And when the prophet that brought him back from the way heard [thereof], he said, It [is] the man of God, who was disobedient unto the word of the LORD: therefore the LORD hath delivered him unto the lion, which hath torn him, and slain him, according to the word of the LORD, which he spake unto him.
Ver. 26. Who was disobedient unto the word of the Lord.] Still his sin is styled disobedience, though he were tricked into it. It was no good excuse of our grandame Eve to say, The serpent deceived me, and I did eat.