1 Kings 13:7-9

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

⁷ Then the king declared to the man of God, ‘Come home with me, refresh yourself, and I’ll give you a reward.’^(A)

⁸ But the man of God replied, ‘If you were to give me half your house,^(B) I still wouldn’t go with you, and I wouldn’t eat food or drink water in this place, ⁹ for this is what I was commanded by the word of the Lord:^(C) “You must not eat food or drink water or go back the way you came.” ’