13. The old prophet told his sons to saddle his donkey. They put the saddle on the donkey, and the prophet left.
14. The old prophet went after the man of God. He found him sitting under an oak tree and asked him, “Are you the man of God who just came from Judah?” The man of God answered, “Yes, I am.”
15. So the old prophet said, “Please come home and eat with me.”
16. But the man of God said, “I cannot go home with you. I cannot eat or drink anything in this place.
17. The Lord said to me, ‘You must not eat or drink anything in that place, and you must go back on a different road.’”
18. The old prophet lied to him and said, “But I am a prophet like you. And an angel from the Lord came to me and told me to bring you home and give you something to eat and drink.”
19. So the man of God went to the old prophet’s house and ate and drank with him.
20. While they were sitting at the table, the Lord spoke to the old prophet,
21. and the old prophet spoke to the man of God from Judah. He said, “The Lord said that you did not obey him! You did not do what he commanded.
22. He told you not to eat or drink anything in this place, but you came back here and ate and drank. So your body will not be buried in your family grave.”
23. The man of God finished eating and drinking. Then the old prophet saddled the man’s donkey for him and the man left.
24. On the way home, a lion attacked and killed the man of God. His body was lying on the road while the lion stood next to it. The donkey stood nearby.