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.
32. Through him the Lord spoke against the altar at Bethel and against the places of worship in the towns of Samaria. What the Lord spoke through him will certainly come true.”
33. After this incident King Jeroboam did not stop doing evil. He continued to choose priests for the places of worship from among all the people. Anyone who wanted to be a priest for the places of worship was allowed to be one.
34. In this way the family of Jeroboam sinned, and this sin caused its ruin and destruction from the earth.