25 Some people came walking by and saw the body and the lion standing by it. They went into the city where the old prophet lived and told people what they had seen on the road.
26 The old prophet heard the story and said, “This is the man of God who did not obey the Lord’S command, so the Lord sent a lion to attack him. The lion has killed him, just as the Lord said would happen.”
27 Then the prophet told his sons to saddle his donkey, and they did so.
28 The old prophet went to find the body lying on the road. The donkey and the lion were still standing near it. The lion had not eaten the body or hurt the donkey.
29 The old prophet put the body on his donkey and carried it back to the city to cry for him and bury him.
30 The old prophet buried the man in his own family grave. The old prophet cried for him and said, “Oh, my brother, I am sorry for you.”
31 So the old prophet buried the body. Then he said to his sons, “When I die, bury me in this same grave. Put my bones next to his.