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1 Kings 13:7-24 (NET)

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⁷ The king then said to the prophet, "Come home with me and have something to eat. I'd like to give a present." ⁸ But the prophet said to the king, "Even if you were to give me half your possessions, I could not go with you and eat and drink in this place. ⁹ For the LORD gave me strict orders, 'Do not eat or drink there and do not go home the way you came.' " ¹⁰ So he started back on another road; he did not travel back on the same road he had taken to Bethel. ¹¹ Now there was an old prophet living in Bethel. When his sons came home, they told their father everything the prophet had done in Bethel that day and all the words he had spoken to the king. ¹² Their father asked them, "Which road did he take?" His sons showed him the road the prophet from Judah had taken. ¹³ He then told his sons, "Saddle the donkey for me." When they had saddled the donkey for him, he mounted it ¹⁴ and took off after the prophet, whom he found sitting under an oak tree. He asked him, "Are you the prophet from Judah?" He answered, "Yes, I am." ¹⁵ He then said to him, "Come home with me and eat something." ¹⁶ But he replied, "I can't go back with you or eat and drink with you in this place. ¹⁷ For the LORD gave me strict orders, 'Do not eat or drink there; do not go back the way you came.' " ¹⁸ The old prophet then said, "I too am a prophet like you. An angel told me with the LORD's authority, 'Bring him back with you to your house so he can eat and drink.' " But he was lying to him. ¹⁹ So the prophet went back with him and ate and drank in his house. ²⁰ While they were sitting at the table, the LORD spoke through the old prophet ²¹ and he cried out to the prophet from Judah, "This is what the LORD says, 'You have rebelled against the LORD and have not obeyed the command the LORD your God gave you. ²² You went back and ate and drank in this place, even though he said to you, "Do not eat or drink there." Therefore your corpse will not be buried in your ancestral tomb.' " ²³ When the prophet from Judah finished his meal, the old prophet saddled his visitor's donkey for him. ²⁴ As the prophet from Judah was traveling, a lion attacked him on the road and killed him. His corpse was lying on the road, and the donkey and the lion just stood there beside it.


This passage relates to the following topic(s):
(v. 7) Fasting - Josiah - refused to eat at king Jeroboam's request
(v. 8) Fasting - Josiah - refused to eat at king Jeroboam's request

This passage is referenced in the following quiet time(s):
(v. 18) Full Obedience (2015-09-22)

This passage is referenced in the following study note(s):
(v. 7) Devotional: Feelings (2008-12-12)
(v. 8) Devotional: Feelings (2008-12-12)
(v. 9) Devotional: Feelings (2008-12-12)
(v. 10) Devotional: Feelings (2008-12-12)
(v. 11) Devotional: Feelings (2008-12-12)
(v. 12) Devotional: Feelings (2008-12-12)
(v. 13) Devotional: Feelings (2008-12-12)
(v. 14) Devotional: Feelings (2008-12-12)
(v. 15) Devotional: Feelings (2008-12-12)
(v. 16) Devotional: Feelings (2008-12-12)
(v. 17) Devotional: Feelings (2008-12-12)
(v. 18) Devotional: Feelings (2008-12-12)
(v. 19) Devotional: Feelings (2008-12-12)
(v. 20) Devotional: Feelings (2008-12-12)
(v. 21) Devotional: Feelings (2008-12-12)
(v. 22) Devotional: Feelings (2008-12-12)
(v. 23) Devotional: Feelings (2008-12-12)
(v. 24) Devotional: Feelings (2008-12-12)

Definition(s):
Judah (Joo-da): the praise of the Lord; confession
Bethel (Beth-el):
Bethel (Beth-ehl):
So (Soh):