7 And the king said unto the man of God, Come home with me, and refresh yourself, and I will give you a reward.
8 And the man of God said unto the king, If you will give me half your house, I will not go in with you, neither will I eat bread nor drink water in this place:
9 For so was it charged me by the word of the LORD, saying,
10 So he went another way, and returned not by the way that he came to Beth-el.
11 Now there dwelt an old prophet in Beth-el; and his sons came and told him all the works that the man of God had done that day in Beth-el: the words which he had spoken unto the king, them they told also to their father.
12 And their father said unto them, What way went he? For his sons had seen which way the man of God went, who came from Judah.
13 And he said unto his sons, Saddle me the donkey. So they saddled him the donkey; and he rode thereon,