1 Kings 13:29

And the prophet took up the dead body of the man of God, and laid it upon the ass, and brought it back,—and the aged prophet came into the city, to make lamentation, and to bury him.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

28So he went and found his dead body, cast out in the way, with, the ass and the lion, standing near the dead body,—the lion had neither eaten the dead body, nor had it torn the ass.

30And he laid his dead body in his own grave,—and they lamented over him, [saying] —Alas, my brother!

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Cross References

Mark 6:29And, hearing of it, his disciples went and took away his corpse, and laid it in a tomb.

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 →

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