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Commentary for I Kings 13:20

וַיְהִ֕י הֵ֥ם יֹשְׁבִ֖ים אֶל־הַשֻּׁלְחָ֑ן (פ) וַֽיְהִי֙ דְּבַר־יְהוָ֔ה אֶל־הַנָּבִ֖יא אֲשֶׁ֥ר הֱשִׁיבֽוֹ׃

And it came to pass, as they sat at the table, that the word of the LORD came unto the prophet that brought him back.

Rashi on I Kings

To the prophet. The false prophet.
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Rashi on I Kings

That caused him to return. To the man of God. From here they [the Rabbis] deduced that [offering] refreshment is a great thing, for it causes the Divine Presence to rest on the prophets of the Baal.8The simple act of hospitality can have great and far reaching consequences. See Maseches Sanhedrin 103b-104a.
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