5. The altar also was split and the ashes poured out from the altar according to the sign which the man of God had given by the word of the Lord.
6. And the king said to the man of God, Entreat now the favor of the Lord your God and pray for me, that my hand may be restored to me. And the man of God entreated the Lord, and the king's hand was restored and became as it was before.
7. And the king said to the man of God, Come home with me and refresh yourself, and I will give you a reward.
8. And the man of God said to the king, If you give me half your house, I will not go in with you, and I will not eat bread or drink water in this place.
9. For I was commanded by the word of the Lord, You shall eat no bread or drink water or return by the way you came.
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 that the man of God had done that day in Bethel; the words which he had spoken to the king they told also to their father.
12. Their father asked them, Which way did he go? For his sons had seen which way the man of God who came from Judah had gone.
13. He said to his sons, Saddle the donkey for me. So they saddled the donkey and he rode on it
14. And went after the man of God. And he found him sitting under an oak, and he said to him, Are you the man of God who came from Judah? And he said, I am.
15. Then he said to him, Come home with me and eat bread.
16. He said, I may not return with you or go in with you, neither will I eat bread or drink water with you in this place.
17. For I was told by the word of the Lord, You shall not eat bread or drink water there or return by the way that you came.