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1 Kings 13:22-34

22 You came back and ate bread and drank water in the place where he told you not to eat or drink. Therefore your body will not be buried in the tomb of your fathers.’”

23 When the man of God had finished eating and drinking, the prophet who had brought him back saddled his donkey for him.

24 As he went on his way, a lion met him on the road and killed him, and his body was thrown down on the road, with both the donkey and the lion standing beside it.

25 Some people who passed by saw the body thrown down there, with the lion standing beside the body, and they went and reported it in the city where the old prophet lived.

26 When the prophet who had brought him back from his journey heard of it, he said, “It is the man of God who defied the word of the Lord. The Lord has given him over to the lion, which has mauled him and killed him, as the word of the Lord had warned him.”

27 The prophet said to his sons, “Saddle the donkey for me,” and they did so.

28 Then he went out and found the body thrown down on the road, with the donkey and the lion standing beside it. The lion had neither eaten the body nor mauled the donkey.

29 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.

30 Then he laid the body in his own tomb, and they mourned over him and said, “Oh, my brother!”

31 After burying him, he said to his sons, “When I die, bury me in the grave where the man of God is buried; lay my bones beside his bones.

32 For the message he declared by the word of the Lord against the altar in Bethel and against all the shrines on the high places in the towns of Samaria will certainly come true.”

33 Even after this, Jeroboam did not change his evil ways, but once more appointed priests for the high places from all sorts of people. Anyone who wanted to become a priest he consecrated for the high places.

34 This was the sin of the house of Jeroboam that led to its downfall and to its destruction from the face of the earth.

Cross References for 1 Kings 13:22-34

Genesis 47:30 - but when I rest with my fathers, carry me out of Egypt and bury me where they are buried.” “I w... Click to read the verse Genesis 47:30 Click to read the verse Genesis 47:30

1 Thessalonians 4:15 - According to the Lord’s own word, we tell you that we who are still alive, who are left till th... Click to read the verse 1 Thessalonians 4:15 Click to read the verse 1 Thessalonians 4:15

2 Samuel 19:37 - Let your servant return, that I may die in my own town near the tomb of my father and mother. B... Click to read the verse 2 Samuel 19:37 Click to read the verse 2 Samuel 19:37

Jeremiah 22:18-19 - Therefore this is what the Lord says about Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah: “They will no... Click to read the verse Jeremiah 22:18-19 Click to read the verse Jeremiah 22:18-19

1 Kings 13:30 - Then he laid the body in his own tomb, and they mourned over him and said, “Oh, my brother!” Click to read the verse 1 Kings 13:30 Click to read the verse 1 Kings 13:30

1 Kings 14:13 - All Israel will mourn for him and bury him. He is the only one belonging to Jeroboam who will b... Click to read the verse 1 Kings 14:13 Click to read the verse 1 Kings 14:13

2 Chronicles 21:19-20 - In the course of time, at the end of the second year, his bowels came out because of the diseas... Click to read the verse 2 Chronicles 21:19-20 Click to read the verse 2 Chronicles 21:19-20

Isaiah 14:18-20 - All the kings of the nations lie in state, each in his own tomb. Click to read the verse Isaiah 14:18-20 Click to read the verse Isaiah 14:18-20

Ezekiel 18:11 - (though the father has done none of them): “He eats at the mountain shrines. He defiles his nei... Click to read the verse Ezekiel 18:11 Click to read the verse Ezekiel 18:11