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

25When some people came along the road, they saw the dead body as it lay there. The lion was standing beside the body. The people went back to Bethel, the city where the old prophet lived. They reported what they had seen on the road. 26The old prophet who had brought God's servant back to his house heard the news. He said, ‘That dead man is God's servant who did not obey the Lord. So the Lord has given him to the lion, to tear him to pieces and to kill him. The Lord had warned him that this would happen.’ The old prophet said to his sons, ‘Prepare my donkey for me to ride.’ So they did that. 28Then the old prophet went along the road and he found the body. It was lying on the road. The donkey and the lion were standing beside it. The lion had not eaten the body. It had not attacked the donkey. 29So the old prophet picked up the body of God's servant. He put it on the donkey. He brought it back to Bethel. He showed that he was very sad that the man had died and then he buried 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