8. And the man of God said unto the king, If you will give me half your house, I will not go in with you, 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,
10. So he went another way, and returned not by the way that he came to Beth-el.
11. Now there dwelt an old prophet in Beth-el; and his sons came and told him all the works that the man of God had done that day in Beth-el: the words which he had spoken unto the king, them they told also to their father.
12. And their father said unto them, What way went he? For his sons had seen which way the man of God went, who came from Judah.
13. And he said unto his sons, Saddle me the donkey. So they saddled him the donkey; and he rode thereon,
14. And went after the man of God, and found him sitting under an oak: and he said unto him, Are you the man of God that came 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 you, nor go in with you: neither will I eat bread nor drink water with you in this place: