11. And a certain old prophet was dwelling in Bĕyth Ěl, and his sons came and told him all the works that the man of Elohim had done that day in Bĕyth Ěl, the words which he had spoken to the sovereign.
12. And their father said to them, “Which way did he go?” And his sons had seen which way the man of Elohim went who came from Yehuḏah.
13. And he said to his sons, “Saddle the donkey for me.” And they saddled the donkey for him, and he rode on it,
14. and went after the man of Elohim, and found him sitting under a terebinth. And he said to him, “Are you the man of Elohim who came from Yehuḏah?” And he said, “I am.”
15. And he said to him, “Come home with me and eat bread.”
16. And he said, “I am not able to return with you or to go in with you, nor am I to eat bread or drink water with you in this place.
17. “For word came to me by the word of יהוה, ‘Do not eat bread nor drink water there, nor return by going the way you came.’ ”
18. And he said to him, “I too am a prophet like you, and a messenger spoke to me by the word of יהוה, saying, ‘Bring him back with you to your house, and let him eat bread and drink water.’ ” But he lied to him.
19. So he turned back with him, and ate bread in his house, and drank water.
20. And it came to be, as they sat at the table, that the word of יהוה came to the prophet who had brought him back,