and he went and found the corpse thrown on the road with the donkey and the lion standing beside the corpse. The lion had not eaten the corpse or mauled the donkey.
1 Kings 13:29 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised So the prophet lifted the corpse of the man of God and laid it on the donkey and brought it back. The old prophet came into the city to mourn and to bury him. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition The prophet took up the corpse of the man of God and laid it upon the donkey and brought it back, and the old prophet came into the city to mourn and to bury him. American Standard Version (1901) 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. Common English Bible The prophet lifted the body of the man of God and put it on the donkey. He brought it back, arriving in the old prophet’s town to mourn and bury the man of God. Catholic Public Domain Version Then the prophet took the dead body of the man of God, and he placed it upon the donkey, and returning, he brought it into the city of the elderly prophet, so that he might mourn for him. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And the prophet took up the body of the man of God, and laid it upon the ass: and going back brought it into the city of the old prophet, to mourn for him. |
and he went and found the corpse thrown on the road with the donkey and the lion standing beside the corpse. The lion had not eaten the corpse or mauled the donkey.
Then he laid the corpse in his own grave, and they mourned over him, ‘Oh, my brother! ’
So he said, ‘Let him rest. Don’t let anyone disturb his bones.’ So they left his bones undisturbed with the bones of the prophet who came from Samaria.
When John’s disciples heard about it, they came and removed his corpse and placed it in a tomb.