19. The man of God went back with him and ate and drank in his home.
20. When they were sitting at the table, the Lord spoke his word to the old prophet who had brought back the man of God.
21. The Lord also called to the man of God. He said, “This is what the Lord says: You rebelled against the words from the Lord’s mouth and didn’t obey the command that the Lord your God gave you.
22. You came back, ate, and drank at this place about which he told you, ‘Don’t eat or drink there.’ That is why your dead body will not be allowed to be placed in the tomb of your ancestors.”
23. After the old prophet had something to eat and drink, he saddled the donkey for the prophet whom he had brought back.
24. The man of God left. A lion found him ⌊as he traveled⌋ on the road and killed him. His dead body was thrown on the road. The donkey and the lion were standing by the body.
25. People who passed by saw the body lying on the road and the lion standing by the body. They talked about it in the city where the old prophet was living.
26. When the old prophet who had brought the man of God back from the road heard about it, he said, “It’s the man of God who rebelled against the words from the Lord’s mouth! The Lord gave him to the lion. It tore him to pieces and killed him as the word of the Lord had told him.”
27. Then the old prophet told his sons to saddle his donkey for him. So they did.
28. He found the body of the man thrown on the road. He also found the donkey and the lion standing beside it. The lion had not eaten the body, nor had it torn the donkey to pieces.
29. The old prophet picked up the body of the man of God, laid it on the donkey, and brought it back. He came to his own city to mourn for him and to bury him.