Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Fear not, daughter of Sion: behold, thy King cometh, sitting on an ass's colt.
Bible References
Sitting
Deuteronomy 17:16
But in any wise let him not hold too many horses, that he bring not the people again to Egypt through the multitude of horses, forasmuch as the LORD hath said unto you, 'Ye shall henceforth go no more again that way.'
Judges 5:10
Bless the LORD, ye that ride on goodly asses and sit in judgment. And ye that walk by the ways, make ditties.
Judges 12:14
And he had forty sons, and thirty nephews that rode on thirty ass colts.
2 Samuel 15:1
After this Absalom gat him chariots and horses and fifty men to run before him.
2 Samuel 16:2
Then said the king to Ziba, "What hast thou there?" And Ziba said, "Asses for the king's household to ride on, and bread and fruit for the young men to eat, and wine to drink, if any man faint in the wilderness."
1 Kings 1:33
the king said unto them, "Take with you the servants of your lord, and set Solomon my son upon mine own mule and carry him down to Gihon.