It happened after this, that Avshalom prepared him a chariot and horses, and fifty men to run before him.
John 12:15 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) *Don't be afraid, daughter of Tziyon. Behold, your King comes, sitting on a donkey's colt.* Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Fear not, daughter of Sion: behold, thy King cometh, sitting on an ass's colt. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Do not fear, O Daughter of Zion! Look! Your King is coming, sitting on a donkey's colt! [Zech. 9:9.] American Standard Version (1901) Fear not, daughter of Zion: behold, thy King cometh, sitting on an ass’s colt. Common English Bible Don’t be afraid, Daughter Zion. Look! Your king is coming, sitting on a donkey’s colt. Catholic Public Domain Version "Do not be afraid, daughter of Zion. Behold, your king arrives, sitting on the colt of a donkey." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Fear not, daughter of Sion: behold, thy king cometh, sitting on an ass's colt. |
It happened after this, that Avshalom prepared him a chariot and horses, and fifty men to run before him.
The king said to Tziva, What do you mean by these? Tziva said, The donkeys are for the king's household to ride on; and the bread and summer fruit for the young men to eat; and the wine, that such as are faint in the wilderness may drink.
The king said to them, Take with you the servants of your lord, and cause Shlomo my son to ride on my own mule, and bring him down to Gichon:
Don't be afraid, you worm Ya`akov, and you men of Yisra'el. I will help you,* says the LORD, *and your Redeemer is the Holy One of Yisra'el.
Behold, the LORD has proclaimed to the end of the earth, Say you to the daughter of Tziyon, Behold, your yeshu`ah comes; behold, his reward is with him, and his recompense before him.
You, tower of the flock, the hill of the daughter of Tziyon, to you it will come, yes, the former dominion will come, the kingdom of the daughter of Yerushalayim.
Rejoice greatly, daughter of Tziyon! Shout, daughter of Yerushalayim! Behold, your king comes to you! He is righteous, and having salvation; lowly, and riding on a donkey, even on a colt, the foal of a donkey.
*Tell the daughter of Tziyon, behold, your King comes to you, humble, and riding on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey.*
Only he shall not multiply horses to himself, nor cause the people to return to Egypt, to the end that he may multiply horses; because the LORD has said to you, You shall henceforth return no more that way.
He had forty sons and thirty sons' sons, who rode on seventy donkey colts: and he judged Yisra'el eight years.
Tell [of it], you who ride on white donkeys, you who sit on rich carpets, and you who walk by the way.