The old prophet went and found the body lying on the road. The donkey and the lion were still standing near it. The lion had not eaten the body, and it did not hurt the donkey.
1 Kings 13:29 - Easy To Read Version The old prophet put the body on his donkey. He carried the body back to the city to cry for him and 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. |
The old prophet went and found the body lying on the road. The donkey and the lion were still standing near it. The lion had not eaten the body, and it did not hurt the donkey.
The old prophet buried the man in his own family grave. The old prophet cried for him. The old prophet said, “Oh, my brother, I am sorry for you.”
Josiah said, “Leave the man of God [302] 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. They put it in a tomb {\cf2\super [78]} (grave).