He said to his sons, “Saddle the donkey for me.” So they saddled the donkey for him; and he rode on it.
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He said to his sons, “Saddle the donkey for me.” So they saddled the donkey for him; and he rode on it.
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And he said unto his sons, Saddle me the ass. So they saddled him the ass: and he rode thereon,
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And he said unto his sons: 'Saddle me the ass.' So they saddled him the ass; and he rode thereon.
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Passages linked to 1 Kings 13:13 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Numbers 22:21 Balaam rose up in the morning, and saddled his donkey, and went with the princes of Moab.
- Judges 5:10 “Speak, you who ride on white donkeys, you who sit on rich carpets, and you who walk by the way.
- Judges 10:4 He had thirty sons who rode on thirty donkey colts. They had thirty cities, which are called Havvoth Jair to this day, which are in the land of Gilead.
- 2 Samuel 19:26 He answered, “My lord, O king, my servant deceived me. For your servant said, ‘I will saddle a donkey for myself, that I may ride on it and go with the king,’ because your servant is lame.
- 1 Kings 13:27 He said to his sons, saying, “Saddle the donkey for me,” and they saddled it.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 1Ki 13:13 And he said unto his sons, Saddle…
1Ki 13:13 And he said unto his sons, Saddle me the ass. So they saddled him the ass: and he rode thereon,
Ver. 13. So they saddled him the ass.] Children must cheerfully obey their parents; and not stick at any service within their power.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And went after the man of God, and found…
And went after the man of God, and found him sitting under an oak,.... To shelter him from the heat, and being faint, hungry, and thirsty; so the ancients of old made use of oaks for a covering, before houses were invented (e); thus Abraham pitched his tent in the plain, or under the oak, of Mamre, Gen 13:18.
and he said unto him, art thou the man of God that camest from Judah? which he might guess at from his habit, and from the description his sons had given of him:
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and he said, I am; owned himself to be the person he inquired after.
(e) Suidas in voce
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain And he said unto his sons, Saddle me the…
And he said unto his sons, Saddle me the ass. This prompt and seemingly abrupt command though we cannot be sure that all the conversation is here reported shows his instant resolve to follow. These are the words of one who had made up his mind, coute que coute, to bring the man of God back. So they saddled him the ass: and he rode thereon.
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