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Good News Translation

1 Kings 13:13

and he told them to saddle his donkey for him. They did so, and he rode off

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Falsehood;   Judgments;   Minister, Christian;   Temptation;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Iddo;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Miracles;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Bethel;   Jeroboam;   Kings, 1 and 2;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Jadon;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Bethel ;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Kingdom of Israel;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Ass;   Old Prophet, the;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Then he said to his sons, “Saddle the donkey for me.” So they saddled the donkey for him, and he got on it.
Hebrew Names Version
He said to his sons, Saddle me the donkey. So they saddled him the donkey; and he rode thereon.
King James Version
And he said unto his sons, Saddle me the ass. So they saddled him the ass: and he rode thereon,
English Standard Version
And he said to his sons, "Saddle the donkey for me." So they saddled the donkey for him and he mounted it.
New Century Version
Then the prophet told his sons to put a saddle on his donkey. So they saddled the donkey, and he left.
New English Translation
He then told his sons, "Saddle the donkey for me." When they had saddled the donkey for him, he mounted it
Amplified Bible
He said to his sons, "Saddle the donkey for me." So they saddled the donkey for him and he rode away on it,
New American Standard Bible
Then he said to his sons, "Saddle the donkey for me." So they saddled the donkey for him and he rode away on it.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And hee saide vnto his sonnes, Saddle mee the asse. Who sadled him the asse, and hee rode thereon,
Legacy Standard Bible
Then he said to his sons, "Saddle the donkey for me." So they saddled the donkey for him and he rode away on it.
Contemporary English Version
"Put a saddle on my donkey," he told them. After they did, he got on the donkey
Complete Jewish Bible
He then said to his sons, "Saddle the donkey for me." So they saddled the donkey for him; and, riding on it,
Darby Translation
And he said to his sons, Saddle me the ass. So they saddled him the ass; and he rode thereon,
Easy-to-Read Version
The old prophet told his sons to saddle his donkey. They put the saddle on the donkey, and the prophet left.
George Lamsa Translation
And he said to his sons, Saddle me the ass. So they saddled him the ass; and he rode on it,
Lexham English Bible
Then he said to his sons, "Saddle the donkey for me." So they saddled the donkey for him, and he mounted it
Literal Translation
And he said to his sons, Saddle the ass for me. And they saddled the ass for him, and he rode on it,
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
He sayde vnto his sonnes: Saddell me the asse. And wha they had sadled him the asse, he rode theron,
American Standard Version
And he said unto his sons, Saddle me the ass. So they saddled him the ass; and he rode thereon.
Bible in Basic English
So the prophet said to his sons, Make ready an ass for me. So they made an ass ready, and he got on it,
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And he saide vnto his sonnes: Saddle me the asse. Which when they had saddled, he gat him vp thereon,
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And he said unto his sons: 'Saddle me the ass.' So they saddled him the ass; and he rode thereon.
King James Version (1611)
And hee saide vnto his sonnes, Saddle me the asse. So they sadled him the asse, and he rode thereon,
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And he said to his sons, Saddle me the ass: and they saddled him the ass, and he mounted it,
English Revised Version
And he said unto his sons, Saddle me the ass. So they saddled him the ass: and he rode thereon.
Berean Standard Bible
So the prophet said to his sons, "Saddle the donkey for me." Then they saddled the donkey for him, and he mounted it
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And he seide to hise sones, Sadle ye an asse to me. And whanne thei hadden sadlid,
Young's Literal Translation
And he saith unto his sons, `Saddle for me the ass,' and they saddle for him the ass, and he rideth on it,
Update Bible Version
And he said to his sons, Saddle me the donkey. So they saddled him the donkey; and he rode thereon.
Webster's Bible Translation
And he said to his sons, Saddle me the ass. So they saddled him the ass: and he rode upon it.
World English Bible
He said to his sons, Saddle me the donkey. So they saddled him the donkey; and he rode thereon.
New King James Version
Then he said to his sons, "Saddle the donkey for me." So they saddled the donkey for him; and he rode on it,
New Living Translation
"Quick, saddle the donkey," the old man said. So they saddled the donkey for him, and he mounted it.
New Life Bible
Then he said to his sons, "Get the donkey ready for me." So they got the donkey ready for him, and he went away on it.
New Revised Standard
Then he said to his sons, "Saddle a donkey for me." So they saddled a donkey for him, and he mounted it.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
So he said unto his sons, Saddle for me, the ass. And they saddled for him the ass, and he rode thereon;
Douay-Rheims Bible
And he said to his sons: Saddle me the ass. And when they had saddled it, he got up,
Revised Standard Version
And he said to his sons, "Saddle the ass for me." So they saddled the ass for him and he mounted it.
THE MESSAGE
He told his sons, "Saddle my donkey." When they had saddled it, he got on and rode after the holy man. He found him sitting under an oak tree. He asked him, "Are you the holy man who came from Judah?" "Yes, I am," he said.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Then he said to his sons, "Saddle the donkey for me." So they saddled the donkey for him and he rode away on it.

Contextual Overview

11 At that time there was an old prophet living in Bethel. His sons came and told him what the prophet from Judah had done in Bethel that day and what he had said to King Jeroboam. 12 "Which way did he go when he left?" the old prophet asked them. They showed him the road 13 and he told them to saddle his donkey for him. They did so, and he rode off 14 down the road after the prophet from Judah and found him sitting under an oak tree. "Are you the prophet from Judah?" he asked. "I am," the man answered. 15 "Come home and have a meal with me," he said. 16 But the prophet from Judah answered, "I can't go home with you or accept your hospitality. And I won't eat or drink anything with you here, 17 because the Lord has commanded me not to eat or drink a thing, and not to return home the same way I came." 18 Then the old prophet from Bethel said to him, "I, too, am a prophet just like you, and at the Lord 's command an angel told me to take you home with me and offer you my hospitality." But the old prophet was lying. 19 So the prophet from Judah went home with the old prophet and had a meal with him. 20 As they were sitting at the table, the word of the Lord came to the old prophet,

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

1 Kings 13:27, Numbers 22:21, Judges 5:10, Judges 10:4, 2 Samuel 19:26

Reciprocal: 2 Kings 4:24 - Then she

Cross-References

Genesis 6:11
but everyone else was evil in God's sight, and violence had spread everywhere.
Genesis 10:9
By the Lord 's help he was a great hunter, and that is why people say, "May the Lord make you as great a hunter as Nimrod!"
Genesis 13:4
and had built an altar. There he worshiped the Lord .
Genesis 13:6
And so there was not enough pasture land for the two of them to stay together, because they had too many animals.
Genesis 13:8
Then Abram said to Lot, "We are relatives, and your men and my men shouldn't be quarreling.
Genesis 13:9
So let's separate. Choose any part of the land you want. You go one way, and I'll go the other."
Genesis 13:11
So Lot chose the whole Jordan Valley for himself and moved away toward the east. That is how the two men parted.
Genesis 15:16
It will be four generations before your descendants come back here, because I will not drive out the Amorites until they become so wicked that they must be punished."
Genesis 18:20
Then the Lord said to Abraham, "There are terrible accusations against Sodom and Gomorrah, and their sin is very great.
Genesis 38:7
Er's conduct was evil, and it displeased the Lord , so the Lord killed him.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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.


 
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