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

25People who passed by saw the body lying on the road and the lion standing by the body. They talked about it in the city where the old prophet was living. 26When the old prophet who had brought the man of God back from the road heard about it, he said, “It’s the man of God who rebelled against the words from the Lord’s mouth! The Lord gave him to the lion. It tore him to pieces and killed him as the Lord’s word had told him.” Then the old prophet told his sons to saddle his donkey for him. So they did. 28He found the body of the man thrown on the road. He also found the donkey and the lion standing beside it. The lion had not eaten the body, nor had it torn the donkey to pieces. 29The old prophet picked up the body of the man of God, laid it on the donkey, and brought it back. He came to his own city to mourn for him 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