8. And the man of God said to the king, If thou wilt give me half thy house, I will not go in with thee, neither will I eat bread nor drink water in this place;
9. for so was it charged me by the word of Jehovah, saying, Thou shalt eat no bread, nor drink water, nor return by the way that thou shalt go.
10. So he went another way, and returned not by the way that he had come to Bethel.
11. Now there dwelt a certain old prophet in Bethel; and his sons came and told him all the works that the man of God had done that day in Bethel; the words that he had spoken to the king, them they told also to their father.
12. And their father said to them, Which way went he? for his sons had seen which way the man of God went, who came from Judah.
13. And he said to his sons, Saddle me the ass. So they saddled him the ass; and he rode thereon,
14. and went after the man of God and found him sitting under a terebinth; and he said to him, Art thou the man of God that camest from Judah? And he said, I am.
15. And he said to him, Come home with me, and eat bread.