24 Now when he had gone, (A)a lion met him on the way and killed him, and his body was thrown on the road, with the donkey standing beside it; the lion also was standing beside the body. 25 And behold, men passed by and saw the body thrown on the road, and the lion standing beside the body; so they came and told it in the city where (B)the old prophet lived.

26 Now when the prophet who brought him back from the way heard it, he said, “It is the man of God, who [a]disobeyed the [b]command of the Lord; therefore the Lord has given him to the lion, which has torn him and killed him, according to the word of the Lord which He spoke to him.”

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 13:26 Lit rebelled against
  2. 1 Kings 13:26 Lit mouth