1 Kings 13:9

9 This is what God commanded me by the LORD's word: Don't eat food! Don't drink water! Don't return by the way you came!"

1 Kings 13:9 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 13:9

For so it was charged me by the word of the Lord
The command of the Lord, by which he came to Bethel, and cried against the altar there, ( 1 Kings 13:1 1 Kings 13:2 )

saying, eat no bread, nor drink water, nor turn again by the same way
that thou camest:
signifying that no communion was to be had with idolaters, nor any example to be set and followed; but the way to them, and to their idolatry, was to be shunned and avoided.

1 Kings 13:9 In-Context

7 The king spoke to the man of God: "Come with me to the palace and refresh yourself. Let me give you a gift."

8 The man of God said to the king, "Even if you gave me half your palace, I wouldn't go with you, nor would I eat food or drink water in this place.

9 This is what God commanded me by the LORD's word: Don't eat food! Don't drink water! Don't return by the way you came!"

10 So the man of God went by a different way. He didn't return by the way he came to Bethel.

11 Now there was an old prophet living in Bethel. His sons came and told him everything that the man of God had done that day at Bethel. They also told their father the words that he spoke to the king.