He said to his sons, saying, “Saddle the donkey for me,” and they saddled it.
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He said to his sons, saying, “Saddle the donkey for me,” and they saddled it.
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And he spake to his sons, saying, Saddle me the ass. And they saddled him.
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And he spoke to his sons, saying: 'Saddle me the ass.' And they saddled it.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 1Ki 13:27 And he spake to his sons, saying,…
1Ki 13:27 And he spake to his sons, saying, Saddle me the ass. And they saddled [him].
Ver. 27. And they saddled him.] See 1Ki 13:13.
John Trapp, A Commentary or Exposition upon All the Books of the Old and New Testament (1647–1656) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain Being secure as to himself, because so many others…
Being secure as to himself, because so many others had been there without any harm; and because he perceived the prophet’s death was a judgment of God, and that for special reasons.
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible (1683–1685) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.
John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And he laid his carcass in his own grave,....…
And he laid his carcass in his own grave,.... Which he had prepared for himself; for, as he came from Samaria, it could not be the sepulchre of his fathers; and this was showing all the respect, and doing all the honour to him, he well could:
and they mourned over him; the prophet and his sons: saying,
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alas, my brother; which was an usual form of lamentation at funerals in later times, see Jer 22:18.
John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible (1746–1763) — public domain (CC PDM 1.0). Text via the HelloAO Bible API.
Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 27. Saddle me the ass — Another ass, belonging…
27. Saddle me the ass — Another ass, belonging probably to the sons of the old prophet.
Daniel D. Whedon (gen. ed.), Commentary on the Old and New Testaments (1874–1909) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain And he spake to his sons, saying, Saddle me…
And he spake to his sons, saying, Saddle me the ass. And they saddled him.
The Pulpit Commentary (1880–1919), ed. H.D.M. Spence-Jones & Joseph S. Exell — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.