1 Reyes 14:3

3 Llévate diez panes, algunas tortas y un jarro de miel. Cuando llegues, él te dirá lo que va a pasar con nuestro hijo».

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 En aquel tiempo se enfermó Abías hijo de Jeroboán,

2 y este le dijo a su esposa: «Disfrázate para que nadie se dé cuenta de que eres mi esposa. Luego vete a Siló, donde está Ahías, el profeta que me anunció que yo sería rey de este pueblo.

3 Llévate diez panes, algunas tortas y un jarro de miel. Cuando llegues, él te dirá lo que va a pasar con nuestro hijo».

4 Así que la esposa de Jeroboán emprendió el viaje a Siló y fue a casa de Ahías.Debido a su edad, Ahías había perdido la vista y estaba ciego.

5 Pero el SEÑOR le había dicho: «La esposa de Jeroboán, haciéndose pasar por otra, viene a pedirte información acerca de su hijo, que está enfermo. Quiero que le des tal y tal respuesta».