* 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
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