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1 Kings 13:19

1 Kings 13:19
So he went back with him, and did eat bread in his house, and drank water.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

And he cried unto the man of God that came from Judah,.... His mind being greatly affected with the word brought to him, partly on his own account, who, by a lie his conscience must accuse him of, had…

Methodist theologian, 1762–1832

Adam Clarke

So he went back with him - He permitted himself to be imposed on; he might have thought, as he had accomplished every purpose for which God sent him, and had actually begun to return by another way,…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

1 Kings 13:11-22

The man of God had honestly and resolutely refused the king's invitation, though he promised him a reward; yet he was over-persuaded by an old prophet to come back with him, and dine in Beth-el,…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

So he went back with him The LXX., by reading slightly different vowel points, renders -So he turned him back". Josephus thinks these things were from God as in the case of the hardening of Pharaoh's…