13 So he said to his sons, "Saddle the donkey for me." And when they had saddled the donkey for him, he mounted it

Other Translations of 1 Kings 13:13

King James Version

13 And he said unto his sons, Saddle me the ass. So they saddled him the ass: and he rode thereon,

English Standard Version

13 And he said to his sons, "Saddle the donkey for me." So they saddled the donkey for him and he mounted it.

The Message

13 He told his sons, "Saddle my donkey." When they had saddled it, he got on

New King James Version

13 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

13 "Quick, saddle the donkey," the old man said. So they saddled the donkey for him, and he mounted it.

Matthew Henry's Commentary on 1 Kings 13:13

Commentary on 1 Kings 13:11-22

(Read 1 Kings 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.