Wesley's Explanatory Notes on 1 Kings 13:30

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John Wesley (1703–1791) · 18th-century historical commentary
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His grave - So that threatening, Kg1 13:22, was fulfilled; and withal, the memory of his prophecy was revived and preserved among them, and his very carcase resting there, might be a witness of their madness and desperate wickedness, in continuing in their abominable idolatry, after such an assurance of the dreadful effects of it. They - The old prophet and his sons, and others, whom common humanity taught to lament the untimely death of so worthy a person. Alas, &c. - Which was an usual form of expression in funeral - lamentations. 3 Kings (1 Kings) 13:31

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