And the prophet took up the body of the man of God and laid it on the ass and brought it back to the city of the old prophet to mourn and to bury him — The old prophet performs the final honor, retrieving the young prophet's body for proper burial despite the oracle's pronouncement that he would not lie in his father's grave. The verb וַיִּשְׂאֵם (vayis'em, he took up) shows reverent handling of the corpse. The phrase וַיְקוֹנְנוּ עָלָיו (veyekonnenu alav, they mourned over him) indicates ritual lamentation.

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