1 Kings 13:10

10 So he went another way and did not return by the road by which he had come to Beit-El.

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 to the king, "Even if you give me half your household, I will not accept your hospitality; nor will I eat food or drink water in this place.

9 For this is the order I received through the word of ADONAI: 'Don't eat food or drink water, and don't return by the road you took when you came.'"

10 So he went another way and did not return by the road by which he had come to Beit-El.

11 Now there lived an old prophet in Beit-El; and one of his sons came and told him all the things the man of God had done that day in Beit-El; also they told their father what he had said to the king.

12 Their father asked them, "Which way did he go?" For his sons had seen what road the man of God from Y'hudah had taken.