And he spoke to his sons, saying, saddle me the ass For it seems he had more than one, for he had sent away the man of God with one before: and they saddled him; the ass he commonly rode on.
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And behold, men passed by and saw the body thrown on the road, and the lion standing beside the body; so they came and told it in the city where the old prophet lived.
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Now when the prophet who brought him back from the way heard it, he said, "It is the man of God, who disobeyed the command of the LORD ; therefore the LORD has given him to the lion, which has torn him and killed him, according to the word of the LORD which He spoke to him."
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Then he spoke to his sons, saying, "Saddle the donkey for me." And they saddled it.
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He went and found his body thrown on the road with the donkey and the lion standing beside the body; the lion had not eaten the body nor torn the donkey.
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So the prophet took up the body of the man of God and laid it on the donkey and brought it back, and he came to the city of the old prophet to mourn and to bury him.