And he laid the body in his own grave. And they mourned over him, saying, 'Alas, my brother!' — The old prophet grants the young prophet burial in his own family tomb—a gesture of kinship and honor that partially mitigates the oracle's judgment. The phrase בִּקְבוּרַתּוֹ (biqvurato, in his own grave) shows the old prophet transferring his burial privilege to the young man. The lamentation "Alas, my brother!" (הוֹ אָחִי, ho achi) creates a bond of brotherhood that transcends the deception and death, acknowledging that both are prophets serving the same LORD.

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