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.
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Gill's Exposition
Then Abigail made haste,.... As the case required, her family being in imminent danger:
and took two hundred loaves; of bread; of what size or weight they were is not said; though it may be…
Barnes' Notes
Two bottles - Rather, “two skins,” each of which would contain many gallons. These leather vessels varied in size according to the skin they were made of, and the use they were to be put to. The…
Adam Clarke
Took two hundred loaves - The Eastern bread is ordinarily both thin and small; and answers to our cakes.
Two bottles of wine - That is, two goat-skins full. The hide is pulled off the animal without…
We have here an account of Abigail's prudent management for the preserving of her husband and family from the destruction that was just coming upon them; and we find that she did her part admirably…
Cambridge Bible
Abigail made haste, and took A store of provisions was prepared for the shearing feast (1Sa 25:25). For the different items of the present compare 2Sa 16:1; 1Ch 12:40.
two bottles of wine Skins,…
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