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1 Kings 13:241Kgs.13.24

And when he was gone, a lion met him by the way, and slew him: and his carcase was cast in the way, and the ass stood by it, the lion also stood by the carcase.

KJV

Hebrew original

וַ/יֵּ֕לֶךְ וַ/יִּמְצָאֵ֧/הוּ אַרְיֵ֛ה בַּ/דֶּ֖רֶךְ וַ/יְמִיתֵ֑/הוּ וַ/תְּהִ֤י נִבְלָת/וֹ֙ מֻשְׁלֶ֣כֶת בַּ/דֶּ֔רֶךְ וְ/הַ/חֲמוֹר֙ עֹמֵ֣ד אֶצְלָ֔/הּ וְ/הָ֣/אַרְיֵ֔ה עֹמֵ֖ד אֵ֥צֶל הַ/נְּבֵלָֽה

Translations

Louis Segond 1910

L'homme de Dieu s'en alla: et il fut rencontré dans le chemin par un lion qui le tua. Son cadavre était étendu dans le chemin; l'âne resta près de lui, et le lion se tint à côté du cadavre.

KJV

And when he was gone, a lion met him by the way, and slew him: and his carcase was cast in the way, and the ass stood by it, the lion also stood by the carcase.

Patristic reading

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  • Various

    Patrologia Latina Vol. 125 (Migne)

    panes e regione illa, ubi erant vituli aurei et mentita religio, quia comedit a leone percussus est (III Reg. XIII, 24) . Quod totum ad retributionem divinae justitiae pertinet.» Unde et sanctus Gregorius in libro decimo Moralium Job (cap. 8) , quia non ut ad gloriam electi, it…
  • Various

    Patrologia Latina Vol. 136 (Migne)

    XXI) . Prophetam etiam in Bethel transmissum, et propter inobedientiam a leone devoratum conspice (III Reg. XIII, 24) ; et praeter manum regis aridam (Ibid., 4) , considera etiam in fera illa irrationabili quanta veneratione debeas tu rationalis vivos excolere, quandoquidem ill…
  • Various

    Patrologia Latina Vol. 193 (Migne)

    per elationem contraxit, quodque foris per manifestam inobedientiam adauxit, morte fuit expiatum (III Reg. XIII, 24) . In quo nimirum facto diligenter est notandum quod, nisi prius intus tumuisset, foris tentatus non tam facile cessisset: sicut et pater noster Adam nisi prius…

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