1 Kings 13 · Verse 30

1 Kings 13:30

And he laid his carcase in his own grave; and they mourned over him, saying, Alas, my brother!
1 Kings 13:30, King James Version

1 Kings 13:30 in other translations

BSBThen he laid the body in his own tomb, and they lamented over him, “Oh, my brother!”
WEBHe laid his body in his own grave; and they mourned over him, saying, “Alas, my brother!”
ASVAnd he laid his body in his own grave; and they mourned over him, saying, Alas, my brother!
YLTand he placeth his carcase in his own grave, and they mourn for him, ‘Oh, my brother!'
DARBYAnd he laid his corpse in his own sepulchre; and they mourned over him saying, Alas, my brother!
BBEAnd he put the body in the resting-place made ready for himself, weeping and sorrowing over it, saying, O my brother!
WebsterAnd he laid his carcass in his own grave; and they mourned over him, saying, Alas, my brother!

What does 1 Kings 13:30 mean?

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 30 Alas, my brothers - This lamentation is very simple, very short, and very pathetic. Perhaps the old prophet said it as much in reference to himself, who had been the cause of his untimely death, as in reference to the man of God, whose corpse he now committed to the tomb. But the words may be no more than the burden of each line of the lamentation which was used on this occasion. See instances of this among the Asiatics in the note on Jer 22:18 (note).

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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 13:30 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.

וַיַּנַּ֥חvai.ya.Nachand he placedH5117
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
נִבְלָת֖וֹniv.la.Tocorpse hisH5038
בְּקִבְר֑וֹbe.kiv.Roin own grave hisH6913
וַיִּסְפְּד֥וּvai.yis.pe.Duand people mournedH5594
עָלָ֖יו'a.Lavon himH5921
ה֥וֹיHoalas!H1945
אָחִֽי\׃'a.ChiO brother myH251

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for 1 Kings 13:30

  • Jeremiah 22:18

    Therefore thus saith the Lord concerning Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah; They shall not lament for him, saying, Ah my brother! or, Ah sister! they shall not lament for him, saying, Ah lord! or, Ah his glory!

  • Acts 8:2

    And devout men carried Stephen to his burial, and made great lamentation over him.

  • 1 Kings 14:13

    And all Israel shall mourn for him, and bury him: for he only of Jeroboam shall come to the grave, because in him there is found some good thing toward the Lord God of Israel in the house of Jeroboam.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
mourned over.
14:13; Jer 22:18; Ac 8:2

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Context

  • 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.

  • 1 Kings 13:30

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

  • 1 Kings 13:31

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

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1 Kings 13:30 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y puso su cuerpo en su sepulcro; y endecháronle, diciendo: ¡Ay, hermano mío!
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et il déposa son cadavre dans son propre sépulcre – et on mena deuil sur lui, – disant: Hélas, mon frère!
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und er legte seinen Leichnam in sein eigenes Grab; und man klagte über ihn: Ach, mein Bruder!
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Et posuit cadaver ejus in sepulchro suo, et planxerunt eum: Heu, heu mi frater!