16. And he said, I may not return with thee nor go in with thee; neither will I eat bread nor drink water with thee in this place,
17. for it was said to me by the word of the Lord, Thou shalt eat no bread nor drink water there nor turn again to go by the way that thou camest.
18. And the other said unto him, I am a prophet also as thou art, and an angel spoke unto me by the word of the Lord, saying, Bring him back with thee into thy house, that he may eat bread and drink water. But he lied unto him.
19. So he went back with him and ate bread in his house and drank water.
20. 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,
21. and he cried unto the man of God that came from Judah, saying, Thus hath the Lord said, Forasmuch as thou hast rebelled against the mouth of the Lord and hast not kept the commandment which the Lord thy God commanded thee,
22. but didst come back and hast eaten bread and drunk water in the place, of 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.
23. And when he had eaten of the bread and after he had drunk, the prophet that had brought him back saddled an ass for him,
24. and as he went, a lion met him by the way and slew him, and his carcase was cast in the way, and the ass stood by it, and the lion also stood by the carcase.
25. And, behold, men passed by and saw the carcase cast in the way, and the lion standing by the carcase; and they came and told it in the city where the old prophet dwelt.
26. And when the prophet that had brought him back from the way heard of it, he said, It is the man of God, who rebelled against the word of the Lord; therefore, the Lord has delivered him unto the lion, who has torn him and slain him, according to the word of the Lord, which he spoke unto him.
27. And he spoke to his sons, saying, Saddle me an ass. And they saddled it for him.
28. And he went and found his carcase cast in the way, and the ass and the lion standing by the carcase; the lion had not eaten the carcase nor torn the ass.
29. And the prophet took up the carcase of the man of God and laid it upon the ass and brought it back. And the old prophet came to the city to mourn and to bury him.
30. And he laid his carcase in his own grave, and they mourned over him, saying, Alas, my brother!
31. And it came to pass, after he had buried him, that he spoke to his sons, saying, When I am dead, then bury me in the sepulchre in which the man of God is buried; lay my bones beside his bones.