7. Then the king said to the man of God, “Please come home with me. Come and eat with me. I will give you a gift.”
8. But the man of God said to the king, “I will not go home with you, even if you give me half of your kingdom! I will not eat or drink anything in this place.
9. The Lord commanded me not to eat or drink anything here. He also commanded me not to go back the same way I came.”
10. So he took a different road home. He did not go back the same way he came to Bethel.
11. There was an old prophet living in Bethel. His sons came and told him what the man of God did in Bethel and what he said to King Jeroboam.
12. The old prophet said, “Which way did he go when he left?” So the sons showed their father which road the man of God from Judah had taken.