1 Kings 13:29
27 Then the old prophet instructed his sons, “Saddle the donkey for me.” So they saddled it,
28 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.
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!”
31 After he had buried him, the prophet said to his sons, “When I die, you must bury me in the tomb where the man of God is buried. Lay my bones beside his bones,
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
- 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.
- KJV
- And the prophet took up the carcase of the man of God, and laid it upon the ass, and brought it back: and the old prophet came to the city, to mourn and to bury him.
- WEB
- The prophet took up the body of the man of God, and laid it on the donkey, and brought it back. He came to the city of the old prophet to mourn, and to bury him.
- ASV
- And the prophet took up the body of the man of God, and laid it upon the ass, and brought it back; and he came to the city of the old prophet, to mourn, and to bury him.
- DARBY
- And the prophet took up the corpse of the man of God, and laid it upon the ass, and brought it back; and the old prophet came into the city, to mourn and to bury him.
- BLB
- And the prophet took up the corpse of the man of God and laid it on the donkey, and he brought it back. And the old prophet came to the city to mourn and to bury him.
- ÅB
- Da tok profeten opp liket av den Guds mann og la ham på eselet og førte ham tilbake; og den gamle profet gikk inn i sin by for å holde sørgehøytid over ham og begrave ham.
- OTB
- Så profeten tok opp den døde kroppen til Guds mann, og la den på eslet, og brakte den tilbake; og han kom til den gamle profetens by for å sørge og begrave ham.
- B1930
- Da tok profeten op liket av den Guds mann og la ham på asenet og førte ham tilbake; og den gamle profet gikk inn i sin by for å holde sørgehøitid over ham og begrave ham.