2Ki 4:42-43, Mat 14:16-17, Mar 6:37-38, Joh 6:5-9 | TSK | STEP | Baal-shalisha. bread. of barley. the husk thereof. or, his scrip, or garment.Note: Parched corn, or corn to be parched; full ears before they are ripe, parched on the fire: a very frequent food in the East. The loaves were probably extremely small, as their loaves of bread still are in eastern countries. But small as this may appear, it would be a considerable present in the time of famine; though very inadequate to the number of persons. Baal-shalisha, of which the person who made this seasonable present was an inhabitant, was situated, according to Eusebius and Jerome, fifteen miles north of Diospolis, or Lydda.

2 Kings 4:42-43

Baal-shalisha.

bread.

38; Ex 23:16; De 12:6; 26:2-10; 1Sa 9:7; 2Ch 11:13,14; Pr 3:9,10

of barley.

the husk thereof. or, his scrip, or garment.Note: Parched corn, or corn to be parched; full ears before they are ripe, parched on the fire: a very frequent food in the East. The loaves were probably extremely small, as their loaves of bread still are in eastern countries. But small as this may appear, it would be a considerable present in the time of famine; though very inadequate to the number of persons. Baal-shalisha, of which the person who made this seasonable present was an inhabitant, was situated, according to Eusebius and Jerome, fifteen miles north of Diospolis, or Lydda.

his servitor.

What.

Mt 14:16,17; 15:33,34; Mr 6:37-39; 8:4; Lu 9:13; Joh 6:9

They shall eat.

Mt 14:20; 15:37; 16:8-10; Mr 6:42,43; 8:20; Lu 9:17; Joh 6:11-13

Matthew 14:16-17

they.

2Ki 4:42-44; Job 31:16,17; Pr 11:24; Ec 11:2; Lu 3:11; Joh 13:29

2Co 8:2,3; 9:7,8

15:33,34; Nu 11:21-23; Ps 78:19,20; Mr 6:37,38; 8:4,5; Lu 9:13

Joh 6:5-9

Mark 6:37-38

give.

8:2,3; 2Ki 4:42-44; Mt 14:16; 15:32; Lu 9:13; Joh 6:4-10

Shall.

Nu 11:13,21-23; 2Ki 7:2; Mt 15:33; Joh 6:7

penny-worth."The Roman penny is sevenpence halfpenny; as Mt 18:28, marg."

8:5; Mt 14:17,18; 15:34; Lu 9:13; Joh 6:9

John 6:5-9

saw.

4:35; Mt 14:14,15; Mr 6:34,35; Lu 9:12

Whence.

Mt 15:33; Mr 8:2-4; Lu 9:13

prove.

Ge 22:1; De 8:2,16; 13:3; 33:8; 2Ch 32:31

Two.This sum, rating the denarius at 7 ®d., would amount to 6£. 5s.: or, reckoning the denarius, with some at 7 3/4d., it would amount to 6£. 9s. 2d. of our money; which appears to have been more than our Lord and all his disciples were worth of this world's goods.

Nu 11:21,22; 2Ki 4:43; Mr 6:37

pennyworth.

12:5; Mt 18:28; *marg:

Andrew.

1:40-44; Mt 4:18

which.

Mt 14:17; 16:9; Mr 6:38; 8:19; Lu 9:13

barley.

De 8:8; 32:14; 1Ki 4:28; 2Ki 7:1; Ps 81:16; 147:14; Eze 27:17

2Co 8:9; Re 6:6

but.

7; 11:21,32; 2Ki 4:42-44; Ps 78:19,41