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. After the man of God finished eating and drinking, the prophet put a saddle on his donkey for him, and the man left.
24. As he was traveling home, a lion attacked and killed him. His body lay on the road, with the donkey and the lion standing nearby.
25. Some men who were traveling on that road saw the body and the lion standing nearby. So they went to the city where the old prophet lived and told what they had seen.
26. The old prophet who had brought back the man of God heard what had happened. “It is the man of God who did not obey the Lord’s command,” he said. “So the Lord sent a lion to kill him, just as he said he would.”
27. Then the prophet said to his sons, “Put a saddle on my donkey,” which they did.
28. The old prophet went out and found the body lying on the road, with the donkey and the lion still standing nearby. The lion had not eaten the body or hurt the donkey.