6. And the king answereth and saith unto the man of God, `Appease, I pray thee, the face of Jehovah thy God, and pray for me, and my hand doth come back unto me;' and the man of God appeaseth the face of Jehovah, and the hand of the king comethback unto him, and it is as at the beginning.
7. And the king speaketh unto the man of God, `Come in with me to the house, and refresh thyself, and I give to thee a gift.'
8. And the man of God saith unto the king, `If thou dost give to me the half of thine house, I do not go in with thee, nor do I eat bread, nor do I drink water, in this place;
9. for so He commanded me by the word of Jehovah, saying, Thou dost not eat bread nor drink water, nor turn back in the way that thou hast come.'
10. And he goeth on in another way, and hath not turned back in the way in which he came in unto Beth-El.
11. And a certain aged prophet is dwelling in Beth-El, and his son cometh and recounteth to him all the deed that the man of God hath done to-day in Beth-El, the words that he hath spoken unto the king, --yea, they recount them to their father.
12. And their father saith unto them, `Where [is] this--the way he hath gone?' and his sons see the way that the man of God hath gone who came from Judah.
13. And he saith unto his sons, `Saddle for me the ass,' and they saddle for him the ass, and he rideth on it,
14. and goeth after the man of God, and findeth him sitting under the oak, and saith unto him, `Art thou the man of God who hast come from Judah?' and he saith, `I [am].'
15. And he saith unto him, `Come with me to the house, and eat bread.'
16. And he saith, `I am not able to turn back with thee, and to go in with thee, nor do I eat bread or drink with thee water in this place,