1 Kings 13:13

13 So the prophet said to his sons, “Saddle the donkey for me.” Then they saddled the donkey 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 a certain old prophet was living in Bethel, and his sons came and told him all the deeds that the man of God had done that day in Bethel. They also told their father the words that the man had spoken to the king.

12 “Which way did he go?” their father asked. And his sons showed him the way taken by the man of God, who had come from Judah.

13 So the prophet said to his sons, “Saddle the donkey for me.” Then they saddled the donkey for him, and he mounted it

14 and went 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 the man of God, “Come home with me and eat some bread.”