1 Kings 14:3 Meaning and Explanation
“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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Read Full Chapter →She is to bring a commoner's humble gift to the prophet, completing the disguise as an ordinary woman seeking help.
What Does 1 Kings 14:3 Mean?
Jeroboam instructs his wife to carry simple country fare, the kind of present a peasant woman would bring, not the lavish gift of a queen. The plain loaves and honey are part of the masquerade, meant to make her look like any anxious mother.
There is a quiet irony here: the king who lavished gold on his idols now offers God's prophet only bread and honey, and even that as a prop. What we bring to God exposes what we think of Him. Yet God is not bought by gifts great or small; He answers according to truth, and He will give this disguised mother a true word she did not expect.
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What does 1 Kings 14:3 mean?
She is to bring a commoner's humble gift to the prophet, completing the disguise as an ordinary woman seeking help.