וַיְהִ֕י הֵ֥ם יֹשְׁבִ֖ים אֶל־הַשֻּׁלְחָ֑ן (פ) וַֽיְהִי֙ דְּבַר־יְהוָ֔ה אֶל־הַנָּבִ֖יא אֲשֶׁ֥ר הֱשִׁיבֽוֹ׃
Und als sie am Tisch saßen, kam das Wort des HERRN zu dem Propheten, der ihn zurückbrachte.
Rashi on I Kings
That caused him to return. To the man of God. From here they [the Rabbis] deduced that [offering] refreshment is a great thing, for it causes the Divine Presence to rest on the prophets of the Baal.8The simple act of hospitality can have great and far reaching consequences. See Maseches Sanhedrin 103b-104a.