²⁶ The prophet who had brought the man of God^[a] back from the road learned about it. “It’s the man of God who disobeyed the message from the Lord,” he said. “That’s why the Lord gave him to that lion, which mauled him and killed him, just as the message from the Lord told me to rebuke him.” ²⁷ Then he ordered his sons, “Saddle the donkey for me.” So they did. ²⁸ The old prophet^[b] went out and located the body on the road where the donkey and the lion were standing beside the body. The lion had not eaten the body nor mauled the donkey.