¹¹ And there dwelt an old prophet in Bethel, whose sons came and told him all the works that the man of God had done that day in Bethel, and the words which he spake unto the king they told their father also. ¹² And their father said unto them, "What way went he?" For his sons had seen what way the man of God went which came from Judah. ¹³ Then said he to his sons, "Saddle mine ass." And they saddled him an ass. ¹⁴ And he gat him up thereon and went after the man of God, and found him sitting under an Oak and said unto him, "Art thou the man of God that camest from Judah?" And he said, "Yea."

¹⁵ Then he said to him, "Come home with me and eat bread."

¹⁶ And the other said again, "I may not return with thee, to go with thee, neither may I eat bread or drink water with thee in this place. ¹⁷ For it was said to me by the commandment of the LORD, 'Eat no bread nor drink water in this place, nor turn again by the way thou wentest.'"

¹⁸ And the old prophet said unto him, "I am a prophet as well as thou, and an Angel spake unto me with the word of the LORD saying, 'Bring him again with thee to thine house, and let him eat bread and drink water.' Bvt he lied unto him. ¹⁹ And so the other went again with him and ate bread in his house and drank water.

²⁰ And as they sat at the table, the word of the LORD came unto the prophet that brought him again. ²¹ And he cried unto the man of God that came from Judah, saying, "Thus sayeth the LORD: 'Because thou hast disobeyed the mouth of the LORD, and hast not kept the commandment which the LORD thy God commanded thee, ²² but camest back again and hast eaten bread and drunk water in the place in which he bade that thou shouldest eat no bread nor drink water: therefore thy carcass shall not come unto the sepulchre of thy fathers.'"