1 Kings 13:29

Verse

So the old prophet lifted up the body of the man of God, laid it on the donkey, and brought it back to his own city to mourn for him and bury him.

American Standard Version (1901)

And the prophet took up the body of the man of God, and laid it upon the ass, and brought it back; and he came to the city of the old prophet, to mourn, and to bury him.

Bible in Basic English

Then the prophet took up the body of the man of God and put it on the ass and took it back; and he came to the town to put the body to rest with weeping.

Free Bible Version

The prophet picked up the body of the man of God, placed it on the donkey, and brought it back to his own town to mourn over him and bury him.

Geneva Bible 1599

And the Prophet tooke vp the body of the man of God, and layed it vpon the asse, and brought it againe, and the olde Prophet came to the citie, to lament and burie him.

King James (Authorized) 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.

Translation for Translators

The old man picked up the corpse of the prophet and put it on his donkey and brought it back to Bethel, in order to mourn for him and to bury his corpse.

Unlocked Literal Bible

The prophet took up the body of the man of God, laid it on the donkey, and brought it back. He came to his own city to mourn and to bury him.

Noah Webster Bible

And the prophet took up the carcass 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.

World English Bible

The prophet took up the body of the man of God, and laid it on the donkey, and brought it back. He came to the city of the old prophet to mourn, and to bury him.

Young's Literal Translation

And the prophet taketh up the carcase of the man of God, and placeth it on the ass, and bringeth it back, and the old prophet cometh in unto the city to mourn and to bury him,

Context

The Old Prophet and the Man of God

²⁸and he went and found the body lying in the road, with the donkey and the lion standing beside it. The lion had not eaten the body or mauled the donkey.²⁹So the old prophet lifted up the body of the man of God, laid it on the donkey, and brought it back to his own city to mourn for him and bury him.³⁰Then he laid the body in his own tomb, and they lamented over him, “Oh, my brother!”

Summary

This verse recounts the tragic end of a disobedient prophet who was deceived by an older prophet and did not follow God's specific instructions. The disobedient prophet was killed by a lion on his way home, fulfilling the word of the Lord spoken through the older prophet. It serves as a sobering reminder of the consequences of not heeding God's commands and the importance of discerning true messages from false ones.

Commentary

John Gill

John Gill Bible Commentary

For the saying which he cried by the word of the Lord against the altar in Bethel,.... That the priests should be offered on it, and men's bones be burnt upon it; for as for its being rent, and the ashes of it poured out, that had been done already: and against all the houses of the high places which are in Samaria, shall surely come to pass: by which it appears that there were temples, and high places, and altars built in other parts of the kingdom besides Dan and Bethel, of the destruction of which the man of God prophesied, though not before mentioned; all which the old prophet gave credit to, and firmly believed would be accomplished. The kingdom of Israel, in later times, had the name of Samaria, from the chief city of it, Isa 7:9, here spoken of by anticipation, for as yet it was not in being, see Kg1 16:24 and either it has its name here by way of prophecy, or else given by the writer of this book, as what it went by in his time.