1 Kings 13:10

10 So the man of God went by a different way. He didn't return by the way 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 The man of God said to the king, "Even if you gave me half your palace, I wouldn't go with you, nor would I eat food or drink water in this place.

9 This is what God commanded me by the LORD's word: Don't eat food! Don't drink water! Don't return by the way you came!"

10 So the man of God went by a different way. He didn't return by the way he came to Bethel.

11 Now there was an old prophet living in Bethel. His sons came and told him everything that the man of God had done that day at Bethel. They also told their father the words that he spoke to the king.

12 "Which way did he go?" their father asked them. His sons had seen the way the man of God went when he came from Judah.