1 Kings 13:13

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

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 dwelt an old prophet in Bethel. And his sons came and told him all that the man of God had done that day in Bethel; the words also which he had spoken to the king, they told to their father.

12 And their father said to them, "Which way did he go?" And his sons showed him the way which the man of God who came from Judah had gone.

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

14 And he went after the man of God, and found him sitting under an oak; and he said to him, "Are you the man of God who came from Judah?" And he said, "I am."

15 Then he said to him, "Come home with me and eat bread."