1 Kings 13:31

Contextual Overview

²³So after he had eaten food and after he had drunk, the old prophet saddled the donkey for the prophet he had brought back. ²³ It happened, after he had eaten bread, and after he had drunk, that he saddled for him the donkey, [to wit], for the prophet whom he had brought back. ²³ And it came to pass, after he had eaten bread, and after he had drunk, that he saddled for him the ass, to wit, for the prophet whom he had brought back. ²³ And after he had eaten bread and drunk, he saddled the donkey for the prophet whom he had brought back. ²³ After the man of God finished eating and drinking, the prophet put a saddle on his donkey for him, and the man left. ²³ When the prophet from Judah finished his meal, the old prophet saddled his visitor's donkey for him. ²³After the prophet of the house had eaten bread and after he had drunk, he saddled the donkey for the prophet whom he had brought back. ²³ It came about after he had eaten bread and after he had drunk, that he saddled the donkey for him, for the prophet whom he had brought back. ²³ And when he had eaten bread & drunke, he sadled him the asse, to wit, to the Prophet whome he had brought againe. ²³Now it happened after he had eaten bread and after he had drunk, that he saddled the donkey for him, for the prophet whom he had brought back.

Bible Verse Review
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lay my bones: Numbers 23:10, Psalms 26:9, Ecclesiastes 8:10, Luke 16:22, Luke 16:23

Reciprocal: 2 Kings 17:32 - the houses 2 Kings 23:17 - It is the sepulchre 2 Kings 23:18 - the bones of the prophet

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And it came to pass, after he had buried him, that he spoke to his sons, saying,.... He gave them the following charge:

when I am dead, then bury me in the sepulchre wherein the man of God is buried; as it was his own, it might be reasonably thought they would bury him in it without such a charge; but, lest they should not, he gives it:

lay my bones beside his bones; his view in this was, that when Josiah came to burn the bones of the priests, he would spare the bones of this man of God; and so his, lying by them, and mingled with them, would be spared also, and so it proved, 2 Kings 23:18.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 1 Kings 13:31. Lay my bones beside his bones — This argues a strong conviction in the mind of the old prophet, that the deceased was a good and holy man of God; and he is willing to have place with him in the general resurrection.