1 Kings 13:27

1 Kings 13:27 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And he spake to his sons, saying, Saddle me the ass. And they saddled him.
• New International Version (NIV)The prophet said to his sons, “Saddle the donkey for me,” and they did so.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And he said to his sons, "Saddle the donkey for me." And they saddled it.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And he spoke to his sons, saying, “Saddle the donkey for me.” So they saddled it.

Context of 1 Kings 13:27

25And there were men passing by, and they saw the body thrown in the road, and the lion standing beside the body. So they came and told about it in the city [of Bethel] where the old prophet lived. 26When the prophet who had brought him back from the road heard about it, he said, “It is the man of God who was disobedient to the word of the Lord; therefore the Lord has given him to the lion, which has torn him and killed him, in accordance with the word of the Lord which He spoke to him.” And he said to his sons, “Saddle the donkey for me.” And they saddled it. 28And he went and found the body thrown on the road, and the donkey and the lion standing beside the body; the lion [miraculously] had not eaten the body or attacked the donkey. 29Then the prophet picked up the body of the man of God and laid it on the donkey and brought it back, and he came into the city (Bethel) of the old prophet to mourn and to bury him.

1 Kings 13:27 word by word

וַיְדַבֵּ֤ר אֶל־בָּנָיו֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר חִבְשׁוּ־לִ֖י אֶֽת־הַחֲמ֑וֹר וַֽיַּחֲבֹֽשׁוּ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And he spakeדָבַרdâbar · to speak: speakH1696
• to his sonsבֵּןbên · son: childH1121
• sayingאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• Saddleחָבַשׁchâbash · to saddle/tieH2280
• me the assחֲמוֹרchămôr chămôr · donkeyH2543

Commentaries on 1 Kings 13:27

• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 23-34Verses 23-34 God is displeased at the sins of his own people; and no man shall be protected in disobedience, by his office, his nearness to God, or any services he has done for him. God warns all whom he employs, strictly to observe their orders. We cannot judge of men by their sufferings, nor of sins by present punishments; with some, the flesh is destroyed, that the spirit may be saved; with others, the flesh is pampered, that the soul may ripen for…Read the comment

Topics related to 1 Kings 13:27

• Lion
• Minister, Christian
• Prophecy

In the dictionaries

• Cast
• Ass
• Bethel
• Chronicles, Books of
• Iddo
• Jadon
• Jeroboam
• Old Prophet, the
• Prophecy; Prophets

Commentaries on 1 Kings 13

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings