1Ki 13:26-32 | NETfull | 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 ripped him up and killed him, just as the Lord warned him.”

1 Kings 13:26-32

26 When the old prophet who had invited him to his house heard the news, ^{▼▼ Heb “and the prophet who had brought him back from the road heard.”} he said, “It is the prophet ^{▼▼ Heb “the man of God.”} who rebelled against the Lord. ^{▼▼ Heb “the mouth of the Lord.”} The Lord delivered him over to the lion and it ripped him up ^{▼▼ Heb “broke him,” or “crushed him.”} and killed him, just as the Lord warned him.” ^{▼▼ Heb “according to the word of the Lord which he spoke to him.”} 27 He told his sons, “Saddle my donkey,” and they did so. ^{▼▼ Heb “and they saddled [it].”} 28 He went and found the corpse lying in the road with the donkey and the lion standing beside it; ^{▼▼ Heb “the corpse.” The noun has been replaced by the pronoun (“it”) in the translation for stylistic reasons.} the lion had neither eaten the corpse nor attacked the donkey. 29 The old prophet ^{▼▼ Heb “the prophet.” The word “old” has been supplied in the translation to distinguish this individual from the other prophet.} picked up the corpse of the prophet, ^{▼▼ Heb “the man of God.”} 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 corpse into his own tomb, and they ^{▼▼ “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 ^{▼▼ Heb “the man of God.”} is buried; put my bones right beside his bones, 32 for the prophecy he announced with the Lord’s authority ^{▼▼ Heb “for the word which he cried out by the word of the Lord”} against the altar in Bethel ^{▼▼ For location see Map4-G4; Map5-C1; Map6-E3; Map7-D1; Map8-G3.} and against all the temples on the high places in the cities of the north ^{▼▼ 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.”