1 Kings 13:30

What does 1 Kings 13:30 mean?

A plain-English look at 1 Kings 13:30 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

And he laid his body in his own grave; and they mourned over him, saying, Alas, my brother!

KJV

King James Version · 1611

And he laid his carcase in his own grave; and they mourned over him, saying, Alas, my brother!

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

And he laid his body in his own grave; and they mourned over him, saying, Alas, my brother!

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

And he put the body in the resting-place made ready for himself, weeping and sorrowing over it, saying, O my brother!

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

and he placeth his carcase in his own grave, and they mourn for him, `Oh, my brother!'

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

And he laid his dead body in his own sepulchre: and they mourned over him, saying: Alas! alas, my brother.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

And he laid his corpse in his own sepulchre; and they mourned over him [saying], Alas, my brother!

Context

v.29And the prophet took up the body of the man of God, and laid it upon the ass, and brought it back; and he came to the city of the old prophet, to mourn, and to bury him.

v.30This passage

v.31And 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.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Jeremiah 22:18

    Therefore thus saith Jehovah concerning Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah: they shall not lament for him, saying, Ah my brother! or, Ah sister! They shall not lament for him, saying Ah lord! or, Ah his glory!

  • Acts 8:2

    And devout men buried Stephen, and made great lamentation over him.

  • 1 Kings 14:13

    And all Israel shall mourn for him, and bury him; for he only of Jeroboam shall come to the grave, because in him there is found some good thing toward Jehovah, the God of Israel, in the house of Jeroboam.

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