16And 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:
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And the man of God said unto the king, If thou wilt give me half thine house, I will not go in with thee, neither will I eat bread nor drink water in this place: …
Now therefore, I pray you, tarry ye also here this night, that I may know what the LORD will say unto me more.
Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.
Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden? …
But he turned, and said unto Peter, Get thee behind me, Satan: thou art an offence unto me: for thou savourest not the things that be of God, but those that be of men.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 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, contrary to the command given him. Here we find how dearly his dinner cost him. Observe with wonder, I. The old prophet’s wickedness. I cannot but call him a false prophet and a bad man, it being much easi…
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