9 For this is what I was commanded by the word of the LORD: ‘You must not eat bread or drink water or return by the way you came.’” 10 So the man of God went another way and did not return by the way he had come to Bethel. 11 Now a certain old prophet was living in Bethel, and his sons came and told him all the deeds that the man of God had done that day in Bethel. They also told their father the words that the man had spoken to the king.
1 Kings 13:9–11
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1 Kings 13:16–18
16 But the man replied, “I cannot return with you or eat bread or drink water with you in this place. 17 For 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.’” 18 Then the prophet replied, “I too am a…
1 Kings 13:21–23
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1 Kings 13:25–27
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2 Kings 23:16–18
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1 Kings 20:35–37
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