1 Kings 13:13
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New International Version (©2011)
So he said to his sons, "Saddle the donkey for me." And when they had saddled the donkey for him, he mounted it

New Living Translation (©2007)
"Quick, saddle the donkey," the old man said. So they saddled the donkey for him, and he mounted it.

English Standard Version (©2001)
And he said to his sons, “Saddle the donkey for me.” So they saddled the donkey for him and he mounted it.

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.

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
And he said unto his sons, Saddle me the ass. So they saddled him the ass: and he rode thereon,

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
Then he said to his sons, "Saddle the donkey for me." So they saddled the donkey for him, and he got on it.

International Standard Version (©2012)
"Saddle my donkey for me!" he ordered. So they saddled the donkey for him

NET Bible (©2006)
He then told his sons, "Saddle the donkey for me." When they had saddled the donkey for him, he mounted it

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
The old prophet told his sons, "Saddle the donkey for me." After they had saddled the donkey for him, he got on it.

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
And he said unto his sons, Saddle me the donkey. So they saddled him the donkey; and he rode thereon,

American King James Version
And he said to his sons, Saddle me the ass. So they saddled him the ass: and he rode thereon,

American Standard Version
And he said unto his sons, Saddle me the ass. So they saddled 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 him, he got up,

Darby Bible Translation
And he said to his sons, Saddle me the ass. So they saddled him the ass; and he rode thereon,

English Revised Version
And he said unto his sons, Saddle me the ass. So they saddled him the ass: 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 the donkey for me." So they saddled the donkey for him; and he rode on it.

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,

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

13:11-22 The old prophet's conduct proves that he was not really a godly man. When the change took place under Jeroboam, he preferred his ease and interest to his religion. He took a very bad method to bring the good prophet back. It was all a lie. Believers are most in danger of being drawn from their duty by plausible pretences of holiness. We may wonder that the wicked prophet went unpunished, while the holy man of God was suddenly and severely punished. What shall we make of this? The judgments of God are beyond our power to fathom; and there is a judgment to come. Nothing can excuse any act of wilful disobedience. This shows what they must expect who hearken to the great deceiver. They that yield to him as a tempter, will be terrified by him as a tormentor. Those whom he now fawns upon, he will afterwards fly upon; and whom he draws into sin, he will try to drive to despair.

Pulpit Commentary

Verse 13. - And he said unto his sons, Saddle me the ass. [This prompt and seemingly abrupt command - though we cannot be sure that all the conversation is here reported - shows his instant resolve to follow. These are the words of one who had made up his mind, coute que coute, to bring the man of God back.] So they saddled him the ass: and he rode thereon.

Gill's Exposition of the Entire 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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The Prophet's Disobedience
11Now there dwelled an old prophet in Bethel; and his sons came and told him all the works that the man of God had done that day in Bethel: the words which he had spoken to the king, them they told also to their father. 12And their father said to them, What way went he? For his sons had seen what way the man of God went, which came from Judah. 13And he said to his sons, Saddle me the ass. So they saddled him the ass: and he rode thereon, …

1 Kings 13:12 Their father asked them, "Which way did he go?" And his sons showed him which road the man of God from Judah had taken.
1 Kings 13:14 and rode 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.