flag'-un:
The translation of 'ashishah, in the King James Version in2Sa 6:19;1Ch 16:3;So 2:5;Ho 3:1. In all, these passages the Revised Version (British and American) reads "cake of raisins" or "raisins." It was probably a pressed raisin cake. the King James Version and the Revised Version (British and American) read "flagons," inIsa 22:24as a rendering of nebhalim, which is elsewhere (1Sa 1:24;10:3;2Sa 16:1, etc.) rendered "bottles," the Revised Version, margin "skins." These were the bags or bottles made of the whole skin of a kid, goat or other animal. the Revised Version (British and American) has "flagons" inEx 25:29and 37:16 as translation of qeshawoth, a golden jug or jar used in the tabernacle from which the drink offerings were poured out. The same word is translated "cups" inNu 4:7.
George Rice Hovey