1 Kings 13:31

31 After the old prophet buried him, he said to his sons, "When I die, bury me in the grave where the man of God is. Put my bones beside his bones.

1 Kings 13:31 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 13:31

And it came to pass, after he had buried him, that he spoke to
his sons, saying
He gave them the following charge:

when I am dead, then bury me in the sepulchre wherein the man of God is
buried;
as it was his own, it might be reasonably thought they would bury him in it without such a charge; but, lest they should not, he gives it:

lay my bones beside his bones;
his view in this was, that when Josiah came to burn the bones of the priests, he would spare the bones of this man of God; and so his, lying by them, and mingled with them, would be spared also, and so it proved, ( 2 Kings 23:18 ) .

1 Kings 13:31 In-Context

29 The prophet lifted the body of the man of God and put it on the donkey. He brought it back, arriving in the old prophet's town to mourn and bury the man of God.

30 He placed the body in his own grave, and they mourned over him, "Oh, my brother!"

31 After the old prophet buried him, he said to his sons, "When I die, bury me in the grave where the man of God is. Put my bones beside his bones.

32 The message he gave by the LORD's word concerning the altar of Bethel and all the shrines in the towns of Samaria will most certainly come true."

33 Even after this happened, Jeroboam didn't change his evil ways. Instead, he continued to appoint all sorts of people as priests of the shrines. Anyone who wanted to be a priest Jeroboam made a priest for the shrines.