1 Kings 13:22

the Lord did say to thee There is no need for the italics of the A. V. There can be no mistaking who is meant if we render (with R.V.) - he said to thee."

thy carcase shall not come unto the sepulchre of thy fathers With the Jews, as since with Christians, burial rites were much regarded. To be cast out unburied was deemed a great calamity (cf. Psalms 79:3; Jeremiah 14:16), and a judgement for sin, as in the case of Jezebel (2 Kings 9:10). To be buried by the side of one's ancestors shews that all care has been bestowed upon the corpse. In the present instance the deprivation of such burial is equivalent to death in some unusual way and at a distance from home.