1 Kings 13:23-25

13:23 When the prophet from Judah finished his meal, ¹  the old prophet saddled his visitor’s donkey for him. ²  13:24 As the prophet from Judah was traveling, a lion attacked him on the road and killed him. ³  His corpse was lying on the road, and the donkey and the lion just stood there beside it. ⁴  13:25 Some men came by ⁵  and saw the corpse lying in the road with the lion standing beside it. ⁶  They went and reported what they had seen ⁷  in the city where the old prophet lived.

[13:23]  ¹ tn Heb “and after he had eaten food and after he had drunk.”

[13:23]  ² tn Heb “and he saddled for him the donkey, for the prophet whom he had brought back.”

[13:24]  ³ tn Heb “and he went and a lion met him in the road and killed him.”

[13:24]  ⁴ tn Heb “and his corpse fell on the road, and the donkey was standing beside it, and the lion was standing beside the corpse.”

[13:25]  ⁵ tn Heb “Look, men were passing by.”

[13:25]  ⁶ tn Heb “the corpse.” The noun has been replaced by the pronoun (“it”) in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[13:25]  ⁷ tn The words “what they had seen” are supplied in the translation for clarification.