Holy Scripture

1 Kings 13:24

A church father on this verse
“It is not to be imagined that one has been so annihilated by the teeth of a beast that his soul has then been snatched away to infernal punishment, since the same lion who killed his very body guarded it. Even the beast of burden on which the man had been riding was unhurt and with great courage stood in the presence…”
Augustine of Hippo, 5th c. — On the Care of the Dead 7.9

Source: Septuagint

Original

24And a lion found him in the way, and slew him; and his body was cast out in the way, and the ass was standing by it, and the lion also was standing by the body.

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In context

22but hast returned, and eaten bread and drunk water in the place of which he spoke to thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat bread, and shalt not drink water; therefore thy body shall in nowise enter into the sepulcher of thy fathers.

23And it came to pass after he had eaten bread and drunk water, that he saddled the ass for him, and he turned and departed.

— 1 Kings 13:24 —

25And, behold, men were passing by, and saw the carcass cast in the way, and the lion was standing near the carcass: and they went in and spoke of it in the city where the old prophet dwelt.

26And the prophet that turned him back out of the way heard, and said, This is the man of God who rebelled against the word of the Lord.

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