1 Kings 13:29

1 Kings 13:29 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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.
• New International Version (NIV)So the prophet picked 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.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And the prophet took up the body of the man of God and laid it on the donkey and brought it back to the city to mourn and to bury him.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And the prophet took up the corpse of the man of God, laid it on the donkey, and brought it back. So the old prophet came to the city to mourn, and to bury him.

Context of 1 Kings 13:29

27Then he spoke to his sons, saying, “Saddle the donkey for me.” And they saddled it. 28Then he went and found his body thrown on the road, with the donkey and the lion standing beside the body; the lion had not eaten the body nor harmed the donkey. So the prophet picked up the body of the man of God and laid it on the donkey and brought it back; and he came to the city of the old prophet to mourn and to bury him. 30He laid his body in his own grave, and they mourned over him, saying, “Oh, my brother!” 31And after he had buried him, he talked to his sons, saying, “When I die, bury me in the grave in which the man of God is buried; lay my bones beside his bones.

1 Kings 13:29 word by word

וַיִּשָּׂ֨א הַנָּבִ֜יא אֶת־נִבְלַ֧ת אִישׁ־הָאֱלֹהִ֛ים וַיַּנִּחֵ֥הוּ אֶֽל־הַחֲמ֖וֹר וַיְשִׁיבֵ֑הוּ וַיָּבֹ֗א אֶל־עִיר֙ הַנָּבִ֣יא הַזָּקֵ֔ן לִסְפֹּ֖ד וּלְקָבְרֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear

• So the prophetנָבִיאnâbîy' · prophetH5030
• pickedנָשָׂאnâώâ' nâsâh · to lift: raiseH5375
• the bodyנְבֵלָהnebêlâh · carcassH5038
• of the manאִישׁ'îysh · manH376
• of Godאֱלֹהִים'ĕlôhîym · GodH430
• and laidנוּחַnûach · to restH5117
• it on the donkeyחֲמוֹרchămôr chămôr · donkeyH2543
• and broughtשׁוּבshûb · to return: returnH7725
• it backשׁוּבshûb · to return: returnH7725
• and he cameבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935
• to the cityעִיר‛îyr ‛âr ‛âyar · cityH5892
• of the oldזָקֵןzâqên · oldH2205
• to mournסָפַדsâphad · to mournH5594
• and to buryקָבַרqâbar · to buryH6912

Commentaries on 1 Kings 13:29

• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 23-34Verses 23-34 God is displeased at the sins of his own people; and no man shall be protected in disobedience, by his office, his nearness to God, or any services he has done for him. God warns all whom he employs, strictly to observe their orders. We cannot judge of men by their sufferings, nor of sins by present punishments; with some, the flesh is destroyed, that the spirit may be saved; with others, the flesh is pampered, that the soul may ripen for…Read the comment

Topics related to 1 Kings 13:29

• Conscience
• Minister, Christian
• Prophecy

In the dictionaries

• God
• man of God
• Cast
• Bethel
• Carcass; Carcase
• Chronicles, Books of
• Iddo
• Jadon
• Jeroboam
• Old Prophet, the

Commentaries on 1 Kings 13

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings