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23 So this is what happened after he had eaten food and drunk water.[a] The old prophet[b] saddled the donkey for the prophet whom he had brought back. 24 So the prophet from Judah travelled on. Then a lion attacked him on the road and killed him.

There was his body lying on the road, with the donkey standing next to it, and the lion just standing there by the body. 25 Then some men came passing by and saw the body lying in the road with the lion standing next to the body. They went and reported what they had seen[c] in the city where the old prophet lived.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 13:23 tn The MT does not include “water” though it is implied and included in the LXX and Syriac versions.
  2. 1 Kings 13:23 tn Heb “he.”
  3. 1 Kings 13:25 tn The words “what they had seen” are supplied in the translation for clarification.