Albert Barnes Commentary 1 Kings 13:22

Albert Barnes Commentary

1 Kings 13:22

1798–1870
Presbyterian
Albert Barnes
Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes Commentary

1 Kings 13:22

1798–1870
Presbyterian
SCRIPTURE

"but camest back, and hast eaten bread and drunk water in the place of which he said to thee, Eat no bread, and drink no water; thy body shall not come unto the sepulchre of thy fathers." — 1 Kings 13:22 (ASV)

On the anxiety of the Hebrews to be buried with their fathers, see Genesis 47:30; Genesis 49:1, 25, 29; 2 Samuel 19:37, etc.