1 Kings 13:30
 1 Kings 13:30 
New International Version (©2011)
Then he laid the body in his own tomb, and they mourned over him and said, "Alas, my brother!"

New Living Translation (©2007)
He laid the body in his own grave, crying out in grief, "Oh, my brother!"

English Standard Version (©2001)
And he laid the body in his own grave. And they mourned over him, saying, “Alas, my brother!”

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
He laid his body in his own grave, and they mourned over him, saying, "Alas, my brother!"

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
And he laid his carcase in his own grave; and they mourned over him, saying, Alas, my brother!

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
Then he laid the corpse in his own grave, and they mourned over him: "Oh, my brother!"

International Standard Version (©2012)
He buried the corpse in his own grave and his family mourned for him, crying out, "Oh, no! My brother!"

NET Bible (©2006)
He put the corpse into his own tomb, and they mourned over him, saying, "Ah, my brother!"

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
He laid the body of the man of God in his own tomb and mourned over the man, saying, "Oh no, my brother, my brother!"

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
And he laid his carcass in his own grave; and they mourned over him, saying, Alas, my brother!

American King James Version
And he laid his carcass in his own grave; and they mourned over him, saying, Alas, my brother!

American Standard Version
And he laid his body in his own grave; and they mourned over him,'saying , Alas, my brother!

Douay-Rheims Bible
And he laid his dead body in his own sepulchre: and they mourned over him, saying: Alas! alas ! my brother.

Darby Bible Translation
And he laid his corpse in his own sepulchre; and they mourned over him saying, Alas, my brother!

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

Webster's Bible Translation
And he laid his carcass in his own grave; and they mourned over him, saying, Alas, my brother!

World English Bible
He laid his body in his own grave; and they mourned over him, saying, "Alas, my brother!"

Young's Literal Translation
and he placeth his carcase in his own grave, and they mourn for him, 'Oh, my brother!'

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

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 the soul may ripen for hell. Jeroboam returned not from his evil way. He promised himself that the calves would secure the crown to his family, but they lost it, and sunk his family. Those betray themselves who think to support themselves by any sin whatever. Let us dread prospering in sinful ways; pray to be kept from every delusion and temptation, and to be enabled to walk with self-denying perseverance in the way of God's commands.


Pulpit Commentary

Verse 30. - And he laid his carcase in his own grave [Matthew 27:60. This was a mark of profound respect (Ruth 1:17; Genesis 23:6)]; and they mourned over him, saying, Alas, my brother. [A customary formula in lamentation (Jeremiah 22:18). It hardly implies that "he was mourned and buried as a relative of the family" (Bahr). Seeing that the old prophet was responsible for his death, he could hardly have done less. "It is a cruel courtesy to kill a man and then help him to his grave" (Hall).]


Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And he laid his carcass in his own grave,.... Which he had prepared for himself; for, as he came from Samaria, it could not be the sepulchre of his fathers; and this was showing all the respect, and doing all the honour to him, he well could:

and they mourned over him; the prophet and his sons: saying,

alas, my brother; which was an usual form of lamentation at funerals in later times, see Jeremiah 22:18.


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The Prophet's Disobedience
29And the prophet took up the carcass of the man of God, and laid it on the ass, and brought it back: and the old prophet came to the city, to mourn and to bury him. 30And he laid his carcass in his own grave; and they mourned over him, saying, Alas, my brother! 31And it came to pass, after he had buried him, that he spoke to his sons, saying, When I am dead, then bury me in the sepulcher wherein the man of God is buried; lay my bones beside his bones: …

1 Kings 13:29 So the prophet picked up the body of the man of God, laid it on the donkey, and brought it back to his own city to mourn for him and bury him.
2 Kings 23:17 The king asked, "What is that tombstone I see?" The people of the city said, "It marks the tomb of the man of God who came from Judah and pronounced against the altar of Bethel the very things you have done to it."
Jeremiah 22:18 Therefore this is what the LORD says about Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah: "They will not mourn for him: 'Alas, my brother! Alas, my sister!' They will not mourn for him: 'Alas, my master! Alas, his splendor!'