For the saying which he cried by the word of the LORD against the altar in Bethel and against all the houses of high places that are in the cities of Samaria shall surely come to pass.' — The old prophet affirms the young man's prophecy against the Bethel altar, testifying that the oracle about Josiah's future desecration will come to pass. The phrase כִּי קָיָם יִהְיֶה הַדָּבָר אֲשֶׁר־קָרָא (ki kayam yihyeh hadavar asher-kara, the saying...shall surely come to pass) shows the old prophet's conviction that prophetic word, once spoken, is inexorable. Despite the young prophet's death, his word stands eternal and will be fulfilled.

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