3. And he gave a sign the same day, saying, This is the sign which the Lord has spoken: Behold, the altar shall be rent, and the ashes with the burnt fat that are upon it shall be poured out.
4. And when King Jeroboam heard the word of the man of God, who had cried out against the altar in Bethel, that he put forth his hand from the altar, saying, Lay hold on him. And his hand, which he put forth against him, dried up, so that he could not pull it in again to him.
5. The altar also was rent, and the ashes with the burnt fat were poured out from the altar, according to the sign which the man of God had given by the word of the Lord.
6. Then the king answered and said unto the man of God, Intreat now the face of the Lord thy God and pray for me, that my hand may be restored me again. And the man of God besought the Lord, and the king’s hand was restored him again and became as it was before.
7. And the king said unto the man of God, Come home with me and refresh thyself, and I will give thee a gift.
8. But the man of God said unto 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 the Lord, saying, Eat no bread nor drink water nor turn again by the same way that thou camest.
10. So he went another way and did not return by the way that he came to Bethel.
11. Now there dwelt an 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; they also told their father the words which he had spoken unto the king.
12. And their father said unto them, What way did he go? And his sons showed him the way the man of God had gone, who had come from Judah.
13. And he said unto 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 an oak; and he said unto him, Art thou the man of God that didst come from Judah? And he said, I am.
15. Then he said unto him, Come home with me and eat bread.
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.