And there came a man from Baal-shalisha, and brought the man of God bread of the firstfruits, twenty loaves of barley, and full ears of grain in his sack. And he said, Give unto the people, that they may eat.
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
Baalsalisa, 15 miles south of Diospolis, and to the north of Jerusalem. (Calmet)
His scrip. Hebrew bctsiklono. Protestants, "in the husk thereof. "Carmel, means a greenish ear of corn, (Haydock) which might be rubbed in the hand, and so eaten. (Calmet)