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1 Kings 13:31

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!”

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,

32 for the message that he cried out by the word of the LORD against the altar in Bethel and against all the shrines on the high places in the cities of Samaria will surely come to pass.”

33 Even after these events, Jeroboam did not repent of his evil ways, but again he appointed priests for the high places from every class of people. He ordained anyone who desired to be a priest of the high places.

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BSB
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,
KJV
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:
WEB
After he had buried him, he spoke to his sons, saying, “When I am dead, bury me in the tomb in which the man of God is buried. Lay my bones beside his bones.
ASV
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.
DARBY
And it came to pass after he had buried him, that he spoke to his sons saying, When I am dead, bury me in the sepulchre in which the man of God is buried; lay my bones beside his bones.
BLB
And it was after he had buried him, that he spoke to his sons, saying, “When I am dead, bury me in the tomb in which the man of God [is] buried. Beside his bones lay my bones.
ÅB
Da han nå hadde begravet ham, sa han til sine sønner: Når jeg dør, skal dere begrave meg i den grav hvor den Guds mann ligger begravetdere skal legge mine ben ved siden av hans ben.
OTB
Nå skjedde det, etter at han hadde begravet ham, at han talte til sine sønner og sa, “Når jeg dør, begrav meg i graven hvor Guds mann er begravet; legg mine bein ved siden av hans bein.
B1930
Da han nu hadde begravet ham, sa han til sine sønner: Når jeg dør, skal I begrave mig i den grav hvor den Guds mann ligger begravet; I skal legge mine ben ved siden av hans ben.

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  • 2 Kings 23:17–18

    Then the king asked, “What is this monument I see?” And the men of the city replied, “It is the tomb of the man of God who came from Judah and pronounced these things that you have done to the altar of Bethel.”

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  • Ecclesiastes 8:10

    Then too, I saw the burial of the wicked who used to go in and out of the holy place, and they were praised in the city where they had done so. This too is futile.

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  • Numbers 23:10

    Who can count the dust of Jacob or number even a fourth of Israel? Let me die the death of the righteous; let my end be like theirs!”

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  • Psalms 26:9

    Do not take my soul away with sinners, or my life with men of bloodshed,

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  • Luke 16:22–23

    One day the beggar died and was carried by the angels to Abraham’s side. And the rich man also died and was buried.

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