Mourning and burial

The Man of God at Bethel · 1 Kings 13

Story guide: The old prophet carries the man of God's body home on a donkey and mourns at the tomb; the mourners' number and faces are not given in the passage.

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29The old prophet lifted the corpse of the man of God, laid it on the donkey, and brought it back. He returned to the city where he lived to mourn for the man of God and bury him.

30The old prophet laid the corpse in his own tomb, and they mourned over the man of God, saying, “Alas, my brother!”

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