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1 Kings 13:31

King James Version (KJV)

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And it came to pass, after he had buried him, that he spake to his sons, saying, When I am dead, then bury me in the sepulchre wherein the man of God [is] buried; lay my bones beside his bones:

1 Kings 13:31 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on 1 Kings 13:31

Theological / Devotional

Beside his bones. That is, lay my body in the cell next to his. We were brothers in life; we will be brothers in death. The bones of both prophets were found in the crypt by King Josiah when he defiled the altar at Bethel by burning on it human bones from the sepulchers, but the bones of the two prophets were not molested (2 Kings 23:17, 18).

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