1Ki 13:26-32 | NET2full | STEP | When the old prophet who had invited him to his house heard the news, he said , “ It is the prophet who rebelled against the Lord . The Lord delivered him over to the lion and it tore him up and killed him, in keeping with the Lord ’s message that he had spoken to him.”

‏ 1 Kings 13:26-32

26 When the old prophet who had invited him to his house heard the news, ^{▼▼tn Heb “and the prophet who had brought him back from the road heard.”} he said, “It is the prophet ^{▼▼tn Heb “the man of God.”} who rebelled against the Lord. ^{▼▼tn Heb “the mouth of the Lord.”} The Lord delivered him over to the lion and it tore him up ^{▼▼tn Heb “destroyed him,” or “maimed him.”} and killed him, in keeping with the Lord’s message that he had spoken to him.” 27 He told his sons, “Saddle my donkey.” So they saddled it. 28 He went and found the body lying in the road with the donkey and the lion standing beside it; ^{▼▼tn Heb “the body.”} the lion had neither eaten the body nor attacked the donkey. 29 The old prophet ^{▼▼tn Heb “the prophet.” The word “old” has been supplied in the translation to distinguish this individual from the other prophet.} picked up the prophet’s ^{▼▼tn Heb “the man of God.”} body, put it on the donkey, and brought it back. The old prophet then entered the city to mourn him and to bury him. 30 He put the body into his own tomb, and they ^{▼▼tn “They” is the reading of the Hebrew text here; perhaps this is meant to include not only the old prophet but his sons (cf. v. 31).} mourned over him, saying, “Ah, my brother!” 31 After he buried him, he said to his sons, “When I die, bury me in the tomb where the prophet ^{▼▼tn Heb “the man of God.”} is buried; put my bones right beside his bones, 32 because the message that he announced as the Lord’s message against the altar in Bethel and against all the temples on the high places in the cities of the north ^{▼▼tn Heb “Samaria.” The name of Israel’s capital city here stands for the northern kingdom as a whole. Actually Samaria was not built and named until several years after this (see 1 Kgs 16:24), so it is likely that the author of Kings, writing at a later time, is here adapting the old prophet’s original statement.} will certainly be fulfilled.”