¹⁷ For ^[a]I have been told ^(A)by the word of the Lord, ‘You shall not eat bread nor drink water there, nor return by going the way you came.’ ”

Ahab Condemned

³⁵ Now a certain man of ^(A)the sons of the prophets said to his neighbor ^(B)by the word of the Lord, “Strike me, please.” And the man refused to strike him.

¹⁵ For this we say to you ^(A)by the word of the Lord, that ^(B)we who are alive and remain until the coming of the Lord will by no means precede those who are ^[a]asleep.

The Message of the Man of God

13 And behold, ^(A)a man of God went from Judah to Bethel ^[a]by the word of the Lord, ^(B)and Jeroboam stood by the altar to burn incense.