1 Kings 13:31 BSB — MannaFest

1 Kings 13:31

After he had buried him, the prophet said to his sons, “When I die, you must bury me in the tomb where the man of God is buried. Lay my bones beside his bones,

BSB

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ASV

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.

KJV

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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Commentary

2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Lay my bones beside his bones - This argues a strong conviction in the mind of the old prophet, that the deceased was a good and holy man of God; and he is willing to have place with him in the general resurrection.

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The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

"Gather not my soul with the sinners of Beth-el, but with the man of God." The reason he gives is because what he cried against the altar of Beth-el, that men's bones should be burnt upon it, shall surely come to pass,

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Original language & word study

22 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיְהִי֮	vay.Hi	and it was	H1961 →
אַחֲרֵ֣י	'a.cha.Rei	after	H310 →
קָבְר֣וֹ	ka.ve.Ro	buried he	H6912 →
אֹתוֹ֒	'o.To	<obj.> him	H853 →
וַיֹּ֤אמֶר	vai.Yo.mer	and he said	H559 →
אֶל־	'el-	to	H413 →
בָּנָיו֙	ba.Nav	sons his	H1121 →
לֵאמֹ֔ר	le.Mor	<to> saying	H559 →
בְּמוֹתִי֙	be.mo.Ti	at death my	H4194 →
וּקְבַרְתֶּ֣ם	u.ke.var.Tem	and you will bury	H6912 →
אֹתִ֔י	'o.Ti	<obj.> me	H853 →
בַּקֶּ֕בֶר	ba.Ke.ver	in the grave	H6913 →
אֲשֶׁ֛ר	'a.Sher	which	H834 →
אִ֥ישׁ	'ish	[the] man of	H376 →
הָאֱלֹהִ֖ים	ha.'E.lo.Him	<the> God	H430 →
קָב֣וּר	ka.Vur	[is] buried	H6912 →
בּ֑וֹ	bo	in <the> it
אֵ֚צֶל	'E.tzel	beside	H681 →
עַצְמֹתָ֔יו	'atz.mo.Tav	bones his	H6106 →
הַנִּ֖יחוּ	ha.Ni.chu	place	H5117 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
עַצְמֹתָֽי׃	'atz.mo.Tai	bones my	H6106 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Numbers 23:10
Who can count the dust of Jacob or number even a fourth of Israel? Let me die the death of the righteous; let my end be like theirs!”
leads to
- Genesis 13:16
  I will make your offspring like the dust of the earth, so that if one could count the dust of the earth, then your offspring could be counted.
- Psalms 37:37
  Consider the blameless and observe the upright, for posterity awaits the man of peace.
- Psalms 116:15
  Precious in the sight of the LORD is the death of His saints.
- Revelation 14:13
  And I heard a voice from heaven telling me to write, “Blessed are the dead—those who die in the Lord from this moment on.” “Yes,” says the Spirit, “they will rest from their labors,…
- Genesis 22:17
  I will surely bless you, and I will multiply your descendants like the stars in the sky and the sand on the seashore. Your descendants will possess the gates of their enemies.
Through
Ecclesiastes 8:10
Then too, I saw the burial of the wicked who used to go in and out of the holy place, and they were praised in the city where they had done so. This too…
leads to
- Ecclesiastes 2:16
  For there is no lasting remembrance of the wise, just as with the fool, seeing that both will be forgotten in the days to come. Alas, the wise man will die just like the…
- Proverbs 10:7
  The memory of the righteous is a blessing, but the name of the wicked will rot.
- Ecclesiastes 9:5
  For the living know that they will die, but the dead know nothing. They have no further reward, because the memory of them is forgotten.

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01Commentary

The record, by era

Voices on this verse

02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About 1 Kings

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About 1 Kings