Christian Standard Bible
1 Kings 14:3
3Take with you ten loaves of bread, some cakes, and a jar of honey, and go to him. He will tell you what will happen to the boy.”
1 Kings 14:3 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And take with thee ten loaves, and cracknels, and a cruse of honey, and go to him: he shall tell thee what shall become of the child.
- New International Version (NIV)Take ten loaves of bread with you, some cakes and a jar of honey, and go to him. He will tell you what will happen to the boy.”
- English Standard Version (ESV)Take with you ten loaves, some cakes, and a jar of honey, and go to him. He will tell you what shall happen to the child."
- New King James Version (NKJV)Also take with you ten loaves, some cakes, and a jar of honey, and go to him; he will tell you what will become of the child.”
Context of 1 Kings 14:3
1At that time Abijah son of Jeroboam became sick. 2Jeroboam said to his wife, “Go disguise yourself, so they won’t know that you’re Jeroboam’s wife, and go to Shiloh. The prophet Ahijah is there; it was he who told about me becoming king over this people. Take with you ten loaves of bread, some cakes, and a jar of honey, and go to him. He will tell you what will happen to the boy.” 4Jeroboam’s wife did that: she went to Shiloh and arrived at Ahijah’s house. Ahijah could not see; he was blind due to his age. 5But the Lord had said to Ahijah, “Jeroboam’s wife is coming soon to ask you about her son, for he is sick. You are to say such and such to her. When she arrives, she will be disguised.”
Read all of 1 Kings 141 Kings 14:3 word by word
וְלָקַ֣חַתְּ בְּ֠יָדֵךְ עֲשָׂרָ֨ה לֶ֧חֶם וְנִקֻּדִ֛ים וּבַקְבֻּ֥ק דְּבַ֖שׁ וּבָ֣את אֵלָ֑יו ה֚וּא יַגִּ֣יד לָ֔ךְ מַה־יִּֽהְיֶ֖ה לַנָּֽעַר׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- And takeלָקַחlâqach · to take: takeH3947
- with theeיָדyâd · hand: themselvesH3027
- tenעֶשֶׂר‛eώer ‛ăώârâh · tenH6235
- loavesלֶ֫חֶםlechem · food: breadH3899
- and cracknelsנִקּוּדniqqûd · crumbH5350
- and a cruseבַּקְבֻּקbaqbûq · flaskH1228
- of honeyדְּבַשׁdebash · honeyH1706
- and goבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935
- to him: he shall tellנָגַדnâgad · to tellH5046
- thee what shall become of the childנַ֫עַרna‛ar · youthH5288
Cross-references for 1 Kings 14:3
- 1 Kings 13:7Then the king declared to the man of God, “Come home with me, refresh yourself, and I’ll give you a reward.”
- 1 Samuel 9:7“Suppose we do go,” Saul said to his servant, “what do we take the man? The food from our packs is gone, and there’s no gift to take to the man of God. What do we have?”
- 2 Kings 4:42A man from Baal-shalishah came to the man of God with his sack full of twenty loaves of barley bread from the first bread of the harvest. Elisha said, “Give it to the people to eat.”
- 2 Kings 5:5Therefore, the king of Aram said, “Go, and I will send a letter with you to the king of Israel.” So he went and took with him 750 pounds of silver, 150 pounds of gold, and ten sets of clothing.
- 2 Kings 8:7Elisha came to Damascus while King Ben-hadad of Aram was sick, and the king was told, “The man of God has come here.”
- 2 Kings 1:2Ahaziah had fallen through the latticed window of his upstairs room in Samaria and was injured. So he sent messengers, instructing them, “Go inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron, whether I will recover from this injury.”
- 2 Kings 8:8So the king said to Hazael, “Take a gift with you and go meet the man of God. Inquire of the Lord through him, ‘Will I recover from this sickness?’”
- Luke 7:2A centurion’s servant, who was highly valued by him, was sick and about to die.
- John 4:47When this man heard that Jesus had come from Judea into Galilee, he went to him and pleaded with him to come down and heal his son, since he was about to die.
- John 11:3So the sisters sent a message to him: “Lord, the one you love is sick.”
Commentaries on 1 Kings 14:3
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 3Ten loaves - Probably common or household bread. Cracknels - נקדים nikkuddim, spotted, or perforated bread; thin cakes, pierced through with many holes, the same as is called Jews' bread to the present day, and used by them at the passover. It was customary to give presents to all great personages; and no person consulted a prophet without bringing something in his hand.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3See the marginal reference The presents here were selected for the purpose of deception, being such as a poor country person would have been likely to bring. Jeroboam counted also on Ahijah‘s blindness 1 Kings 14:4 as favoring his plan of deception (compare Genesis 27:1, Genesis 27:22). Cracknels - See the margin. The Hebrew word is thought to mean a kind of cake which crumbled easily.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 3People usually brought a gift to a prophet when asking for advice (2 Kings 5:5; 8:8). King Jeroboam’s wife brought common items to help with her disguise.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 3-113-11. And take with thee ten loaves, and cracknels, and a cruse of honey, and go to him--This was a present in unison with the peasant character she assumed. Cracknels are a kind of sweet seed-cake. The prophet was blind, but having received divine premonition of the pretended countrywoman's coming, he addressed her as the queen the moment she appeared, apprised her of the calamities which, in consequence of the ingratitude of Jeroboam, his apostasy, and…Read the comment
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Commentaries on 1 Kings 14
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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