8
And the man of God said to the king, If thou shouldest give me the half of thine house, I would not go in with thee, neither will I eat bread, neither will I drink water in this place; for thus the Lord charged me by word, saying,
9
Eat no bread, and drink no water, and return not by the way by which thou camest.
10
So he departed by another way, and returned not by the way by which he came to Baethel.
11
And there dwelt an old prophet in Baethel; and his sons came and told him all the works that the man of God did on that day in Baethel, and the words which he spoke to the king: and they turned the face of their father.
12
And their father spoke to them, saying, Which way went he? and his sons shew him the way by which the man of God who came out of Juda went up.
The Brenton translation of the Septuagint is in the public domain.