

16And he said, "I may not return with you, or go in with you, neither will I eat bread nor drink water with you in this place,

17for it was said to me by the word of the Lord, 'You shall neither eat bread nor drink water there, nor return by the way that you came.'"

18And he said to him, "I also am a prophet as you are, and an angel spoke to me by the word of the Lord, saying, 'Bring him back with you into your house that he may eat bread and drink water.'" But he lied to him.

19So he went back with him and ate bread in his house and drank water.

20And as they sat at the table, the word of the Lord came to the prophet who had brought him back.

21And he cried to the man of God who came from Judah, "Thus says the Lord, 'Because you have disobeyed the word of the Lord and have not kept the command that the Lord your God commanded you,

22but have come back and have eaten bread and drunk water in the place of which he said to you, "Eat no bread and drink no water," your body shall not come to the tomb of your fathers.'"

23And after he had eaten bread and drunk, he saddled the donkey for the prophet whom he had brought back.

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