20. While they were sitting at the table, the Lord spoke his word to the old prophet.
21. The old prophet cried out to the man of God from Judah. He said, “The Lord said you did not obey him! He said you did not do what the Lord your God commanded you.
22. The Lord commanded you not to eat or drink anything in this place. But you came back and ate and drank. So your body will not be buried in your family grave.”
23. The man of God finished eating. Then the prophet put a saddle on his donkey for him. And the man left.
24. As he was traveling on the road home, a lion attacked and killed him. His body lay on the road. The donkey and the lion stood near it.
25. Some men were traveling on that road. They saw the body and the lion standing near it. So they went to the city where the old prophet lived. And they told what they had seen.
26. The old prophet who had brought the man of God back heard about what had happened. He said, “It is the man of God who did not obey the Lord’s command. So the Lord sent a lion to kill him. The Lord said he would do this.”
27. Then the prophet said to his sons, “Put a saddle on my donkey.” So they did.
28. The old prophet went out and found the body lying on the road. The donkey and the lion were still standing near it. The lion had not eaten the body. And it had not hurt the donkey.
29. So the prophet put the body on his donkey. And he carried it back to the city. There he would have a time of sadness for him and bury him.
30. The prophet buried the body in his own family grave. And he was sad for the man of God. He said, “Oh, my brother.”