2 Kings 4:24 “Then she saddled the donkey and told her servant, “Drive onward; do no…”

2 Kings 4:24

Then she saddled the donkey and told her servant, “Drive onward; do not slow the pace for me unless I tell you.”

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Then she saddled an ass, and said to her servant, Drive, and go forward; slack not thy riding for me, except I bid thee.

World English Bible

Then she saddled a donkey, and said to her servant, “Drive, and go forward! Don’t slow down for me, unless I ask you to.”

American Standard Version

Then she saddled an ass, and said to her servant, Drive, and go forward; slacken me not the riding, except I bid thee.

Geneva Bible 1599

Then she sadled an asse, and sayde to her seruant, Driue, and goe forward: staye not for me to get vp, except I bid thee.

Darby Translation

Then she saddled the ass, and said to her servant, Drive and go forward; slack not the riding for me, except I bid thee.

Young's Literal Translation

And she saddleth the ass, and saith unto her young man, 'Lead, and go, do not restrain riding for me, except I have said [so] to thee.'

Bible in Basic English

Then she made the ass ready and said to her servant, Keep driving on; do not make a stop without orders from me.

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Cross references

“Then she”

Exodus 4:20 1 Kings 13:13 1 Kings 13:23 1 Samuel 25:20

Exodus 4:20 · BSB

So Moses took his wife and sons, put them on a donkey, and headed back to Egypt. And he took the staff of God in his hand.

1 Kings 13:13 · BSB

So the prophet said to his sons, “Saddle the donkey for me.” Then they saddled the donkey for him, and he mounted it

1 Kings 13:23 · BSB

And after the man of God had finished eating and drinking, the old prophet who had brought him back saddled the donkey for him.

1 Samuel 25:20 · BSB

As Abigail came riding her donkey into a mountain ravine, she saw David and his men coming down toward her, and she met them.

“Drive”

1 Samuel 25:19

1 Samuel 25:19 · BSB

and said to her young men, “Go ahead of me. I will be right behind you.” But she did not tell her husband Nabal.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

23“Why would you go to him today?” he replied. “It is not a New Moon or a Sabbath.” “Everything is all right,” she said.

25So she set out and went to the man of God at Mount Carmel. When the man of God saw her at a distance, he said to his servant Gehazi, “Look, there is the Shunammite woman.

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