2 Kings 4:24

Then she saddled an ass ,.... Her servant did it by her order:

and said to her servant, drive, and go forward ; make all the haste he could:

slack not thy riding for me, except I bid thee ; do not be afraid of riding too fast for me; if thou dost, I will tell thee; till then, keep on a good pace: Abarbinel says she walked afoot all the way, and ordered the man not to slacken his pace in riding for her, unless she called to him; and the Targum seems to favour this sense,"do not press me to ride unless I call to thee;'so that the ass was for Elijah to ride on; but one would think, that, as she was in haste, quicker dispatch would be made by her riding than by walking, see 2 Kings 4:22 .