1 Kings 13:27

27 The prophet said to his sons, “Saddle the donkey for me,” and they did so.

1 Kings 13:27 in Other Translations

27 And he spake to his sons, saying, Saddle me the ass. And they saddled him.

27 And he said to his sons, "Saddle the donkey for me." And they saddled it.

27 Then the prophet said to his sons, “Saddle a donkey for me.” So they saddled a donkey,

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

27 Then the old prophet instructed his sons, "Saddle the donkey for me." They saddled 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 people who passed by saw the body lying there, with the lion standing beside the body, and they went and reported it in the city where the old prophet lived.

26 When the prophet who had brought him back from his journey heard of it, he said, “It is the man of God who defied the word of the LORD. The LORD has given him over to the lion, which has mauled him and killed him, as the word of the LORD had warned him.”

27 The prophet said to his sons, “Saddle the donkey for me,” and they did so.

28 Then he went out and found the body lying on the road, with the donkey and the lion standing beside it. The lion had neither eaten the body nor mauled the donkey.

29 So the prophet picked up the body of the man of God, laid it on the donkey, and brought it back to his own city to mourn for him and bury him.