1 Kings 13:5-9
1 Kings 13:5
The altar also was torn to pieces and the ashes were poured out from the altar, in accordance with the sign which the man of God had given by the word of the Lord.
1 Kings 13:6
And the king responded and said to the man of God, “Please appease the Lord your God and pray for me, so that my hand may be restored to me.” So the man of God appeased the Lord, and the king’s hand was restored to him, and it became as it was before.
1 Kings 13:7
Then the king said to the man of God, “Come home with me and refresh yourself, and I will give you a gift.”
1 Kings 13:8
But the man of God said to the king, “If you were to give me half your house, I would not go with you, nor would I eat bread or drink water in this place.
1 Kings 13:9
For so it was commanded me by the word of the Lord, saying, ‘You shall not eat bread nor drink water, nor return by the way that you came.’ ”