1 Kings 13:30

30 He buried it in his own family grave, and he and his sons mourned over it, saying, "Oh my brother, my brother!"

1 Kings 13:30 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 13:30

And he laid his carcass in his own grave
Which he had prepared for himself; for, as he came from Samaria, it could not be the sepulchre of his fathers; and this was showing all the respect, and doing all the honour to him, he well could:

and they mourned over him;
the prophet and his sons: saying,

alas, my brother;
which was an usual form of lamentation at funerals in later times, see ( Jeremiah 22:18 ) .

1 Kings 13:30 In-Context

28 and he rode off and found the prophet's body lying on the road, with the donkey and the lion still standing by it. The lion had not eaten the body or attacked the donkey.

29 The old prophet picked up the body, put it on the donkey, and brought it back to Bethel to mourn over it and bury it.

30 He buried it in his own family grave, and he and his sons mourned over it, saying, "Oh my brother, my brother!"

31 After the burial the prophet said to his sons, "When I die, bury me in this grave and lay my body next to his.

32 The words that he spoke at the Lord's command against the altar in Bethel and against all the places of worship in the towns of Samaria will surely come true."