17. For the lord gave me this command: ‘You must not eat or drink anything while you are there, and do not return to Judah by the same way you came.’”
18. But the old prophet answered, “I am a prophet, too, just as you are. And an angel gave me this command from the lord: ‘Bring him home with you so he can have something to eat and drink.’” But the old man was lying to him.
19. So they went back together, and the man of God ate and drank at the prophet’s home.
20. Then while they were sitting at the table, a command from the lord came to the old prophet.
21. He cried out to the man of God from Judah, “This is what the lord says: You have defied the word of the lord and have disobeyed the command the lord your God gave you.
22. You came back to this place and ate and drank where he told you not to eat or drink. Because of this, your body will not be buried in the grave of your ancestors.”
23. After the man of God had finished eating and drinking, the old prophet saddled his own donkey for him,
24. and the man of God started off again. But as he was traveling along, a lion came out and killed him. His body lay there on the road, with the donkey and the lion standing beside it.
25. People who passed by saw the body lying in the road and the lion standing beside it, and they went and reported it in Bethel, where the old prophet lived.
26. When the prophet heard the report, he said, “It is the man of God who disobeyed the lord’s command. The lord has fulfilled his word by causing the lion to attack and kill him.”
27. Then the prophet said to his sons, “Saddle a donkey for me.” So they saddled a donkey,