2 Samuel 6:19

dealt In the old sense of dividedor distributed, from A. S. dælan, to distribute, from which comes dole, a portion dealtout. Cp. Isaiah 58:7; Romans 12:3.

a cake of bread The Heb. word for cakeoccurs elsewhere only in the Pentateuch, and is always applied to cakes prepared for sacrificial purposes.

a good piece of flesh The word is only found elsewhere in the parallel passage of 1 Chr., and is of uncertain meaning. The most probable conjectures are (1) a piece of roast meat (Vulg.); (2) a portion of flesh; (3) a measure of wine.

a flagon of wine More probably, a cake of raisins.