The prophet took up the body of the man of God, laid it on the donkey, and brought it back to the city to mourn and to bury him.
2 Kings 23:18 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 He said, “Let him rest; let no one move his bones.” So they let his bones alone, with the bones of the prophet who came out of Samaria. Flere versionerKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And he said, Let him alone; let no man move his bones. So they let his bones alone, with the bones of the prophet that came out of Samaria. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition He said, Let him alone; let no man move his bones. So they let his bones alone, with the bones of the prophet that came out of Samaria. [I Kings 13:31, 32.] American Standard Version (1901) And he said, Let him be; let no man move his bones. So they let his bones alone, with the bones of the prophet that came out of Samaria. Common English Bible “Let it be,” Josiah said. “No one should disturb his bones.” So they left his bones untouched, along with the bones of the prophet who came from Samaria. Catholic Public Domain Version And he said: "Permit him. Let no one move his bones." And his bones have remained untouched, with the bones of the prophet who had arrived from Samaria. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And he said: Let him alone, let no man move his bones. So his bones were left untouched with the bones of the prophet that came out of Samaria. |
The prophet took up the body of the man of God, laid it on the donkey, and brought it back to the city to mourn and to bury him.
After he had buried him, he said to his sons, “When I die, bury me in the grave in which the man of God is buried; lay my bones beside his bones.