1 Kings 13:17 - Printer Friendly

ESV: for it was said to me by the word of the Lord, ‘You shall neither eat bread nor drink water there, nor return by the way that you came.’"

NIV: 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.’ "

NASB: For a command came to me by the word of the Lord: 'You shall not eat bread, nor drink water there; do not return by going the way that you came.'

CSB: For a message came to me by the word of the Lord: ‘You must not eat food or drink water there or go back by the way you came.’"

NLT: For the Lord gave me this command: ‘You must not eat or drink anything while you are there, and do not return to Judah by the same way you came.’'

KJV: For it was said to me by the word of the Lord, Thou shalt eat no bread nor drink water there, nor turn again to go by the way that thou camest.

NKJV: For I have been told by the word of the Lord, ‘You shall not eat bread nor drink water there, nor return by going the way you came.’ ”

This was originally the first half of a combined text. First Kings records the end of David's reign and the rule of Solomon. After this, the kingdom is split in two. The northern nation of Israel no longer submits to the king of the southern nation, called Judah. The prophet Elijah first appears in this book. The kings mostly fail to honor the Lord. They participate in idolatry and other sins. This will eventually result in their conquest and exile, as depicted throughout the books of Chronicles.

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