12. the father asked them, “Which way did he go?” So his sons pointed out to him the road taken by the man of God who had come from Judah.
13. Then he said to his sons, “Saddle the donkey for me.” When they had saddled it, he mounted
14. and followed the man of God, whom he found seated under a terebinth. When he asked him, “Are you the man of God who came from Judah?” he answered, “Yes.”
15. Then he said, “Come home with me and have some bread.”
16. “I cannot return with you or go with you, and I cannot eat bread or drink water with you in this place,” he answered,