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Flagon
        a word employed in the Authorized Version to render two distinct Hebrew terms:
        1. Ashishah, 2Sa 6:19; 1Ch 16:3; So 2:5; Ho 3:1 It really means a cake of pressed raisins. Such cakes were considered as delicacies; they were also offered to idols.
        2. Nebel, Isa 22:24 is commonly used for a bottle or vessel, originally probably a skin, but in later times a piece of pottery. Isa 30:14


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Smith, William, Dr "Meaning and Definition for 'flagon' in Smiths Bible Dictionary".
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