1 Kings 13:17 meaning and explanation

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.’”

1 Kings 13:17, Berean Standard Bible

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The man of God from Judah is speaking to an old prophet in Bethel. He repeats the command God gave him when he was sent to denounce Jeroboam's altar: he must not eat or drink in that place or return the way he came.

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