1 Kings 13:10

10 So he took another road and did not return by the way he had come to Bethel.

1 Kings 13:10 in Other Translations

10 So he went another way, and returned not by the way that he came to Bethel.

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

10 So he left Bethel and went home another way.

10 Then he left by a different road than the one on which he had walked to Bethel.

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 answered the king, “Even if you were to give me half your possessions, I would not go with you, nor would I eat bread or drink water here.

9 For I was commanded by the word of the LORD: ‘You must not eat bread or drink water or return by the way you came.’ ”

10 So he took another road and did not return by the way he had come to Bethel.

11 Now there was a certain old prophet living in Bethel, whose sons came and told him all that the man of God had done there that day. They also told their father what he had said to the king.

12 Their father asked them, “Which way did he go?” And his sons showed him which road the man of God from Judah had taken.