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

27He told his sons, “Saddle my donkey,” and they did so. 28He went and found the corpse lying in the road with the donkey and the lion standing beside it; the lion had neither eaten the corpse nor attacked the donkey. The old prophet picked up the corpse of the prophet, put it on the donkey, and brought it back. The old prophet then entered the city to mourn him and to bury him. 30He put the corpse into his own tomb, and they mourned over him, saying, “Ah, my brother!” 31After he buried him, he said to his sons, “When I die, bury me in the tomb where the prophet is buried; put my bones right 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

Words taken from the KJV.

• And the prophetנָבִיאnâbîy' · prophetH5030
• took upנָשָׂאnâώâ' nâsâh · to lift: raiseH5375
• the carcaseנְבֵלָהnebêlâh · carcassH5038
• of the manאִישׁ'îysh · manH376
• of Godאֱלֹהִים'ĕlôhîym · GodH430
• and laidיָנַחyânach · to restH3240
• it upon the assחֲמוֹרchămôr chămôr · donkeyH2543
• and brought it backשׁוּבshûb · to return: returnH7725
• and the oldזָקֵןzâqên · oldH2205
• cameבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935
• to the cityעִיר‛îyr ‛âr ‛âyar · cityH5892
• 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
• god, false god, goddess, idol, idolater, idolatrous, idolatry
• man of God
• Cast
• Bethel
• Carcass; Carcase
• Chronicles, Books of
• Iddo
• Jadon
• Jeroboam

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