KJV King James Version
And take with thee ten loaves, and cracknels, and a cruse of honey, and go to him: he shall tell thee what shall become of the child.
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1 Kings 14:3
And take with thee ten loaves, and cracknels, and a cruse of honey, and go to him: he shall tell thee what shall become of the child.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Take with you ten loaves of bread, some cakes, and a jar of honey, and go to him. He will tell you what will become of the boy.”
WEB World English Bible
Take with you ten loaves, and cakes, and a jar of honey, and go to him. He will tell you what will become of the child.”
ASV American Standard Version
And take with thee ten loaves, and cakes, and a cruse of honey, and go to him: he will tell thee what shall become of the child.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and thou hast taken in thy hand ten loaves, and crumbs, and a bottle of honey, and hast gone in unto him; he doth declare to thee what becometh of the youth.’
Surrounding context — 1 Kings 14
1 At that time Abijah the son of Jeroboam fell sick.
2 And Jeroboam said to his wife, Arise, I pray thee, and disguise thyself, that thou be not known to be the wife of Jeroboam; and get thee to Shiloh: behold, there [is] Ahijah the prophet, which told me that [I should be] king over this people.
3 And take with thee ten loaves, and cracknels, and a cruse of honey, and go to him: he shall tell thee what shall become of the child.
4 And Jeroboam’s wife did so, and arose, and went to Shiloh, and came to the house of Ahijah. But Ahijah could not see; for his eyes were set by reason of his age.
5 And the LORD said unto Ahijah, Behold, the wife of Jeroboam cometh to ask a thing of thee for her son; for he [is] sick: thus and thus shalt thou say unto her: for it shall be, when she cometh in, that she shall feign herself [to be] another [woman].
6 And it was [so], when Ahijah heard the sound of her feet, as she came in at the door, that he said, Come in, thou wife of Jeroboam; why feignest thou thyself [to be] another? for I [am] sent to thee [with] heavy [tidings].
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וְלָקַ֣חַתְּH3947 · la.qachto take: takeבְּ֠יָדֵךְH3027 · yadhandעֲשָׂרָ֨הH6235 · e.sertenלֶ֧חֶםH3899 · le.chemfoodוְנִקֻּדִ֛יםH5350 · niq.qudcrumbוּבַקְבֻּ֥קH1228 · baq.buqflaskדְּבַ֖שׁH1706 · de.vashhoneyוּבָ֣אתH935 · boto come (in): comeאֵלָ֑יוH413 · elto(wards)ה֚וּאH1931 · huhe/she/itיַגִּ֣ידH5046 · na.gadto tellלָ֔ךְH9032 · khyouמַה־H4100 · mahwhat?יִּֽהְיֶ֖הH1961 · ha.yahto beלַנָּֽעַר׃H5288 · na.aryouth
Cross-references
1 Samuel 9:7-8Then said Saul to his servant, But, behold, [if] we go, what shall we bring the man? for the bread is spent in our vessels, and [there is] not a present to bring to the man of God: what have we?1 Kings 13:7And the king said unto the man of God, Come home with me, and refresh thyself, and I will give thee a reward.2 Kings 4:42And there came a man from Baalshalisha, and brought the man of God bread of the firstfruits, twenty loaves of barley, and full ears of corn in the husk thereof. And he said, Give unto the people, that they may eat.2 Kings 8:7-9And Elisha came to Damascus; and Benhadad the king of Syria was sick; and it was told him, saying, The man of God is come hither.John 4:47-48When he heard that Jesus was come out of Judaea into Galilee, he went unto him, and besought him that he would come down, and heal his son: for he was at the point of death.2 Kings 5:15And he returned to the man of God, he and all his company, and came, and stood before him: and he said, Behold, now I know that [there is] no God in all the earth, but in Israel: now therefore, I pray thee, take a blessing of thy servant.John 11:3Therefore his sisters sent unto him, saying, Lord, behold, he whom thou lovest is sick.2 Kings 5:5And the king of Syria said, Go to, go, and I will send a letter unto the king of Israel. And he departed, and took with him ten talents of silver, and six thousand [pieces] of gold, and ten changes of raiment.Luke 7:2-3And a certain centurion’s servant, who was dear unto him, was sick, and ready to die.2 Kings 1:2And Ahaziah fell down through a lattice in his upper chamber that [was] in Samaria, and was sick: and he sent messengers, and said unto them, Go, inquire of Baalzebub the god of Ekron whether I shall recover of this disease.
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