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Take with you ten loaves, and cakes, and a jar of honey, and go to him: he will tell you what shall become of the child.
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A Deceptive Disguise
Commentators agree that the simple gifts of bread, cakes, and honey were part of a deliberate deception. Jeroboam instructed his wife to bring these rustic presents to appear as a common country person, not the queen. He hoped to manipulate the prophet Ahijah, counting on his blindness to aid the disguise.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
The presents were selected for the purpose of deception, as they were the kind of gifts a poor country person would likely bring. Jeroboam also cou…
19th Century
Anglican
And take. —The presentation of this offering, deliberately simple and rustic in character, is consistent with the custom …
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And take with thee ten loaves, and cracknels, and a cruseof honey, and go to him It b…
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