1 Kings 13:10

10 So he went another way and did not return by the way that he came 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 said unto the king, If thou wilt give me half thy house, I will not go in with thee, 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, Eat no bread nor drink water nor turn again by the same way that thou camest.

10 So he went another way and did not return by the way that he came to Bethel.

11 Now there dwelt an old prophet in Bethel, and his sons came and told him all the works that the man of God had done that day in Bethel; they also told their father the words which he had spoken unto the king.

12 And their father said unto them, What way did he go? And his sons showed him the way the man of God had gone, who had come from Judah.