1 Kings 13:31

KJV1611 – Modern English

And 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 tomb where the man of God is buried; lay my bones beside his bones:

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Other Translations

  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    After burying him, the prophet said to his sons, 'When I die, bury me in the same tomb where the man of God is buried. Lay my bones beside his bones.'

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    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:

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    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.

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    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:

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    And whan they had buryed him, he saide vnto his sonnes: Whan I dye, burye me in the graue where the ma of God is buried, and laye my bones besyde his bones.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    And when he had buried him, hee spake to his sonnes, saying, When I am dead, burie ye mee also in the sepulchre, wherein the man of God is buried: lay my bones beside his bones.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    And when he had buryed him, he spake to his sonnes, saying: When I am dead, see that ye burie me in the sepulchre wherein the man of God is buried: laye my bones beside his bones.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    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:

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    It happened, after he had buried him, that he spoke to his sons, saying, When I am dead, then bury me in the tomb in which the man of God is buried; lay my bones beside his bones.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    And it cometh to pass, after his burying him, that he speaketh unto his sons, saying, `At my death -- ye have buried me in the burying-place in which the man of God is buried; near his bones place my bones;

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    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.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    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.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    And when he had put it to rest, he said to his sons, When I am dead, then you are to put my body into the earth with the body of this man of God, and put me by his bones so that my bones may be kept safe with his bones.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    It happened, after he had buried him, that he spoke to his sons, saying, "When I am dead, then bury me in the tomb in which the man of God is buried. Lay my bones beside his bones.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    After he buried him, he said to his sons,“When I die, bury me in the tomb where the prophet is buried; put my bones right beside his bones,

Referenced Verses

  • 2 Kgs 23:17-18 : 17 Then he said, What monument is this that I see? And the men of the city told him, It is the tomb of the man of God who came from Judah, and proclaimed these things that you have done against the altar of Bethel. 18 And he said, Let him alone; let no man move his bones. So they left his bones alone, with the bones of the prophet who came out of Samaria.
  • Ps 26:9 : 9 Do not gather my soul with sinners, nor my life with bloodthirsty men,
  • Eccl 8:10 : 10 Then I saw the wicked buried, who had come and gone from the place of the holy, and they were forgotten in the city where they had done so. This also is vanity.
  • Luke 16:22-23 : 22 And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels to Abraham's bosom: the rich man also died, and was buried; 23 And in hell he lifted up his eyes, being in torments, and saw Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.
  • Num 23:10 : 10 Who can count the dust of Jacob, and the number of one-fourth of Israel? Let me die the death of the righteous, and let my end be like his!

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 1 Kgs 13:29-30
    2 verses
    83%

    29And the prophet took up the corpse of the man of God, and laid it upon the donkey, and brought it back: and the old prophet came to the city, to mourn and to bury him.

    30And he laid his corpse in his own grave; and they mourned over him, saying, Alas, my brother!

  • 1 Kgs 22:37
    78%

    37So the king died, and was brought to Samaria; and they buried the king in Samaria.

  • 2 Kgs 23:16-18
    3 verses
    77%

    16As Josiah turned, he saw the tombs that were there on the mountain, and sent and took the bones out of the tombs and burned them on the altar, and defiled it, according to the word of the LORD which the man of God proclaimed, who proclaimed these words.

    17Then he said, What monument is this that I see? And the men of the city told him, It is the tomb of the man of God who came from Judah, and proclaimed these things that you have done against the altar of Bethel.

    18And he said, Let him alone; let no man move his bones. So they left his bones alone, with the bones of the prophet who came out of Samaria.

  • 2 Kgs 13:20-21
    2 verses
    77%

    20Elisha died, and they buried him. Now the bands of the Moabites invaded the land at the beginning of the year.

    21As they were burying a man, they saw a band of raiders and cast the man into the tomb of Elisha; when the man was let down and touched the bones of Elisha, he revived and stood on his feet.

  • 1 Kgs 13:32
    76%

    32For the saying which he cried by the word of the LORD against the altar in Bethel, and against all the houses of the high places which are in the cities of Samaria, shall surely come to pass.

  • 1 Kgs 14:18
    75%

    18And they buried him; and all Israel mourned for him, according to the word of the LORD, which he spoke by the hand of his servant Ahijah the prophet.

  • 2 Kgs 13:13
    75%

    13Joash slept with his fathers, and Jeroboam sat on his throne. Joash was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel.

  • 2 Chr 24:16
    75%

    16And they buried him in the city of David among the kings, because he had done good in Israel, both toward God, and toward His house.

  • Gen 50:12-13
    2 verses
    74%

    12And his sons did unto him according as he commanded them,

    13For his sons carried him into the land of Canaan, and buried him in the cave of the field of Machpelah, which Abraham bought with the field for a possession of a burying place from Ephron the Hittite, before Mamre.

  • 1 Kgs 14:12-13
    2 verses
    74%

    12Arise therefore, go to your own house: and when your feet enter into the city, the child shall die.

    13And 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.

  • 2 Kgs 13:9
    74%

    9Jehoahaz slept with his fathers, and they buried him in Samaria, and Joash his son reigned in his place.

  • Gen 47:30
    73%

    30But I will lie with my fathers, and you shall carry me out of Egypt, and bury me in their burying place. And he said, I will do as you have said.

  • Jer 8:1
    73%

    1At that time, says the LORD, they will bring out the bones of the kings of Judah, and the bones of its princes, and the bones of the priests, and the bones of the prophets, and the bones of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, out of their graves:

  • Gen 49:29
    72%

    29And he charged them, and said to them, I am to be gathered to my people: bury me with my fathers in the cave that is in the field of Ephron the Hittite,

  • 2 Kgs 10:35
    72%

    35And Jehu slept with his fathers: and they buried him in Samaria. And Jehoahaz his son reigned in his place.

  • 2 Kgs 9:28
    72%

    28And his servants carried him in a chariot to Jerusalem, and buried him in his tomb with his fathers in the city of David.

  • Gen 25:9
    72%

    9And his sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of Machpelah, in the field of Ephron, the son of Zohar the Hittite, which is before Mamre;

  • 2 Kgs 22:20
    72%

    20Behold therefore, I will gather you to your fathers, and you shall be gathered into your grave in peace; and your eyes shall not see all the evil which I will bring upon this place. And they brought the king word again.

  • 2 Kgs 14:16
    72%

    16And Jehoash rested with his fathers, and was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel; and Jeroboam his son reigned in his place.

  • 1 Kgs 16:28
    72%

    28So Omri slept with his fathers and was buried in Samaria, and Ahab his son reigned in his place.

  • 2 Sam 21:13
    72%

    13And he brought up the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son from there; and they gathered the bones of those who were hanged.

  • 1 Kgs 13:11-12
    2 verses
    71%

    11Now there dwelt an old prophet in Bethel; and his sons came and told him all the works that the man of God had done that day in Bethel: the words which he had spoken to the king, they told also to their father.

    12And their father said to them, What way went he? For his sons had seen what way the man of God went, who came from Judah.

  • 2 Chr 16:14
    71%

    14And they buried him in his own sepulchres, which he had made for himself in the city of David, and laid him in the bed which was filled with sweet odors and various kinds of spices prepared by the apothecaries' art; and they made a very great burning for him.

  • 2 Chr 32:33
    71%

    33Hezekiah rested with his fathers, and they buried him in the most honored of the tombs of the sons of David, and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem honored him at his death. And Manasseh his son reigned in his place.

  • 2 Chr 21:1
    71%

    1Now Jehoshaphat rested with his fathers and was buried with them in the city of David. And Jehoram his son ruled in his place.

  • 2 Chr 35:24
    71%

    24His servants, therefore, took him out of that chariot and put him in the second chariot that he had, and they brought him to Jerusalem, and he died and was buried in one of the sepulchers of his fathers. And all Judah and Jerusalem mourned for Josiah.

  • 2 Kgs 8:24
    71%

    24And Joram rested with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David: and Ahaziah his son reigned in his place.

  • 2 Chr 33:20
    71%

    20So Manasseh slept with his fathers, and they buried him in his own house, and Amon his son reigned in his place.

  • 1 Sam 31:13
    71%

    13They took their bones and buried them under a tree at Jabesh, and fasted seven days.

  • 2 Chr 34:28
    71%

    28Behold, I will gather you to your fathers, and you shall be gathered to your grave in peace, neither shall your eyes see all the evil that I will bring upon this place and upon the inhabitants of the same. So they brought the king word again.

  • 2 Kgs 9:35
    71%

    35And they went to bury her: but they found no more of her than the skull, and the feet, and the palms of her hands.

  • 2 Chr 25:28
    71%

    28And they brought him on horses, and buried him with his fathers in the city of Judah.

  • Job 21:32
    70%

    32Yet he shall be brought to the grave, and shall remain in the tomb.

  • 1 Kgs 22:50
    70%

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  • Deut 34:6
    70%

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    70%

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    70%

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    70%

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    70%

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    70%

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  • 1 Kgs 2:10
    70%

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