1 Kings 13:22

but you went back and ate bread and drank water in the place where He told you not to do so, your body shall never reach the tomb of your fathers.’”

Berean Standard Bible

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Study note

Setting — The old prophet in Bethel pronounces this judgment to the man of God from Judah at the moment of departure, immediately following the man of God's disobedience to a direct divine command.

The words — The Hebrew verb וַתָּשֶׁב (va.tashov) translates literally as “you went back” or “you returned,” marking the specific act of reversing the commanded course.

The thread — The narrative tracks the physical outcome of this disobedience in 1 Kings 13:30 where the body is buried, 1 Kings 14:13 which notes a proper burial as a rare exception, and 2 Chronicles 21:19 which records a fatal bodily decline.

Why it lands — The text records that breaking a direct command produces an irreversible consequence, requiring the reader to recognize that explicit divine instruction permits no deviation.

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The Hebrew words

King James Version

But camest back, and hast eaten bread and drunk water in the place, of the which the Lord did say to thee, Eat no bread, and drink no water; thy carcase shall not come unto the sepulchre of thy fathers.

Cross-references

1 Kings 13:30 Then he laid the body in his own tomb, and they lamented over him, “Oh, my brother!”
1 Kings 14:13 All Israel will mourn for him and bury him. For this is the only one belonging to Jeroboam who will receive a proper burial, because only in him has the LORD, the God of Israel, found any good in the house of Jeroboam.
2 Chronicles 21:19 This continued day after day until two full years had passed. Finally, his intestines came out because of his disease, and he died in severe pain. And his people did not make a fire in his honor as they had done for his fathers.
Isaiah 14:18 All the kings of the nations lie in state, each in his own tomb.
Jeremiah 22:18 Therefore this is what the LORD says concerning Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah: “They will not mourn for him: ‘Alas, my brother! Alas, my sister!’ They will not mourn for him: ‘Alas, my master! Alas, his splendor!’