King James Version
1 Kings 13:15 in the King James Version says “Then he said unto him, Come home with me, and eat bread.” — study this verse from 1 Kings chapter 13 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Then he said unto him, Come home with me, and eat bread.”
1 Kings 13:15 · KJV
And he said unto his sons, Saddle me the ass. So they saddled him the ass: and he rode thereon,
And went after the man of God, and found him sitting under an oak: and he said unto him, Art thou the man of God that camest from Judah? And he said, I am.
Then he said unto him, Come home with me, and eat bread.
And he said, I may not return with thee, nor go in with thee: neither will I eat bread nor drink water with thee in this place:
For it was said to me by the word of the LORD, Thou shalt eat no bread nor drink water there, nor turn again to go by the way that thou camest. it: Heb. a word was
KJV Study — Public Domain
properly, nearness (used only as a preposition or an adverb), near; hence, generally, with, by, at, among, etc
“home”
H1004a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
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