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1 Kings 13:9

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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.

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  1. 1 Kings 13:7

    And the king said unto the man of God, Come home with me, and refresh thyself, and I will give thee a reward.

  2. 1 Kings 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:

  3. 1 Kings 13:10

    So he went another way, and returned not by the way that he came to Beth–el.

  4. 1 Kings 13:11

    Now there dwelt an old prophet in Beth–el; and his sons came and told him all the works that the man of God had done that day in Beth–el: the words which he had spoken unto the king, them they told also to their father.

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