Matthew Poole and continuators on 1 Kings 13:23

23 ¶ And it came to pass, after he had eaten bread, and after he had drunk, that he sadled for him the ass , to wit, for the prophet whom he had brought back.

That he might sooner come to his home, and, if possible, escape the Judgment threatned. But, it is observable, he doth not accompany him; his guilty Conscience making him to expect and fear to be involved in the same Judgment with him.