2 Kings 4:24 BSB — MannaFest

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.”

BSB

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ASV

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

KJV

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

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Commentary

1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Drive, and go forward - It is customary in the East for a servant to walk along side or drive the ass his master rides. Sometimes he walks behind, and goads on the beast; and when it is to turn, he directs its head with the long pole of the goad. It is probably to this custom that the wise man alludes when he says, “I have seen servants on horses, and princes walking as servants on the earth,” on the ground.

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Original language & word study

15 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַֽתַּחֲבֹשׁ֙	va.ta.cha.Vosh	and she saddled	H2280 →
הָֽאָת֔וֹן	ha.'a.Ton	the donkey	H860 →
וַתֹּ֥אמֶר	va.To.mer	and she said	H559 →
אֶֽל־	'el-	to	H413 →
נַעֲרָ֖הּ	na.'a.Rah	servant her	H5288 →
נְהַ֣ג	ne.Hag	lead on	H5090 →
וָלֵ֑ךְ	va.Lekh	and go	H1980 →
אַל־	'al-	may not	H408 →
תַּעֲצָר־	ta.'a.tzor-	you hold back	H6113 →
לִ֣י	li	<to> me
לִרְכֹּ֔ב	lir.Ko	to ride	H7392 →
כִּ֖י	ki	that	H3588 →
אִם־	'im-	except	H518 →
אָמַ֥רְתִּי	'a.Mar.ti	I have said	H559 →
לָֽךְ׃	Lakh	to you

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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Where the connections lead

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Through
Exodus 4:20
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.
leads to
- Exodus 17:9
  So Moses said to Joshua, “Choose some of our men and go out to fight the Amalekites. Tomorrow I will stand on the hilltop with the staff of God in my hand.”
- Numbers 20:8–9
  “Take the staff and assemble the congregation. You and your brother Aaron are to speak to the rock while they watch, and it will pour out its water. You will bring out water from…
- Exodus 18:3–4
  along with her two sons. One son was named Gershom, for Moses had said, “I have been a foreigner in a foreign land.”
- Numbers 20:11
  Then Moses raised his hand and struck the rock twice with his staff, so that a great amount of water gushed out, and the congregation and their livestock were able to drink.
- Exodus 4:2
  And the LORD asked him, “What is that in your hand?” “A staff,” he replied.
Through
1 Kings 13:13
So the prophet said to his sons, “Saddle the donkey for me.” Then they saddled the donkey for him, and he mounted it
leads to
- Numbers 22:21
  So in the morning Balaam got up, saddled his donkey, and went with the princes of Moab.
- 1 Kings 13:27
  Then the old prophet instructed his sons, “Saddle the donkey for me.” So they saddled it,
- 2 Samuel 19:26
  “My lord the king,” he replied, “because I am lame, I said, ‘I will have my donkey saddled so that I may ride on it and go with the king.’ But my servant Ziba…

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01Commentary

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About 2 Kings

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About 2 Kings