1 Kings 13:25
23 And it came to pass, after he had eaten bread, and after he had drunk, that he saddled for him the ass, to wit, for the prophet whom he had brought back.
24 And when he was gone, a lion met him by the way, and slew him: and his carcase was cast in the way, and the ass stood by it, the lion also stood by the carcase.
And, behold, men passed by, and saw the carcase cast in the way, and the lion standing by the carcase: and they came and told it in the city where the old prophet dwelt.
26 And when the prophet that brought him back from the way heard thereof, he said, It is the man of God, who was disobedient unto the word of the LORD: therefore the LORD hath delivered him unto the lion, which hath torn him, and slain him, according to the word of the LORD, which he spake unto him.
27 And he spake to his sons, saying, Saddle me the ass. And they saddled him.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- And there were men passing by who saw the body lying in the road with the lion standing beside it, and they went and reported this in the city where the old prophet lived.
- KJV
- And, behold, men passed by, and saw the carcase cast in the way, and the lion standing by the carcase: and they came and told it in the city where the old prophet dwelt.
- WEB
- Behold, men passed by and saw the body thrown on the path, and the lion standing by the body; and they came and told it in the city where the old prophet lived.
- ASV
- And, behold, men passed by, and saw the body cast in the way, and the lion standing by the body; and they came and told it in the city where the old prophet dwelt.
- DARBY
- And behold, men passed by, and saw the corpse cast in the way and the lion standing by the corpse; and they came and told it in the city where the old prophet dwelt.
- BLB
- And behold, men passed by and saw the corpse thrown on the road and the lion standing by the corpse. And they went and told [it] in the city in which the old prophet dwelt.
- ÅB
- Da fór det noen menn forbi; de så liket som lå slengt bortetter veien, og løven som sto ved siden av liket; og da de kom til den by hvor den gamle profet bodde, fortalte de det der.
- OTB
- Og se, menn passerte forbi og så den døde kroppen kastet på veien, og løven sto ved siden av kroppen; så de kom og fortalte om det i byen hvor den gamle profeten bodde.
- B1930
- Da fór det nogen menn forbi; de så liket som lå slengt bortefter veien, og løven som stod ved siden av liket; og da de kom til den by hvor den gamle profet bodde, fortalte de det der.
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1 Kings 13:11
Now there dwelt an old prophet in Beth-el; and his sons came and told him all the works that the man of God had done that day in Beth-el: the words which he had spoken unto the king, them they told also to their father.
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