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Commentary for II Kings 4:24

וַֽתַּחֲבֹשׁ֙ הָֽאָת֔וֹן וַתֹּ֥אמֶר אֶֽל־נַעֲרָ֖הּ נְהַ֣ג וָלֵ֑ךְ אַל־תַּעֲצָר־לִ֣י לִרְכֹּ֔ב כִּ֖י אִם־אָמַ֥רְתִּי לָֽךְ׃

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

Rashi on II Kings

“Drive and go on.” [I.e.,] hurry.
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Metzudat David on II Kings

Tied the saddle.
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Rashi on II Kings

Do not hold back from riding because of me. Do not hold back the riding [pace] because of me.21Some say she walked alongside the donkey and others say she rode the donkey.—Radak
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