1 Kings 13:15

15 Then he said to him, "Come home with me 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 a donkey for me." So they saddled a donkey for him, and he mounted it.

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

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

16 But he said, "I cannot return with you, or go in with you; nor will I eat food or drink water with you in this place;

17 for it was said to me by the word of the Lord: You shall not eat food or drink water there, or return by the way that you came."