New English Translation
1 Kings 14:3
3Take ten loaves of bread, some small cakes, and a container of honey and visit 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 Jeroboam’s son Abijah became sick. 2Jeroboam told his wife, “Disguise yourself so that people cannot recognize you are Jeroboam’s wife. Then go to Shiloh; Ahijah the prophet, who told me I would rule over this nation, lives there. Take ten loaves of bread, some small cakes, and a container of honey and visit him. He will tell you what will happen to the boy.” 4Jeroboam’s wife did as she was told. She went to Shiloh and visited Ahijah. Now Ahijah could not see; he had lost his eyesight in his old age. 5But the Lord had told Ahijah, “Look, Jeroboam’s wife is coming to find out from you what will happen to her son, for he is sick. Tell her so-and-so. When she comes, she will be in a disguise.”
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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 13:7The king then said to the prophet, “Come home with me and have something to eat. I’d like to give a present.”
- 1 Samuel 9:7So Saul said to his servant, “All right, we can go. But what can we bring the man, since the food in our bags is used up? We have no gift to take to the man of God. What do we have?”
- 2 Kings 4:42Now a man from Baal Shalisha brought some food for the prophet – twenty loaves of bread made from the firstfruits of the barley harvest, as well as fresh ears of grain. Elisha said, “Set it before the people so they may eat.”
- 2 Kings 5:5The king of Syria said, “Go! I will send a letter to the king of Israel.” So Naaman went, taking with him ten talents of silver, six thousand shekels of gold, and ten suits of clothes.
- 2 Kings 8:7Elisha traveled to Damascus while King Ben Hadad of Syria was sick. The king was told, “The prophet has come here.”
- 2 Kings 1:2Ahaziah fell through a window lattice in his upper chamber in Samaria and was injured. He sent messengers with these orders, “Go, ask Baal Zebub, the god of Ekron, if I will survive this injury.”
- 2 Kings 8:8So the king told Hazael, “Take a gift and go visit the prophet. Request from him an oracle from the Lord. Ask him, ‘Will I recover from this sickness?’”
- Luke 7:2A centurion there had a slave who was highly regarded, but who was sick and at the point of death.
- John 4:47When he heard that Jesus had come back from Judea to Galilee, he went to him and begged him to come down and heal his son, who was about to die.
- John 11:3So the sisters sent a message to Jesus, “Lord, look, 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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