1 Kings 13:15

15 So the prophet said to him, “Come home with me and eat.”

1 Kings 13:15 in Other Translations

15 Then he said unto him, Come home with me, and eat bread.

15 Then he said to him, "Come home with me and eat bread."

15 Then he said to the man of God, “Come home with me and eat some food.”

15 "Well, come home with me and have a meal."

15 Then he said to him, "Come home with me and eat bread."

1 Kings 13:15 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 13:15

Then said he unto him, come home with me, and eat bread.
] In which invitation no doubt he was hearty, and might have no ill design in it, only to have some conversation with him, as being a good man, and a prophet of the Lord, especially upon the subject of his prophecies at Bethel.

1 Kings 13:15 In-Context

13 So he said to his sons, “Saddle the donkey for me.” And when they had saddled the donkey for him, he mounted it

14 and rode after the man of God. He found him sitting under an oak tree and asked, “Are you the man of God who came from Judah?” “I am,” he replied.

15 So the prophet said to him, “Come home with me and eat.”

16 The man of God said, “I cannot turn back and go with you, nor can I eat bread or drink water with you in this place.

17 I have been told by the word of the LORD: ‘You must not eat bread or drink water there or return by the way you came.’ ”