23. After he had eaten bread and had drunk, he saddled the donkey for the prophet whom he had brought back.
24. As he was going, a lion met him on the way and killed him, and his body was thrown in the road, and both the donkey and lion stood by it.
25. Some men passed by and saw the body thrown in the road with the lion standing by the body, and they came and told the story in the city where the old prophet lived.
26. When the prophet who brought him back from the way heard about it, he said, “It is the man of God who was disobedient to the word of the Lord, and thus the Lord has delivered him to the lion, which has torn and slain him, according to the word of the Lord that He spoke to him.”
27. He said to his sons, “Saddle my donkey,” and they saddled it.
28. He then went and found his body thrown in the road, and the donkey and the lion were still standing by the body. The lion had not eaten the body nor attacked the donkey.
29. The prophet picked up the body of the man of God and laid it on his donkey and brought it back. The old prophet came to the city to mourn and to bury him.