1 Kings 13:26-28

The Voice

Prophet (hearing the news): ²⁶The dead body is that of the man of God. He strayed from the Eternal’s strict directions so He has sent the lion to tear him to pieces and kill him, just as He said would happen.

²⁷(to his sons) Prepare the donkey so that I can ride it. I must go retrieve the body of the man of God.

And so his sons saddled the donkey for him. ²⁸The prophet traveled to the body of the man of God. The donkey and the lion remained standing beside it on the road. The strange thing is that the lion had not tried to eat any of the dead body or kill the donkey.

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