1 Kings 13:29
27 And he spake to his sons, saying, Saddle me the ass. And they saddled him.
28 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.
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.
30 And he laid his carcase in his own grave; and they mourned over him, saying, Alas, my brother!
31 And it came to pass, after he had buried him, that he spake to his sons, saying, When I am dead, then bury me in the sepulchre wherein 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.