1 Kings 13
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1 Kings 13:16-23

16But he replied, “I can’t go back with you or eat and drink with you in this place.

17For the Lord gave me strict orders, ‘Do not eat or drink there; do not go back the way you came.’”

18The old prophet then said, “I too am a prophet like you. An angel told me with the Lord’s authority, ‘Bring him back with you to your house so he can eat and drink.’” But he was lying to him.

19So the prophet went back with him and ate and drank in his house.

20While they were sitting at the table, the Lord spoke through the old prophet

21and he cried out to the prophet from Judah, “This is what the Lord says, ‘You have rebelled against the Lord and have not obeyed the command the Lord your God gave you.

22You went back and ate and drank in this place, even though he said to you, “Do not eat or drink there.” Therefore your corpse will not be buried in your ancestral tomb.’”

23When the prophet from Judah finished his meal, the old prophet saddled his visitor’s donkey for him.

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