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1 Könige 14:3

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3 Und nimm mit dir zehn Brote und Backwerk und einen Krug Honig und gehe zu ihm; er wird dir kundtun, was dem Knaben geschehen wird.

1 Könige 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.


FOOTNOTES:

F8 Prolog. Poenulo, ver. 43.
F9 Adversar. l. 23. c. 10.
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1 Könige 14:3 In-Context

1 Zu selbiger Zeit erkrankte Abija, der Sohn Jerobeams.
2 Und Jerobeam sprach zu seinem Weibe: Mache dich doch auf und verstelle dich, damit man nicht wisse, daß du das Weib Jerobeams bist, und gehe hin nach Silo: Siehe, daselbst ist Achija, der Prophet; er ist es, der über mich geredet hat, daß ich König über dieses Volk sein würde.
3 Und nimm mit dir zehn Brote und Backwerk und einen Krug Honig und gehe zu ihm; er wird dir kundtun, was dem Knaben geschehen wird.
4 Und das Weib Jerobeams tat also: Sie machte sich auf und ging nach Silo und kam in das Haus Achijas. Achija aber konnte nicht sehen, denn seine Augen waren starr wegen seines Alters.
5 Und Jehova hatte zu Achija gesagt: Siehe, das Weib Jerobeams kommt, um etwas von dir zu erfragen betreffs ihres Sohnes, denn er ist krank; so und so sollst du zu ihr reden; es wird aber geschehen, wenn sie hereinkommt, so wird sie sich fremd stellen.
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