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1 Kings 13:23

1 Kings 13:23 is verse 23 of 1 Kings chapter 13, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.

Berean Standard Bible

And after the man of God had finished eating and drinking, the old prophet who had brought him back saddled the donkey for him.

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King James Version

And it came to pass, after he had eaten bread, and after he had drunk, that he saddled for him the ass, to wit, for the prophet whom he had brought back.

World English Bible

After he had eaten bread and after he drank, he saddled the donkey for the prophet whom he had brought back.

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1 Kings 13:21–25 · Berean Standard Bible

21 and the prophet cried out to the man of God who had come from Judah, “This is what the LORD says: ‘Because you have defied the word of the LORD and have not kept the commandment that the LORD your God gave you,

22 but you went back and ate bread and drank water in the place where He told you not to do so, your body shall never reach the tomb of your fathers.’”

23 And after the man of God had finished eating and drinking, the old prophet who had brought him back saddled the donkey for him.

24 As he went on his way, a lion met him on the road and killed him, and his body was left lying in the road, with the donkey and the lion standing beside it.

25 And there were men passing by who saw the body lying in the road with the lion standing beside it, and they went and reported this in the city where the old prophet lived.

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