The prophet of Judah is slain. He is buried, and his words confirmed, by the old prophet (Not in Chronicles)

23. he saddled for him the ass There has been no mention before of an ass belonging to the prophet of Judah, but as travelling was ordinarily performed in this way, we may suppose that he had ridden from Jerusalem, and had been riding back. Instead of the concluding words of this verse -to wit, for &c. the LXX. has -and he turned and went away."

Because the word -prophet" נביא is not used elsewhere in the story for the Judæan prophet, who is always called -a man of God," some have rendered the last part of this verse -he saddled for him the ass, the ass belonging to the prophet who had brought him back." But it seems far more natural to take the לו = forhim, as in close relation to the לנביא = forthe prophet, as they are both introduced by the same preposition.

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