²¹ He proclaimed to the man of God who came from Judah, saying, “Thus says Yahweh: ‘Because you have disobeyed the word of Yahweh and have not kept the command which Yahweh your God commanded you, ²² but you have returned and have eaten food and drank water in the place which he ordered you not to eat food nor to drink water, then your dead body shall not return to the tomb of your ancestors.’”^[a]

The Disobedient Man of God Dies

²³ It happened after he ate food and drank water that he saddled the donkey for the prophet whom he had brought back.