1 Kings 13:10

10 So he went another way; he did not go back by the way he had come to Bethel.

1 Kings 13:10 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 13:10

So he went another way, and returned not by the way that he
came to Bethel.
] Neither ate nor drank with the king, though that is not expressed; nor did he go back the same way he came; but in each particular observed the divine command, and was obedient to it.

1 Kings 13:10 In-Context

8 But the man of God replied, "If you were to give me half your house, I still wouldn't go with you, and I wouldn't eat bread or drink water in this place,

9 for this is what I was commanded by the word of the Lord: 'You must not eat bread or drink water or go back the way you came.' "

10 So he went another way; he did not go back by the way he had come to Bethel.

11 Now a certain old prophet was living in Bethel. His son came and told him all the deeds that the man of God had done that day in Bethel. His sons also told their father the words that he had spoken to the king.

12 Then their father said to them, "Which way did he go?" His sons had seen the way taken by the man of God who had come from Judah.