27. Then he said to his sons, “Saddle my donkey for me.” They did so,
28. and he rode off and found the prophet's body lying on the road, with the donkey and the lion still standing by it. The lion had not eaten the body or attacked the donkey.
29. The old prophet picked up the body, put it on the donkey, and brought it back to Bethel to mourn over it and bury it.
30. He buried it in his own family grave, and he and his sons mourned over it, saying, “Oh my brother, my brother!”