Now when the prophet who had brought him back from the way heard it, he said, 'It is the man of God who disobeyed the word of the LORD; therefore the LORD has delivered him to the lion, which has torn him and killed him, according to the word of the LORD which he spoke to him.' — The old prophet immediately recognizes the judgment as fulfillment of his own prophecy. The phrase כִּי־הִמְרָה אֶת־פִּי יְהוָה (ki-himrah et-pi YHWH, because he disobeyed the word of the LORD) shows the old prophet articulating the theological cause of the young man's death. Despite his deception in luring the young prophet to violate the commandment, the old prophet speaks now with prophetic insight, acknowledging that the judgment came exactly as he had warned.

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