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 And the man of God said to the king, "If you give me half your house, I will not go in with you. And I will not eat bread or drink water in this place;

9 for so was it commanded me by the word of the LORD, saying, 'You shall neither eat bread, nor drink water, nor return by the way that you came.'"

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 that the man of God had done that day in Bethel; the words also which he had spoken to the king, they told to their father.

12 And their father said to them, "Which way did he go?" And his sons showed him the way which the man of God who came from Judah had gone.