The old prophet put the body on his donkey and carried it back to the city to cry for him and bury him.
The old prophet went to find the body lying on the road. The donkey and the lion were still standing near it. The lion had not eaten the body or hurt the donkey.
The old prophet buried the man in his own family grave. The old prophet cried for him and said, “Oh, my brother, I am sorry for you.”
Josiah said, “Leave the man of God alone. Don’t move his bones.” So they left his bones and the bones of the man of God from Samaria.
John’s followers heard about what happened, so they came and got John’s body and put it in a tomb.