And he laid his carcase in his own grave; and they mourned over him, saying, Alas, my brother!
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Gill's Exposition
After this thing Jeroboam returned not from his evil way,.... From the idolatrous practices he had started, and was establishing; though he had seen his altar rent, and the ashes poured out as the man…
Barnes' Notes
He laid his carcase in his own grave - As Joseph of Arimathaea did the body of our Lord Mat 27:60. The possession of rock-hewn tombs by families, or individuals, was common among the Jews from their…
Adam Clarke
Alas, my brothers - This lamentation is very simple, very short, and very pathetic. Perhaps the old prophet said it as much in reference to himself, who had been the cause of his untimely death, as in…
Here is, I. The death of the deceived disobedient prophet. The old prophet that had deluded him, as if he would make him some amends for the wrong he had done him or help to prevent the mischief…
Cambridge Bible
in his own grave Treating him as though he had been one of his own family.
Alas, my brother This seems to have been a form of lamentation used over the dead. Cf. Jer 22:18.