1 Kings 13:27
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New International Version (©2011)
The prophet said to his sons, "Saddle the donkey for me," and they did so.

New Living Translation (©2007)
Then the prophet said to his sons, "Saddle a donkey for me." So they saddled a donkey,

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

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
Then he spoke to his sons, saying, "Saddle the donkey for me." And they saddled it.

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
And he spake to his sons, saying, Saddle me the ass. And they saddled him.

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
Then the old prophet instructed his sons, "Saddle the donkey for me." They saddled it,

International Standard Version (©2012)
Then he ordered his sons, "Saddle the donkey for me." So they did.

NET Bible (©2006)
He told his sons, "Saddle my donkey," and they did so.

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
Then the old prophet told his sons to saddle his donkey for him. So they did.

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
And he spoke to his sons, saying, Saddle me the donkey. And they saddled it.

American King James Version
And he spoke to his sons, saying, Saddle me the ass. And they saddled him.

American Standard Version
And he spake to his sons, saying, Saddle me the ass. And they saddled it.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And he said to his sons: Saddle me an ass. And when they had saddled it,

Darby Bible Translation
And he spoke to his sons saying, Saddle me the ass; and they saddled it.

English Revised Version
And he spake to his sons, saying, Saddle me the ass. And they saddled it.

Webster's Bible Translation
And he spoke to his sons, saying, Saddle me the ass. And they saddled him.

World English Bible
He spoke to his sons, saying, "Saddle the donkey for me." They saddled it.

Young's Literal Translation
And he speaketh unto his sons saying, 'Saddle for me the ass,' and they saddle it.

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

13:23-34 God is displeased at the sins of his own people; and no man shall be protected in disobedience, by his office, his nearness to God, or any services he has done for him. God warns all whom he employs, strictly to observe their orders. We cannot judge of men by their sufferings, nor of sins by present punishments; with some, the flesh is destroyed, that the spirit may be saved; with others, the flesh is pampered, that the soul may ripen for hell. Jeroboam returned not from his evil way. He promised himself that the calves would secure the crown to his family, but they lost it, and sunk his family. Those betray themselves who think to support themselves by any sin whatever. Let us dread prospering in sinful ways; pray to be kept from every delusion and temptation, and to be enabled to walk with self-denying perseverance in the way of God's commands.

Pulpit Commentary

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

Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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.

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The Prophet's Disobedience
…26And when the prophet that brought him back from the way heard thereof, he said, It is the man of God, who was disobedient to the word of the LORD: therefore the LORD has delivered him to the lion, which has torn him, and slain him, according to the word of the LORD, which he spoke to him. 27And he spoke to his sons, saying, Saddle me the ass. And they saddled him. 28And he went and found his carcass cast in the way, and the ass and the lion standing by the carcass: the lion had not eaten the carcass, nor torn the ass. …

1 Kings 13:26 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."
1 Kings 13:28 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.