7. Then the king said to the man of God, "Come home with me and refresh yourself, and I will give you a reward."
8. But the man of God said to the king, "If you were to give me half your house I would not go with you, nor would I eat bread or drink water in this place.
9. For so it was commanded me by the word of the Lord, saying, 'You shall eat no bread, nor drink water, nor return by the way which you came.'"
10. So he went another way and did not return by the way which he came to Bethel.
11. Now an old prophet was living in Bethel; and his sons came and told him all the deeds which the man of God had done that day in Bethel; the words which he had spoken to the king, these also they related to their father.
12. Their father said to them, "Which way did he go?" Now his sons had seen the way which the man of God who came from Judah had gone.
13. Then he said to his sons, "Saddle the donkey for me." So they saddled the donkey for him and he rode away on it.
14. So he went after the man of God and 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."