New Living Translation
1 Kings 14:3
3Take him a gift of ten loaves of bread, some cakes, and a jar of honey, and ask him 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 very sick. 2So Jeroboam told his wife, “Disguise yourself so that no one will recognize you as my wife. Then go to the prophet Ahijah at Shiloh—the man who told me I would become king. Take him a gift of ten loaves of bread, some cakes, and a jar of honey, and ask him what will happen to the boy.” 4So Jeroboam’s wife went to Ahijah’s home at Shiloh. He was an old man now and could no longer see. 5But the Lord had told Ahijah, “Jeroboam’s wife will come here, pretending to be someone else. She will ask you about her son, for he is very sick. Give her the answer I give you.”
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 said to the man of God, “Come to the palace with me and have something to eat, and I will give you a gift.”
- 1 Samuel 9:7“But we don’t have anything to offer him,” Saul replied. “Even our food is gone, and we don’t have a thing to give him.”
- 2 Kings 4:42One day a man from Baal-shalishah brought the man of God a sack of fresh grain and twenty loaves of barley bread made from the first grain of his harvest. Elisha said, “Give it to the people so they can eat.”
- 2 Kings 5:5“Go and visit the prophet,” the king of Aram told him. “I will send a letter of introduction for you to take to the king of Israel.” So Naaman started out, carrying as gifts 750 pounds of silver, 150 pounds of gold, and ten sets of clothing.
- 2 Kings 8:7Elisha went to Damascus, the capital of Aram, where King Ben-hadad lay sick. When someone told the king that the man of God had come,
- 2 Kings 1:2One day Israel’s new king, Ahaziah, fell through the latticework of an upper room at his palace in Samaria and was seriously injured. So he sent messengers to the temple of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron, to ask whether he would recover.
- 2 Kings 8:8the king said to Hazael, “Take a gift to the man of God. Then tell him to ask the Lord, ‘Will I recover from this illness?’”
- Luke 7:2At that time the highly valued slave of a Roman officer was sick and near death.
- John 4:47When he heard that Jesus had come from Judea to Galilee, he went and begged Jesus to come to Capernaum to heal his son, who was about to die.
- John 11:3So the two sisters sent a message to Jesus telling him, “Lord, your dear friend is very 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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