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After departure, a lion kills the Judean prophet; depict the aftermath with body, donkey and lion standing, restrained and non-graphic.
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1 Kings 13:23-25

The lion on the road

The Man of God at Bethel · 1 Kings 13

Story guide: A body lies on the road with the donkey and the lion standing beside it, as the passage describes; the aftermath is shown without graphic detail.

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23After the man had eaten and drunk, the old prophet saddled the donkey for the prophet he had brought back.

24He set out, and a lion came upon him on the road and killed him. His corpse lay thrown down on the road, with the donkey standing beside it and the lion standing beside the corpse.

25Some men passing by saw the corpse thrown down on the road and the lion standing beside it. They went and reported it in the city where the old prophet lived.

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