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.
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WEB
World English Bible · 2000And he laid his body in his own grave; and they mourned over him, saying, Alas, my brother!
KJV
King James Version · 1611And he laid his carcase in his own grave; and they mourned over him, saying, Alas, my brother!
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901And he laid his body in his own grave; and they mourned over him, saying, Alas, my brother!
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949And 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 · 1862and he placeth his carcase in his own grave, and they mourn for him, `Oh, my brother!'
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752And he laid his dead body in his own sepulchre: and they mourned over him, saying: Alas! alas, my brother.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And 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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