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.
29. The prophet put the body on his donkey and carried it back to the city to have a time of sadness for him and to bury him.
30. The prophet buried the body in his own family grave, and they were sad for the man of God and said, “Oh, my brother.”
31. After the prophet buried the body, he said to his sons, “When I die, bury me in this same grave. Put my bones next to his.