1 Kings 13:10

10 So the man of God left on another road and didn't go back on the road he had taken 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 The man of God told the king, "Even if you gave me half of your palace, I would never go with you to eat or drink there.

9 When the LORD spoke to me, he commanded me not to eat or drink or go back on the same road I took."

10 So the man of God left on another road and didn't go back on the road he had taken to Bethel.

11 An old prophet was living in Bethel. His sons told him everything the man of God did in Bethel that day and the exact words he had spoken to the king. When they told their father,

12 he said to them, "Which road did he take?" (His sons had seen which road the man of God from Judah had taken.)