1 Kings 13:28
26 When the prophet who had brought him back from his journey heard this, he said, “It is the man of God who disobeyed the command of the LORD. Therefore the LORD has delivered him to the lion, and it has mauled him and killed him, according to the word that the LORD had spoken to him.”
27 Then the old prophet instructed his sons, “Saddle the donkey for me.” So they saddled it,
and he went and found the body lying in the road, with the donkey and the lion standing beside it. The lion had not eaten the body or mauled the donkey.
29 So the old prophet lifted up the body of the man of God, laid it on the donkey, and brought it back to his own city to mourn for him and bury him.
30 Then he laid the body in his own tomb, and they lamented over him, “Oh, my brother!”
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 he went and found the body lying in the road, with the donkey and the lion standing beside it. The lion had not eaten the body or mauled the donkey.
- KJV
- And he went and found his carcase cast in the way, and the ass and the lion standing by the carcase: the lion had not eaten the carcase, nor torn the ass.
- WEB
- He went and found his body thrown on the path, and the donkey and the lion standing by the body. The lion had not eaten the body nor mauled the donkey.
- ASV
- And he went and found his body cast in the way, and the ass and the lion standing by the body: the lion had not eaten the body, nor torn the ass.
- DARBY
- And he went and found his corpse cast in the way, and the ass and the lion standing by the corpse: the lion had not eaten the corpse, nor torn the ass.
- BLB
- And he went and found his corpse thrown on the road, and the donkey and the lion standing by the corpse. The lion had not eaten the corpse, nor torn into pieces the donkey.
- ÅB
- Og han tok avsted og fant hans lik slengt bortetter veien og eselet og løven stående ved siden av liket; løven hadde ikke fortært liket og heller ikke sønderrevet eselet.
- OTB
- Og han dro og fant hans døde kropp kastet på veien, med eslet og løven stående ved den døde kroppen; løven hadde ikke spist den døde kroppen eller angrepet eslet.
- B1930
- Og han tok avsted og fant hans lik slengt bortefter veien og asenet og løven stående ved siden av liket; løven hadde ikke fortært liket og heller ikke sønderrevet asenet.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Job 38:11
and I declared: ‘You may come this far, but no farther; here your proud waves must stop’?
Read in contextDaniel 6:22–24
My God sent His angel and shut the mouths of the lions. They have not hurt me, for I was found innocent in His sight, and I have done no wrong against you, O king.”
Read in contextJeremiah 5:22–23
Do you not fear Me?” declares the LORD. “Do you not tremble before Me, the One who set the sand as the boundary for the sea, an enduring barrier it cannot cross? The waves surge, but they cannot prevail. They roar but cannot cross it.
Read in contextDaniel 3:22
The king’s command was so urgent and the furnace so hot that the fiery flames killed the men who carried up Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego.
Read in contextActs 16:26
Suddenly a strong earthquake shook the foundations of the prison. At once all the doors flew open and everyone’s chains came loose.
Read in contextDaniel 3:27–28
and when the satraps, prefects, governors, and royal advisers had gathered around, they saw that the fire had no effect on the bodies of these men. Not a hair of their heads was singed, their robes were unaffected, and there was no smell of fire on them.
Read in context1 Kings 17:6
The ravens would bring him bread and meat in the morning and evening, and he would drink from the brook.
Read in contextPsalms 148:7–8
Praise the LORD from the earth, all great sea creatures and ocean depths,
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