1 Kings 13:27

27 The prophet told his sons, "Saddle my donkey." They did it.

1 Kings 13:27 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 13:27

And he spoke to his sons, saying, saddle me the ass
For it seems he had more than one, for he had sent away the man of God with one before: and they saddled him; the ass he commonly rode on.

1 Kings 13:27 In-Context

25 Some passersby saw the corpse in a heap on the road, with the lion standing guard beside it. They went to the village where the old prophet lived and told what they had seen.

26 When the prophet who had gotten him off track heard it, he said, "It's the holy man who disobeyed God's strict orders. God turned him over to the lion who knocked him around and killed him, just as God had told him."

27 The prophet told his sons, "Saddle my donkey." They did it.

28 He rode out and found the corpse in a heap in the road, with the lion and the donkey standing there. The lion hadn't bothered either the corpse or the donkey.

29 The old prophet loaded the corpse of the holy man on his donkey and returned it to his own town to give it a decent burial.