1Ki 14:3, 16-17, 2Ki 1:6, 16, Joh 4:50-52 | TSK | STEP | And take. 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.

1 Kings 14:3

And take.

13:7; 1Sa 9:7,8; 2Ki 4:42; 5:5,15; 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.

2Ki 1:2; 8:8; Lu 7:2,3; Joh 4:47,48; 11:3

1 Kings 14:16-17

he shall give Israel.

Ps 81:12; Isa 40:24; Ho 9:11,12,16,17

who did sin.

12:30; 13:34; 15:30,34; 16:2; Ex 32:21,35; Jer 5:31; Ho 5:11,12

Mic 6:16; Mt 18:7; Ro 14:13

Tirzah.Tirzah was a city of Ephraim, to which tribe Jeroboam belonged; and appears to have been pleasantly situated, as it is said in So 6:4, "Thou art beautiful, O my love, as Tirzah," though its precise situation cannot now be ascertained. It seems to have been the royal city, and the seat of government for a long time after the revolt of the ten tribes, till Omri built Samaria.

15:21,33; 16:6,8,9,15,23; Jos 12:24; So 6:4

when she came.

12,13; 1Sa 2:20-34; 4:18-20

2 Kings 1:6

Thus saith.

Isa 41:22,23

therefore.

3,4; 1Ch 10:13,14; Ps 16:4

2 Kings 1:16

Forasmuch.

3,4,6; Ex 4:22,23; 1Ki 14:6-13; 21:18-24; 22:28

Baal-zebub.Literally, "the lord of flies;" or, as the LXX. render, [Baal mwean theon,] Baal the fly god. See note on Ex 8:24.

on which thou are gone up.In the East there is usually at the end of each chamber a little gallery, raised three or four feet above the floor, with a balustrade in front, to which they go up by a few steps: here they place their beds; an allusion to which situation is involved in this declaration of Elijah's, and frequently referred to in the Sacred Scriptures: see Ge 49:4.

5:21; Ps 132:3

John 4:50-52

Go.

11:40; 1Ki 17:13-15; Mt 8:13; Mr 7:29,30; 9:23,24; Lu 17:14

Ac 14:9,10; Ro 4:20,21; Heb 11:19

Thy.

50,53; 1Ki 17:23