1 Reyes 14:3

3 Toma en tus manos diez panes, tortas y un jarro de miel, y ve a él. El te dirá lo que le ha de suceder al niño.

1 Reyes 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 Reyes 14:3 In-Context

1 Por aquel tiempo Abías, hijo de Jeroboam, se enfermó.

2 Y Jeroboam dijo a su mujer: Levántate ahora y disfrázate para que no conozcan que eres la mujer de Jeroboam, y ve a Silo; he aquí, allí está el profeta Ahías, que dijo de mí que yo sería rey sobre este pueblo.

3 Toma en tus manos diez panes, tortas y un jarro de miel, y ve a él. El te dirá lo que le ha de suceder al niño.

4 Así lo hizo la mujer de Jeroboam; se levantó, fue a Silo y llegó a casa de Ahías. Y Ahías no podía ver porque sus ojos se habían nublado a causa de su vejez.

5 Mas el SEÑOR había dicho a Ahías: He aquí, la mujer de Jeroboam viene a consultarte sobre su hijo, pues está enfermo. Esto y esto le dirás, pues será que cuando ella venga, fingirá ser otra mujer.