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 to him 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 so was it commanded me by the word of the Lord, saying, ‘You shall neither eat bread nor drink water nor return by the way that you came.’”
10. So he went another way and did not return by the way that he came to Bethel.
11. Now an old prophet lived in Bethel. And his sons came and told him all that the man of God had done that day in Bethel. They also told to their father the words that he had spoken to the king.
12. And their father said to them, “Which way did he go?” And his sons showed him the way that the man of God who came from Judah had gone.
13. And he said to his sons, “Saddle the donkey for me.” So they saddled the donkey for him and he mounted it.