King James Version
1 Kings 13:27 in the King James Version says “And he spake to his sons, saying, Saddle me the ass. And they saddled him.” — study this verse from 1 Kings chapter 13 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And he spake to his sons, saying, Saddle me the ass. And they saddled him.”
1 Kings 13:27 · KJV
And, behold, men passed by, and saw the carcase cast in the way, and the lion standing by the carcase: and they came and told it in the city where the old prophet dwelt.
And when the prophet that brought him back from the way heard thereof, he said, It is the man of God, who was disobedient unto the word of the LORD: therefore the LORD hath delivered him unto the lion, which hath torn him, and slain him, according to the word of the LORD, which he spake unto him. torn: Heb. broken
And he spake to his sons, saying, Saddle me the ass. And they saddled him.
And he went and found his carcase cast in the way, and the ass and the lion standing by the carcase: the lion had not eaten the carcase, nor torn the ass. torn: Heb. broken
And the prophet took up the carcase of the man of God, and laid it upon the ass, and brought it back: and the old prophet came to the city, to mourn and to bury him.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“And he spake”
H1696perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
“to his sons”
H1121a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or
“And they saddled”
H2280to wrap firmly (especially a turban, compress, or saddle); figuratively, to stop, to rule
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“And they saddled”
H2280to wrap firmly (especially a turban, compress, or saddle); figuratively, to stop, to rule
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