In Context

4 It happened, when the king heard the saying of the man of God, which he cried against the altar in Bethel, that Jeroboam put out his hand from the altar, saying, |Seize him!| His hand, which he put out against him, dried up, so that he could not draw it back again to himself.

5 The altar also was split apart, and the ashes poured out from the altar, according to the sign which the man of God had given by the word of Yahweh.

6 The king answered the man of God, |Now entreat the favor of Yahweh your God, and pray for me, that my hand may be restored me again.| The man of God entreated Yahweh, and the king's hand was restored him again, and became as it was before.

7 The king said to the man of God, |Come home with me, and refresh yourself, and I will give you a reward.|

8 The man of God said to the king, |Even if you gave me half of your house, I would not go in with you, neither would I eat bread nor drink water in this place;

9 for so was it commanded me by the word of Yahweh, saying, 'You shall eat no bread, nor drink water, neither return by the way that you came.'|

1 Kings 13:7 in Other Translations