1 Kings 13:22

22 You came back and ate food and drank water in this place. "But he had commanded you: ‘Don't eat food! Don't drink water!' Now your body won't go to the grave of your ancestors."

1 Kings 13:22 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 13:22

But camest back, and hast eaten bread and drunk water in
the place, of the which the Lord did say to thee, eat no bread, nor
drink no water
Which command he observed when first there, though invited by the king; and yet, after he had got out of the place, was prevailed upon to return and transgress the command: thy carcass shall not come unto the sepulchre of thy fathers;
signifying that he should die before he came to the land of Judah, and he should be buried in another place, and which was verified.

1 Kings 13:22 In-Context

20 Then as they were sitting at the table, the LORD's word came to the prophet who had brought him back.

21 He cried out to the man of God who had come from Judah: “The LORD says this: You rebelled against the LORD's word! You didn't keep the command that the LORD your God gave you!

22 You came back and ate food and drank water in this place. "But he had commanded you: ‘Don't eat food! Don't drink water!' Now your body won't go to the grave of your ancestors."

23 After he ate food and drank, the old prophet saddled the donkey for the prophet he had brought back.

24 The man of God departed, and a lion found him on the road and killed him. His body was thrown down on the road. The donkey stood beside it, and the lion also stood beside the body.