1 Kings 13:15

15 Then he said to him, "Come with me to the house and eat [some] food."

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 Then he said to his sons, "Saddle the donkey for me." So they saddled the donkey for him, and he mounted it

14 and went after the man of God. He found him sitting under the oak and said to him, "Are you the man of God who came from Judah?" He said, "I [am]."

15 Then he said to him, "Come with me to the house and eat [some] food."

16 Then he said, "I am not able to return with you or to go with you. I will not eat food nor will I drink water with you in this place.

17 For a word [came] to me by the word of Yahweh, 'You shall not eat food, nor shall you drink water there. You shall not return to go by the way that you came.'"