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1 Kings 13:30

Then he laid the body in his own tomb, and they lamented over him, “Oh, my brother!”

Berean Standard Bible

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Study note

Setting — The old prophet places the slain man of God’s corpse into his own tomb and leads the mourning over him immediately after transporting the body to his city.

The words — וַ/יִּסְפְּד֥וּ (va/i.yis.pe.Du) means “and they mourned,” paired with ה֥וֹי אָחִֽ/י (Ho / 'a.Ch/i), literally “alas! my brother,” which functions as a formal expression of grief.

The thread — This burial and lament pattern echoes the proper mourning rites for Jeroboam’s son in 1 Kings 14:13, the denied mourning for King Jehoiakim in Jeremiah 22:18, and the godly burial of Stephen in Acts 8:2.

Why it lands — The text records a prophet honoring a falsely accused messenger, requiring the reader to recognize that faithful service and human error can coexist without negating the truth of the message delivered.

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The Hebrew words

וַיַּנַּ֥חva/i.ya.Nachand/ he placedאֶת־'et-<obj.>נִבְלָת֖וֹniv.la.T/ocorpse/ hisבְּקִבְר֑וֹbe./kiv.R/oin/ own grave/ hisוַיִּסְפְּד֥וּva/i.yis.pe.Duand/ people mournedעָלָ֖יו'a.La/von/ himה֥וֹיHoalas!אָחִֽי׃'a.Ch/iO brother/ my

King James Version

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

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