The man of God said to the king, “Even if you gave me half of your house, I would not go in with you, neither would I eat bread nor drink water in this place; for so was it commanded me by Yahweh’s word, saying, ‘You shall eat no bread, drink no water, and don’t return by the way that you came.’ ” So he went another way, and didn’t return by the way that he came to Bethel.
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The man of God said to the king, “Even if you gave me half of your house, I would not go in with you, neither would I eat bread nor drink water in this place;
for so was it commanded me by Yahweh’s word, saying, ‘You shall eat no bread, drink no water, and don’t return by the way that you came.’ ”
So he went another way, and didn’t return by the way that he came to Bethel.
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And the man of God said unto the king, If thou wilt give me half thine house, I will not go in with thee, neither will I eat bread nor drink water in this place:
For so was it charged me by the word of the LORD, saying, Eat no bread, nor drink water, nor turn again by the same way that thou camest.
So he went another way, and returned not by the way that he came to Beth-el.
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And the man of God said unto the king: 'If thou wilt give me half thy house, I will not go in with thee, neither will I eat bread nor drink water in this place.
For it so was charged me by the word of the LORD, saying: Thou shalt eat no bread, nor drink water, neither return by the way that thou camest.'
So he went another way, and returned not by the way that he came to Beth-el.
Cross-references (26)
- Numbers 24:13 (v8) ‘If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I can’t go beyond Yahweh’s word, to do either good or bad from my own mind. I…
- Numbers 22:18 (v8) Balaam answered the servants of Balak, “If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I can’t go beyond the word of Yahweh my…
- Exodus 5:3 (v8) They said, “The God of the Hebrews has met with us. Please let us go three days’ journey into the wilderness, and sacrifice to Yahweh, our…
- Exodus 5:6 (v8) The same day Pharaoh commanded the taskmasters of the people and their officers, saying,
- Exodus 7:2 (v8) You shall speak all that I command you; and Aaron your brother shall speak to Pharaoh, that he let the children of Israel go out of his…
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- 1 Kings 13:16-17 (v8) He said, “I may not return with you, nor go in with you. I will not eat bread or drink water with you in this place. For it was said to me…
- 2 Kings 5:16 (v8) But he said, “As Yahweh lives, before whom I stand, I will receive none.” He urged him to take it; but he refused.
- 2 Kings 5:26-27 (v8) He said to him, “Didn’t my heart go with you, when the man turned from his chariot to meet you? Is it a time to receive money, and to…
- Job 23:12 (v9) I haven’t gone back from the commandment of his lips. I have treasured up the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.
- Mark 6:11 (v8) Whoever will not receive you nor hear you, as you depart from there, shake off the dust that is under your feet for a testimony against…
- Mark 6:23 (v8) He swore to her, “Whatever you shall ask of me, I will give you, up to half of my kingdom.”
- John 13:17 (v9) If you know these things, blessed are you if you do them.
- John 15:9-10 (v9) Even as the Father has loved me, I also have loved you. Remain in my love. If you keep my commandments, you will remain in my love; even as…
- John 15:14 (v9) You are my friends, if you do whatever I command you.
- Romans 16:17 (v9) Now I beg you, brothers, look out for those who are causing the divisions and occasions of stumbling, contrary to the doctrine which you…
- 2 Corinthians 11:9-10 (v8) When I was present with you and was in need, I wasn’t a burden on anyone, for the brothers, when they came from Macedonia, supplied the…
- Numbers 16:26 (v9) He spoke to the congregation, saying, “Depart, please, from the tents of these wicked men, and touch nothing of theirs, lest you be…
- Deuteronomy 13:13-18 (v9) certain wicked fellows have gone out from among you and have drawn away the inhabitants of their city, saying, “Let’s go and serve other…
- 1 Samuel 15:22 (v9) Samuel said, “Has Yahweh as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying Yahweh’s voice? Behold, to obey is better than…
- 1 Kings 13:1 (v9) Behold, a man of God came out of Judah by Yahweh’s word to Bethel; and Jeroboam was standing by the altar to burn incense.
- 1 Kings 13:21-22 (v9) and he cried out to the man of God who came from Judah, saying, “Yahweh says, ‘Because you have been disobedient to Yahweh’s mouth, and…
- Psalms 141:4 (v9) Don’t incline my heart to any evil thing, to practice deeds of wickedness with men who work iniquity. Don’t let me eat of their delicacies.
- 1 Corinthians 5:11 (v9) But as it is, I wrote to you not to associate with anyone who is called a brother who is a sexual sinner, or covetous, or an idolater, or a…
- Ephesians 5:11 (v9) Have no fellowship with the unfruitful deeds of darkness, but rather even reprove them.
- 2 John 1:10-11 (v9) If anyone comes to you, and doesn’t bring this teaching, don’t receive him into your house, and don’t welcome him, for he who welcomes him…
- Revelation 18:4 (v9) I heard another voice from heaven, saying, “Come out of her, my people, that you have no participation in her sins, and that you don’t…
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain On v9 Seeing he had the express word of God, he…
Seeing he had the express word of God, he ought not to have declined therefrom neither for the persuasion of man nor Angel.
Or, he charged me: to wit, an Angel.
Geneva Bible (1599) marginal notes — public domain.
John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain On vv8–10 1Ki 13:8 And the man of God said unto…
1Ki 13:8 And the man of God said unto the king, If thou wilt give me half thine house, I will not go in with thee, neither will I eat bread nor drink water in this place:
Ver. 8. If thou wilt give me half thine house.] We must not be bribed out of our innocency; but reject the devil’s offers, though never so large; as Luther did a cardinalship, and as Pellican did the bishop’s silver bowl, sent him for a token.
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“ Hem! Germana illa bestia non curat aurum! ”
John Trapp, A Commentary or Exposition upon All the Books of the Old and New Testament (1647–1656) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain On v9 My refusal of thy favour is not from any…
My refusal of thy favour is not from any contempt or hatred of thy person, but in obedience to the just command of my God, who hath forbidden me all further converse or communication with thee.
Eat no bread, nor drink water, to wit, in that place, or with that people; whereby God declares how detestable they were in God’s eyes; not because their idolatry was so bad as that of the heathens, but because they were vile apostates from the true God, and embraced this idolworship against the light of their own consciences, merely to comply with the king’s humour and command; and because their vicinity and relation to the tribe of Judah made this more dangerous, as to their infection by it.
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Nor turn again by the same way that thou camest; that by thy avoiding the way that led thee to Beth-el as execrable, although thou wentest by my special command, thou mightest teach all others how much they should abhor that way, and all thoughts of going to that place, or to such people, upon any trivial and unnecessary occasion.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain On vv8–10 And the man of God said unto the king,....…
And the man of God said unto the king,.... In answer to his civility to him, to assure him it was not out of contempt to him, or ill will to him, or slight of his favour, but in obedience to the will of God:
if thou wilt give half of thine house; of the riches in it, and even of his kingdom:
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I will not go in with thee, neither will I eat bread nor drink water in this place; this idolatrous place; the reason follows.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain On v9 For so, &c. - My refusal of thy favour,…
For so, &c. - My refusal of thy favour, is not from any contempt, or hatred of thy person; but in obedience to the just command of my God, who hath forbidden me all father converse or communication with thee. Eat nor drink - In that place, or with that people. Whereby God declares, how detestable they were in God's eyes; because they were vile apostates from the true God, and embraced this idol-worship, against the light of their own consciences, merely to comply with the king's humour and command. Nor turn - That by thy avoiding the way that led thee to Beth-el as execrable, although thou wentest by my special command, thou mightest teach all others, how much they should abhor that way, and all thoughts of going to that place, or to such people, upon any unnecessary occasion.
John Wesley, Explanatory Notes Upon the Whole Bible (1754–1765) — public domain. Text via the GEBible commentary corpus.
Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain On v9 Verse 9. For so it was charged me -…
Verse 9. For so it was charged me - Eat no bread, c.] That is, Have no kind of communication with those idolaters. He was charged also not to return by the way that he came probably lest the account of what was done should have reached the ears of any of the people through whom he had passed, and he suffer inconveniences on the account, either by persecution from the idolaters, or from curious people delaying him, in order to cause him to give an account of the transactions which took place at Beth-el. This is a reason why he should not return by the same way; but what the reason of this part of the charge was, if not the above, is not easy to see.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain On v9 Eat no bread, nor drink water - The reason…
Eat no bread, nor drink water - The reason of the command is evident. The man of God was not to accept the hospitality of any dweller at Bethel, in order to show in a marked way, which men generally could appreciate, God’s abhorrence of the system which Jeroboam had “devised of his own heart.”
Nor turn again by the same way that thou camest - This command seems to have been given simply to test the obedience of the prophet by laying him under a positive as well as a moral obligation.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain On vv8, 10 With thee. He considers the king as one excommunicated,…
With thee. He considers the king as one excommunicated, the he must thus be induced to repent. (Salien)
George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), Haydock's Catholic Family Bible and Commentary, 1859 edition — public domain. Excludes Psalms (Douay-Rheims chapter numbering differs from Protestant) and Deuterocanonical books (Catholic canon only).
Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain On vv8–9 8. Half thine house — Compare the similar declaration…
8. Half thine house — Compare the similar declaration of Balaam, Num_22:18; Num_24:13.
Daniel D. Whedon (gen. ed.), Commentary on the Old and New Testaments (1874–1909) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain On vv8–9 8. neither will I eat bread nor drink water]…
8. neither will I eat bread nor drink water] There was to be no, communion between the idolaters and the worshippers of Jehovah; and this is strongly marked by the refusal of the prophet even to taste food with the king, which he tells him was the command of the Lord.
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges (gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne; Cambridge University Press, 1878–1918) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain On v9 (9) Nor turn again . . .—The significance of…
(9) Nor turn again . . .—The significance of this command is less obvious. It may have meant that he should not suffer the way of his return (which would clearly not be the obvious way) to be known, but should vanish swiftly, like the messenger of Elisha to Jehu (2Ki_9:3; 2Ki_9:10), when his work was done. If so, his neglect of the spirit of the command was the first step in the way of his destruction.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain On vv8–10 And the man of God said unto the king,…
And the man of God said unto the king, If thou wilt give me half thine house cf., Num_22:18, of which, however, there is hardly a reminiscence. Obviously, half the contents or wealth of thy house I will not go in with thee, neither will I eat bread nor drink water in this place.
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 On v8 half your possessions
half your possessions
"half of your house"
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You will eat no bread nor drink water, nor return by the way that you came
"Do not eat bread, drink water, or return by the way that you came"
left another way
"went a different way"
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possess
Yahweh
command
word
bread
Bethel
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