1 Kings 13:31

31 And it came to pass, after he had buried him, that he spoke to his sons, saying, "When I am dead, then bury me in the sepulcher wherein the man of God is buried; lay 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 And the prophet took up the carcass of the man of God, and laid it upon the ass and brought it back; and the old prophet came to the city to mourn and to bury him.

30 And he laid his carcass in his own grave; and they mourned over him, saying, "Alas, my brother!"

31 And it came to pass, after he had buried him, that he spoke to his sons, saying, "When I am dead, then bury me in the sepulcher wherein the man of God is buried; lay my bones beside his bones.

32 For the saying which he cried by the word of the LORD against the altar in Bethel, and against all the houses of the high places which are in the cities of Samaria, shall surely come to pass."

33 After this thing Jeroboam returned not from his evil way, but made again from the lowest of the people priests for the high places; whosoever would, he consecrated him, and he became one of the priests of the high places.