1 Kings 13:13

13 So he said to his sons, “Saddle the donkey for me.” And when they had saddled the donkey for him, he mounted it

1 Kings 13:13 in Other Translations

13 And he said unto his sons, Saddle me the ass. So they saddled him the ass: and he rode thereon,

13 And he said to his sons, "Saddle the donkey for me." So they saddled the donkey for him and he mounted it.

13 “Quick, saddle the donkey,” the old man said. So they saddled the donkey for him, and he mounted it.

13 He told his sons, "Saddle my donkey." When they had saddled it, he got on

13 And he said unto his sons, Saddle me the ass. So they saddled him the ass; and he rode thereon.

13 The old prophet told his sons, "Saddle the donkey for me." After they had saddled the donkey for him, he got on it.

13 Then he said to his sons, "Saddle the donkey for me." So they saddled the donkey for him, and he got on it.

13 So he said to his sons, "Put a saddle on the donkey for me." When they had done it, he got on the donkey.

1 Kings 13:13 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 13:13

And he said unto his sons, saddle me the ass
Which he used to ride on; intimating he had a mind to ride after him, and overtake him, as he might reasonably think he might, since the man of God was on foot:

so they saddled him the ass, and he rode thereon;
after the man of God, taking the way his sons directed.

1 Kings 13:13 In-Context

11 Now there was a certain old prophet living in Bethel, whose sons came and told him all that the man of God had done there that day. They also told their father what he had said to the king.

12 Their father asked them, “Which way did he go?” And his sons showed him which road the man of God from Judah had taken.

13 So he said to his sons, “Saddle the donkey for me.” And when they had saddled the donkey for him, he mounted it

14 and rode after the man of God. He found him sitting under an oak tree and asked, “Are you the man of God who came from Judah?” “I am,” he replied.

15 So the prophet said to him, “Come home with me and eat.”