29 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.

Other Translations of 1 Kings 13:29

New International Version

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.

English Standard Version

29 And the prophet took up the body of the man of God and laid it on the donkey and brought it back to the citySeptuagint; Hebrew he came to the city of the old prophet to mourn and to bury him.

The Message

29 The old prophet loaded the corpse of the holy man on his donkey and returned it to his own town to give it a decent burial.

New King James Version

29 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.

New Living Translation

29 So the prophet laid the body of the man of God on the donkey and took it back to the town to mourn over him and bury him.

Matthew Henry's Commentary on 1 Kings 13:29

Commentary on 1 Kings 13:23-34

(Read 1 Kings 13:23-34)

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 hell. Jeroboam returned not from his evil way. He promised himself that the calves would secure the crown to his family, but they lost it, and sunk his family. Those betray themselves who think to support themselves by any sin whatever. Let us dread prospering in sinful ways; pray to be kept from every delusion and temptation, and to be enabled to walk with self-denying perseverance in the way of God's commands.