1 Kings 13:9   (Read all of 1 Kings 13)

For I was commanded by the word of the Lord: 'You must not eat bread or drink water or return by the way you came.' "

1 Kings 13:14   (Read all of 1 Kings 13)

and rode after the man of God. He found him sitting under an oak tree and asked, "Are you the man of God who came from Judah?" "I am," he replied.

1 Kings 13:16   (Read all of 1 Kings 13)

The man of God said, "I cannot turn back and go with you, nor can I eat bread or drink water with you in this place.

1 Kings 13:17   (Read all of 1 Kings 13)

I have been told by the word of the Lord: 'You must not eat bread or drink water there or return by the way you came.' "

1 Kings 13:18   (Read all of 1 Kings 13)

The old prophet answered, "I too am a prophet, as you are. And an angel said to me by the word of the Lord: 'Bring him back with you to your house so that he may eat bread and drink water.' " (But he was lying to him.)

1 Kings 13:21   (Read all of 1 Kings 13)

He cried out to the man of God who had come from Judah, "This is what the Lord says: 'You have defied the word of the Lord and have not kept the command the Lord your God gave you.

1 Kings 13:22   (Read all of 1 Kings 13)

You came back and ate bread and drank water in the place where he told you not to eat or drink. Therefore your body will not be buried in the tomb of your ancestors.' "

1 Kings 14:2   (Read all of 1 Kings 14)

and Jeroboam said to his wife, "Go, disguise yourself, so you won't be recognized as the wife of Jeroboam. Then go to Shiloh. Ahijah the prophet is there-the one who told me I would be king over this people.

1 Kings 14:3   (Read all of 1 Kings 14)

Take ten loaves of bread with you, some cakes and a jar of honey, and go to him. He will tell you what will happen to the boy."

1 Kings 14:5   (Read all of 1 Kings 14)

But the Lord had told Ahijah, "Jeroboam's wife is coming to ask you about her son, for he is ill, and you are to give her such and such an answer. When she arrives, she will pretend to be someone else."

1 Kings 14:6   (Read all of 1 Kings 14)

So when Ahijah heard the sound of her footsteps at the door, he said, "Come in, wife of Jeroboam. Why this pretense? I have been sent to you with bad news.

1 Kings 14:7   (Read all of 1 Kings 14)

Go, tell Jeroboam that this is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: 'I raised you up from among the people and appointed you ruler over my people Israel.

1 Kings 14:8   (Read all of 1 Kings 14)

I tore the kingdom away from the house of David and gave it to you, but you have not been like my servant David, who kept my commands and followed me with all his heart, doing only what was right in my eyes.

1 Kings 14:9   (Read all of 1 Kings 14)

You have done more evil than all who lived before you. You have made for yourself other gods, idols made of metal; you have aroused my anger and turned your back on me.

1 Kings 14:12   (Read all of 1 Kings 14)

"As for you, go back home. When you set foot in your city, the boy will die.

1 Kings 15:19   (Read all of 1 Kings 15)

"Let there be a treaty between me and you," he said, "as there was between my father and your father. See, I am sending you a gift of silver and gold. Now break your treaty with Baasha king of Israel so he will withdraw from me."

1 Kings 16:2   (Read all of 1 Kings 16)

"I lifted you up from the dust and appointed you ruler over my people Israel, but you followed the ways of Jeroboam and caused my people Israel to sin and to arouse my anger by their sins.

1 Kings 16:3   (Read all of 1 Kings 16)

So I am about to wipe out Baasha and his house, and I will make your house like that of Jeroboam son of Nebat.

1 Kings 16:34   (Read all of 1 Kings 16)

In Ahab's time, Hiel of Bethel rebuilt Jericho. He laid its foundations at the cost of his firstborn son Abiram, and he set up its gates at the cost of his youngest son Segub, in accordance with the word of the Lord spoken by Joshua son of Nun.

1 Kings 17:4   (Read all of 1 Kings 17)

You will drink from the brook, and I have directed the ravens to supply you with food there."

1 Kings 17:9   (Read all of 1 Kings 17)

"Go at once to Zarephath in the region of Sidon and stay there. I have directed a widow there to supply you with food."

1 Kings 17:10   (Read all of 1 Kings 17)

So he went to Zarephath. When he came to the town gate, a widow was there gathering sticks. He called to her and asked, "Would you bring me a little water in a jar so I may have a drink?"

1 Kings 17:12   (Read all of 1 Kings 17)

"As surely as the Lord your God lives," she replied, "I don't have any bread-only a handful of flour in a jar and a little olive oil in a jug. I am gathering a few sticks to take home and make a meal for myself and my son, that we may eat it-and die."

1 Kings 17:13   (Read all of 1 Kings 17)

Elijah said to her, "Don't be afraid. Go home and do as you have said. But first make a small loaf of bread for me from what you have and bring it to me, and then make something for yourself and your son.