11Now there was an old prophet living in Beth-el; and one of his sons came and gave him word of all the man of God had done that day in Beth-el, and they gave their father an account of the words he had said to the king.
12Then their father said to them, Which way did he go? Now his sons had seen which way the man of God who came from Judah had gone.
13So the prophet said to his sons, Make ready an ass for me. So they made an ass ready, and he got on it,
14And went after the man of God, and came up with him while he was seated under an oak-tree. And he said to him, Are you the man of God who came from Judah? And he said, I am.
15Then he said to him, Come back to the house with me and have a meal.
16But he said, I may not go back with you or go into your house; and I will not take food or a drink of water with you in this place;
17For the Lord said to me, You are not to take food or water there, or go back again by the way you came.
