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1 Samuel 25:18

King James Version (KJV)

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1 Samuel 25:18

Verse 18 of 44

Scripture focus

Then Abigail made haste, and took two hundred loaves, and two bottles of wine, and five sheep ready dressed, and five measures of parched [corn], and an hundred clusters of raisins, and two hundred cakes of figs, and laid [them] on asses.

1 Samuel 25:18 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on 1 Samuel 25:18

Theological / Devotional

Five measures. Literally, “five seahs.” A seah is 6.66 dry qt. (7.33 liters); 5 seahs would total about a bushel (36.65 liters).

Clusters. Probably “lumps” (see margin). The ancient custom was to press dried grapes into cakes.

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