1 Kings 13:26
And when the prophet that had brought him back from the way heard it, he said, It is the man of God who was disobedient unto the order of the Lord; wherefore the Lord hath given him up unto the lion, who hath torn him, and slain him, according to the word of the Lord, which he had spoken unto him.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
In Context
27And he spoke to his sons, saying, Saddle me the ass. And they saddled him.
Cross References
2 Samuel 12:10And now, the sword shall not depart from thy house for ever; for the reason that thou hast despised me, and hast taken the wife of Uriyah the Hittite to be thy wife.
Psalms 119:120My flesh trembleth shudderingly from dread of thee, and of thy decrees am I afraid.
Ezekiel 9:6The aged, youth, and virgin, and little children, and women shall ye slay and destroy; but come not near any man upon whom the mark is; and at my sanctuary shall ye begin. Then they began with the ancient men who were before the house.
Matthew Henry on 1 Kings 13:24-34
The Deceived Prophet Slain. ( b. c. 974.) 23 And it came to pass, after he had eaten bread, and after he had drunk, that he saddled for him the ass, to wit, for the prophet whom he had brought back. 24 And when he was gone, a lion met him by the way, and slew him: and his carcase was cast in the way, and the ass stood by it, the lion also stood by the carcase. 25 And, behold, men passed by, and saw the carcase cast in the way, and the lion standing by the carcase: and they came and told it in the city where the… Read the whole commentary →