14. and took off after the prophet, whom he found sitting under an oak tree. He asked him, “Are you the prophet from Judah?” He answered, “Yes, I am.”
15. He then said to him, “Come home with me and eat something.”
16. But he replied, “I can’t go back with you or eat and drink with you in this place.
17. For the Lord gave me strict orders, ‘Do not eat or drink there; do not go back the way you came.’”
18. The old prophet then said, “I too am a prophet like you. An angel told me with the Lord’s authority, ‘Bring him back with you to your house so he can eat and drink.’” But he was lying to him.
19. So the prophet went back with him and ate and drank in his house.
20. While they were sitting at the table, the Lord spoke through the old prophet