1 Kings 13:11-19

New English Translation

¹¹ Now there was an old prophet living in Bethel. When his sons^[a] came home, they told him everything the prophet^[b] had done in Bethel that day. And they told their father all the words that he had spoken to the king.^{[c] 12} Their father asked them, “Which road did he take?” His sons showed him^[d] the road the prophet from Judah had taken. ¹³ He then told his sons, “Saddle the donkey for me.” When they had saddled the donkey for him, he mounted it 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.^[e] I am not allowed to eat food or to drink water with you in this place. ¹⁷ For an order came to me in the Lord’s message, ‘Eat no food. Drink no water there. And do not return by the way you came.’” ¹⁸ Then the old prophet^[f] said, “I too am a prophet like you. And an angel has told me in a message from the Lord, ‘Bring him back with you to your house so he can eat food and drink water.’” But he had lied to him.^{[g] 19} So the prophet^[h] went back with him. He ate food in his house and he drank water.