The prophet refuses the king

7Then the king said to the man of God, “Come home with me and eat, and I will give you a gift.”

8But the man of God said to the king, “If you were to give me half your house, I would not go with you, nor would I eat bread or drink water in this place.”

9For this is what he commanded me by the word of the LORD, saying, ‘You shall not eat bread, nor drink water, nor return by the way that you went.’

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