28. The old prophet went to find the body lying on the road. The donkey and the lion were still standing near it. The lion had not eaten the body or hurt the donkey.
29. The old prophet put the body on his donkey and carried it back to the city to cry for him and bury him.
30. The old prophet buried the man in his own family grave. The old prophet cried for him and said, “Oh, my brother, I am sorry for you.”
31. So the old prophet buried the body. Then he said to his sons, “When I die, bury me in this same grave. Put my bones next to his.
32. The Lord used him to speak against the altar at Bethel and against the high places in the other towns in Samaria. And what he said will certainly happen.”
33. King Jeroboam did not change. He continued doing evil. He continued to choose people from different tribes to serve as priests at the high places. Whoever wanted to be a priest was allowed to be one.
34. This is the sin that caused the ruin and destruction of his kingdom.