列王纪上 14:3

Chinese NCV (Simplified)

你要帶十個餅，一些餅乾和一瓶蜜去見他，他會告訴你孩子將要怎樣。”

Parallel Translations

Chinese Union (Simplified)
现 在 你 要 带 十 个 饼 ， 与 几 个 薄 饼 ， 和 一 瓶 蜜 去 见 他 ， 他 必 告 诉 你 儿 子 将 要 怎 样 。

Contextual Overview

¹ At that time Jeroboam's son Abijah became very sick. ² So Jeroboam said to his wife, "Go to Shiloh to see the prophet Ahijah. He is the one who said I would become king of Israel. But dress yourself so people won't know you are my wife. ³ Take the prophet ten loaves of bread, some cakes, and a jar of honey. Then ask him what will happen to our son, and he will tell you." ⁴ So the king's wife did as he said and went to Ahijah's home in Shiloh. Now Ahijah was very old and blind. ⁵ The Lord said to him, "Jeroboam's son is sick, and Jeroboam's wife is coming to ask you about him. When she arrives, she will pretend to be someone else." Then the Lord told Ahijah what to say. ⁶ When Ahijah heard her walking to the door, he said, "Come in, wife of Jeroboam. Why are you pretending to be someone else? I have bad news for you.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

And take: 1 Kings 13:7, 1 Samuel 9:7, 1 Samuel 9:8, 2 Kings 4:42, 2 Kings 5:5, 2 Kings 5:15, 2 Kings 8:7-9

with thee: Heb. in thine hand

cracknels: or, cakes, Nikkoodim, spotted, or perforated cakes; either, as some suppose, thin cakes pierced through with holes, the same as is called Jews' bread to the present day, and used by them at the passover; or, as Mr. Harmer imagines, cakes spotted with seeds, as with sesamum, Roman coriander, etc., such as he proves from Rauwolff, Russell, and Hanway, are still used in the East. This was certainly not a present that proclaimed royalty; but it does not appear to have been, in the estimation of the East, a present only fit for a country woman to have made, as Bp. Patrick supposes: for D'Arvieux informs us, that when he waited on an Arab emir, his mother and sisters sent him a present of pastry, honey, and fresh butter, with a bason of sweetmeats of Damascus.

cruse: or, bottle

he shall tell: 2 Kings 1:2, 2 Kings 8:8, Luke 7:2, Luke 7:3, John 4:47, John 4:48, John 11:3

Reciprocal: 1 Samuel 28:8 - disguised 1 Kings 14:12 - when thy feet Jeremiah 21:2 - Inquire Daniel 4:18 - but

Cross-References

Genesis 19:24
The Lord sent a rain of burning sulfur down from the sky on Sodom and Gomorrah

Numbers 34:12
Then the border will go down along the Jordan River and end at the Dead Sea. "‘These are the borders around your country.'"

Deuteronomy 3:17
The border on the west was the Jordan River in the Jordan Valley, and it goes from Lake Galilee to the Dead Sea west of Mount Pisgah.

Joshua 3:16
the water upstream stopped flowing. It stood up in a heap a great distance away at Adam, a town near Zarethan. The water flowing down to the Sea of Arabah (the Dead Sea) was completely cut off. So the people crossed the river near Jericho.

Psalms 107:34
He made fertile land salty, because the people there did evil.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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 h calls "scribilitae", because as Turnebus i 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.

h Prolog. Poenulo, ver. 43. i Adversar. l. 23. c. 10.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

See 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.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 1 Kings 14:3. Ten 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.