1 Reis 14:3

3 Leva contigo dez pães, alguns bolos e uma botija de mel, e vai ter com ele; ele te declarará o que há de suceder a este menino.

1 Reis 14:3 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 14:3

And take with thee ten loaves, and cracknels, and a cruse
of honey, and go to him
It being usual to carry a present to a prophet when he was inquired of on any account, see ( 1 Samuel 9:7 ) and this being a plain present, and of such things as the country afforded, she might be taken for a plain countrywoman, and not for such a personage as she was: the ten loaves could not be large for a woman to carry, most probably made of wheat; the cracknels, according to the Greek version in Drusius, were for the prophet's children; they very likely were spiced, or were sweetened with honey, and might be somewhat like our simnels; they seem to have their name in Hebrew from having points and pricks in them for the sake of ornament; such as Plautus ^F8 calls "scribilitae", because as Turnebus ^F9 says, they were marked and pricked, and seemed as if they were written:

he shall tell thee what shall become of the child;
whether it should live or die, for that was all he wanted to know; he did not desire to know what should be done to the child for its recovery, nor to request the prophet's prayers for it.

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FOOTNOTES:

F8 Prolog. Poenulo, ver. 43.
F9 Adversar. l. 23. c. 10.

1 Reis 14:3 In-Context

1 Naquele tempo adoeceu Abias, filho de Jeroboão.

2 E disse Jeroboão a sua mulher: Levanta-te, e disfarça-te, para que não conheçam que és mulher de Jeroboão, e vai a Siló. Eis que lá está o profeta Aías, o qual falou acerca de mim que eu seria rei sobre este povo.

3 Leva contigo dez pães, alguns bolos e uma botija de mel, e vai ter com ele; ele te declarará o que há de suceder a este menino.

4 Assim, pois, fez a mulher de Jeroboão; e, levantando-se, foi a Siló, e entrou na casa de Aías. Este já não podia ver, pois seus olhos haviam cegado por causa da velhice.

5 O Senhor, porém, dissera a Aías: Eis que a mulher de Jeroboão vem consultar-te sobre seu filho, que está doente. Assim e assim lhe falarás; porque há de ser que, entrando ela, fingirá ser outra.