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.”
31. So the prophet buried the body. Then he said to his sons, “When I die, bury me in this same grave. Put my bones next to his.
32. Through him the Lord spoke against the altar at Bethel. And he spoke against the places of worship in the towns of Samaria. And what the Lord spoke through him will certainly come true.”
33. But King Jeroboam did not stop doing evil things. He continued to choose priests for the places of worship from all the people. Anyone who wanted to be a priest for the places of worship was allowed.
34. In this way the kingdom of Jeroboam sinned. And that sin caused its ruin and destruction from the earth.