1 Kings 13 · Verse 28

1 Kings 13:28

And he went and found his carcase cast in the way, and the ass and the lion standing by the carcase: the lion had not eaten the carcase, nor torn the ass.
1 Kings 13:28, King James Version

1 Kings 13:28 in other translations

BSBand he went and found the body lying in the road, with the donkey and the lion standing beside it. The lion had not eaten the body or mauled the donkey.
WEBHe went and found his body thrown on the path, and the donkey and the lion standing by the body. The lion had not eaten the body nor mauled the donkey.
ASVAnd he went and found his body cast in the way, and the ass and the lion standing by the body: the lion had not eaten the body, nor torn the ass.
YLTAnd he goeth and findeth his carcase cast in the way, and the ass and the lion are standing near the carcase--the lion hath not eaten the carcase nor destroyed the ass.
DARBYAnd he went and found his corpse cast in the way, and the ass and the lion standing by the corpse: the lion had not eaten the corpse, nor torn the ass.
BBEAnd he went and saw the dead body stretched out in the road with the ass and the lion by its side: the lion had not taken the body for its food or done any damage to the ass.
WebsterAnd he went and found his carcass cast in the way, and the ass and the lion standing by the carcass: the lion had not eaten the carcass, nor torn the ass.

What does 1 Kings 13:28 mean?

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 28 The lion had not eaten the carcass, nor torn the ass - All here was preternatural. The lion, though he had killed the man, does not devour him; the ass stands quietly by, not fearing the lion; and the lion does not attempt to tear the ass: both stand as guardians of the fallen prophet. How evident is the hand of God in all!

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 1 Kings 13:23-34

God is displeased at the sins of his own people; and no man shall be protected in disobedience, by his office, his nearness to God, or any services he has done for him. God warns all whom he employs, strictly to observe their orders. We cannot judge of men by their sufferings, nor of sins by present punishments; with some, the flesh is destroyed, that the spirit may be saved; with others, the flesh is pampered, that…

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1 Kings 13:28 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַיֵּ֗לֶךְvai.Ye.lekhand he wentH1980
וַיִּמְצָ֤אvai.yim.Tza'and he foundH4672
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
נִבְלָתוֹ֙niv.la.Tocorpse hisH5038
מֻשְׁלֶ֣כֶתmush.Le.khetthrown downH7993
בַּדֶּ֔רֶךְba.De.rekhin the roadH1870
וַֽחֲמוֹר֙va.cha.mOrand [the] donkeyH2543
וְהָ֣אַרְיֵ֔הve.Ha.'ar.Yehand the lionH738
עֹמְדִ֖ים'o.me.Dim[were] standingH5975
אֵ֣צֶל'E.tzelbesideH681
הַנְּבֵלָ֑הha.ne.ve.Lahthe corpseH5038
לֹֽא\־lo'-notH3808
אָכַ֤ל'a.Khalit had eatenH398
הָֽאַרְיֵה֙ha.'ar.Yehthe lionH738
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
הַנְּבֵלָ֔הha.ne.ve.Lahthe corpseH5038
וְלֹ֥אve.Lo'and notH3808
שָׁבַ֖רsha.Varit had mauledH7665
אֶֽת\־'et-<obj.>H853
הַחֲמֽוֹר\׃ha.cha.Morthe donkeyH2543

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Cross references for 1 Kings 13:28

  • Job 38:11

    And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further: and here shall thy proud waves be stayed?

  • Daniel 6:22-24

    My God hath sent his angel, and hath shut the lions’ mouths, that they have not hurt me: forasmuch as before him innocency was found in me; and also before thee, O king, have I done no hurt. Then was the king exceeding glad for him, and commanded that they should take Daniel up out of the den. So Daniel was taken up out of the den, and no manner of hurt was found upon him, because he believed in his God. And the king commanded, and they brought those men which had accused Daniel, and they cast them into the den of lions, them, their children, and their wives; and the lions had the mastery of them, and brake all their bones in pieces or ever they came at the bottom of the den.

  • Jeremiah 5:22-23

    Fear ye not me? saith the Lord: will ye not tremble at my presence, which have placed the sand for the bound of the sea by a perpetual decree, that it cannot pass it: and though the waves thereof toss themselves, yet can they not prevail; though they roar, yet can they not pass over it? But this people hath a revolting and a rebellious heart; they are revolted and gone.

  • Daniel 3:22

    Therefore because the king’s commandment was urgent, and the furnace exceeding hot, the flame of the fire slew those men that took up Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed–nego.

  • Acts 16:26

    And suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken: and immediately all the doors were opened, and every one’s bands were loosed.

  • Daniel 3:27-28

    And the princes, governors, and captains, and the king’s counsellors, being gathered together, saw these men, upon whose bodies the fire had no power, nor was an hair of their head singed, neither were their coats changed, nor the smell of fire had passed on them. Then Nebuchadnezzar spake, and said, Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed–nego, who hath sent his angel, and delivered his servants that trusted in him, and have changed the king’s word, and yielded their bodies, that they might not serve nor worship any god, except their own God.

  • 1 Kings 17:6

    And the ravens brought him bread and flesh in the morning, and bread and flesh in the evening; and he drank of the brook.

  • Psalms 148:7-8

    Praise the Lord from the earth, ye dragons, and all deeps: Fire, and hail; snow, and vapour; stormy wind fulfilling his word:

  • 1 Kings 17:4

    And it shall be, that thou shalt drink of the brook; and I have commanded the ravens to feed thee there.

  • Hebrews 11:33-34

    Who through faith subdued kingdoms, wrought righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions, Quenched the violence of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, out of weakness were made strong, waxed valiant in fight, turned to flight the armies of the aliens.

  • Leviticus 10:5

    So they went near, and carried them in their coats out of the camp; as Moses had said.

  • Leviticus 10:2

    And there went out fire from the Lord, and devoured them, and they died before the Lord.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
the lion had.All here was supernatural. The lion, though he had killed the man, yet, contrary to his nature, did not devour him, nor tear the ass, nor meddle with the travellers that passed by; while the ass stood quietly by, not fearing the lion, nor betaking himself to flight: both stood as guardians of the fallen prophet, till this extraordinary intelligence was carried into the city which rendered the miracle the more illustrious and plainly shewed that this event did not happen by chance. This concatenation of miracles marked the death of the man of God as a Divine rebuke for his disobedience in eating bread at idolatrous Beth-el; and here we see, as in various other cases, that "often judgment begins at the house of God." The true prophet, for suffering himself to be seduced by the old prophet, and for receiving that as a revelation from God which was opposed to the revelation which himself had received, and which was confirmed by so many miracles, is slain by a lion, and his body deprived of the burial of his fathers; while the wicked king and the fallen prophet are both permitted to live.
17:4,6; Le 10:2,5; Job 38:11; Ps 148:7,8; Jer 5:22,23
Da 3:22,27,28; 6:22-24; Ac 16:26; Heb 11:33,34
torn. Heb. broken.

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Context

  • 1 Kings 13:27

    And he spake to his sons, saying, Saddle me the ass. And they saddled him.

  • 1 Kings 13:28

    And he went and found his carcase cast in the way, and the ass and the lion standing by the carcase: the lion had not eaten the carcase, nor torn the ass.

  • 1 Kings 13:29

    And the prophet took up the carcase 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.

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1 Kings 13:28 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y él fué, y halló su cuerpo tendido en el camino, y el asno y el león estaban junto al cuerpo: el león no había comido el cuerpo, ni dañado al asno.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et il s’en alla, et trouva le cadavre jeté sur le chemin, et l’âne et le lion se tenant à côté du cadavre; le lion n’avait pas mangé le cadavre ni déchiré l’âne.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und er ritt hin und fand seinen Leichnam hingestreckt auf dem Wege, und den Esel und den Löwen neben dem Leichnam stehen; der Löwe hatte den Leichnam nicht gefressen und den Esel nicht zerrissen.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
et ille abiisset, invenit cadaver ejus projectum in via, et asinum et leonem stantes juxta cadaver: non comedit leo de cadavere, nec læsit asinum.