Commentary Critical and Explanatory
1 Kings 21:23-26
And of Jezebel also spake the LORD, saying, The dogs shall eat Jezebel by the wall of Jezreel.
No JFB commentary on these verses.
And of Jezebel also spake the LORD, saying, The dogs shall eat Jezebel by the wall of Jezreel.
No JFB commentary on these verses.
Verse 23. _THE DOGS SHALL EAT JEZEBEL_] This was most literally fulfilled; see 2 Kings 9:36. The carcasses of poor _Hindoos_, and of persons who have received public punishment, are thrown into the _r...
AND OF JEZEBEL ALSO SPAKE THE LORD, SAYING - These are not the words of Elijah, but of the writer, who notes a special prophecy against Jezebel, whose guilt was at least equal to her husband’s. WALL -...
CHAPTER 21NABOTH'S VINEYARD _ 1. Naboth's refusal (1 Kings 21:1)_ 2. Jezebel's wicked deed (1 Kings 21:5) 3. Elijah pronounces divine judgment (1 Kings 21:17) 4. Ahab's wickedness and confessi
THE STORY OF NABOTH. This is evidently not a part of the Elijah story of 1 Kings 17-19. There are certain differences of style; _e.g._ Ahab is described as king of Samaria (1); and Elijah does not, as...
BY THE WALL. The word _behel_ is thought by Ginsburg to be an abbreviation for _bthelek =_ "in the portion of", as in 2 Kings 9:10; 2 Kings 9:36: i.e. within the rampart. JEZREEL. Not Samaria the cap...
_the dogs shall eat Jezebel_ For the fulfilment, see 2 Kings 9:35-37. _by the wall_[R.V. RAMPART] of _Jezreel_ The Hebrew word which stands here in the text is found again 2 Samuel 20:15, where it is...
C. THE CONDEMNATION BY ELIJAH 21:17-24 TRANSLATION (17) And the word of the LORD came unto Elijah the Tishbite, saying, (18) Arise, go down to meet Ahab king of Israel, who is in Samaria; behold he i...
THE DOGS.. JEZEBEL] For the fulfilment of the prediction see 2 Kings 9:36; 2 Kings 9:37. THE WALL] 2 Kings 9:10 has 'the portion' (i.e. the district)....
NABOTH'S VINEYARD 1. After these things] The LXX places this chapter after 1 Kings 19, and so prevents the separation of 1 Kings 20:22, which are closely connected. JEZREEL] in the plain of Esdraelo...
GOD’S LESSONS FROM HISTORY 1 KINGS _PHILIP SMITH_ CHAPTER 21 QUEEN JEZEBEL STEALS NABOTH’S FIELD V1 King Ahab of Samaria had a palace in Jezreel. Near the palace, there was a field. Naboth who l...
(21-24) BEHOLD, I WILL BRING EVIL. — Distinct from that message of personal judgment is the doom of utter destruction pronounced on the dynasty of Omri — the same in substance, and almost in word, as...
וְ גַ֨ם ־לְ אִיזֶ֔בֶל דִּבֶּ֥ר יְהוָ֖ה לֵ
NABOTH'S VINEYARD 1 Kings 21:1 "The triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the godless is but for a moment." - Job 20:5 "If weakness may excuse, What murderer, what traitor, parricide,...
HUMBLED BY THE PROPHET'S REBUKE 1 Kings 21:17 Once before, when his presence had been urgently needed, Elijah had fled for his life. But there was no vacillation now. He dared face not only Ahab, but...
BREAKING THREE COMMANDMENTS 1 Kings 21:1; 1 Kings 1:1; 1 Kings 2:1; 1 Kings 3:1;...
This is a story in the private life of Ahab. Next to his own broad and rich possessions was a vineyard, the inheritance of a man who by comparison with Ahab was poor. Naboth, loyal to the law of God,...
_Field. Hebrew, "wall," or "before the wall." This was exactly fulfilled, 4 Kings ix. 32. Jezabel was hurled from a window over the gate or wall of the city. (Calmet)_...
(17) В¶ And the word of the LORD came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying, (18) Arise, go down to meet Ahab king of Israel, which is in Samaria: behold, he is in the vineyard of Naboth, whither he is gone...
The days were very dark in Israel. Not only rebellion. And rebellion, always serious, was peculiarly so in Israel, for there it was insubordination in a direct manner against not only God's providence...
At Jezebel's instigation, Ahab adds sin to sin, and a piece of flagrant injustice fills up the apostasy of the king of Israel. He enjoys the fruit of a crime which he had not courage to commit himself...
AND OF JEZEBEL ALSO SPAKE THE LORD,.... To Elijah, and by him: SAYING, THE DOGS SHALL EAT JEZEBEL BY THE WALL OF JEZREEL or in the inheritance or portion of Jezreel, as the Targum; Jarchi interprets...
And of Jezebel also spake the LORD, saying, The dogs shall eat Jezebel by the wall of Jezreel. Ver. 23. _The dogs shall eat Jezebel._] So the Donatists that threw the sacramental bread to dogs were t...
_The dogs shall eat Jezebel by the wall_ Or, _by the ditch_, or _fort;_ or, _in the portion, of Jezreel_, as the Hebrew word בחל, _becheel_, often signifies, and as it is explained 2 Kings 9:36, a pas...
1 Ahab being denied Naboths vineyard, is grieued. 5 Iezebel writing letters against Naboth, he is condemned of blasphemie. 15 Ahab taketh possession of the vineyard. 17 Eliiah denounceth iudgements...
And of Jezebel also spake the Lord, saying, The dogs shall eat Jezebel by the wall of Jezreel. Cf 2 Kings 9:10....
The Prophecy of Ahab's Doom...
THE COLD-BLOODED MURDER OF NABOTH (vs.1-16) When one adopts a sullen, sulking character, it is likely to develop more seriously. Ahab illustrated this in his dealings with Naboth the Jezreelite. He c...
WALL: Or, ditch...
17-29 Blessed Paul complains that he was sold under sin, Romans 7:14, as a poor captive against his will; but Ahab was willing, he sold himself to sin; of choice, and as his own act and deed, he love...
Or, _by the ditch, or fort; or, in the portion_, as it is explained 2 KINGS 9:36; the Hebrew _chel_ here being put for _chelek_, used there by an apocope of the last Hebrew letter, which is not unusua...
1 Kings 21:23 Jezebel H348 LORD H3068 spoke H1696 (H8765) saying H559 (H8800) dogs H3611 eat H398 ...
JEZEBEL ARRANGES NABOTH'S DEATH IN ORDER TO OBTAIN HIS VINEYARD FOR AHAB WHO IS THEN SEVERELY REBUKED BY ELIJAH (1 KINGS 21:1). The story of Naboth's Vineyard is introduced here in order to illustrate...
AHAB IS CONDEMNED BY ELIJAH FOR BOTH HIS PAST BEHAVIOUR AND FOR WHAT JEZEBEL HAS DONE AND REPENTS BEFORE YHWH (1 KINGS 21:1). We now come to what the account has been building up to, the condemnation...
CONTENTS: Ahab covets Naboth's vineyard. Elijah announces Ahab's doom. CHARACTERS: God, Elijah, Ahab, Naboth, Jezebel. CONCLUSIONS: One may covet and get what it is not God's will for them to have,...
1 Kings 21:3. _The Lord forbid it me, that I should give the inheritance of my fathers._ Moses forbids the sale of an inheritance. Leviticus 25:23. Naboth had sons, it is presumed, and the sale would...
1 KINGS—NOTE ON 1 KINGS 21:1 An apparently reinvigorated Elijah appears again in Jezreel to denounce another sin of Ahab and to foretell the destruction of Ahab’s family for all its sins....
1 KINGS—NOTE ON 1 KINGS 21:23 THE DOGS SHALL EAT... THE BIRDS OF THE HEAVENS SHALL EAT. Israelites considered it a terrible thing not to be given a proper burial ...
CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.— 1 Kings 21:19. HAST THOU KILLED, AND ALSO TAKEN POSSESSION?—Crime traced back to the true criminal, for he, even more than Jezebel, actuated the deed. God is “swift t...
EXPOSITION THE STORY OF NABOTH. THE DOOM OF AHAB'S HOUSE. HIS PENITENCE.— 1 KINGS 21:1 AND IT CAME TO PASS AFTER THESE THINGS [These words are omitted in th
Now it came to pass after these things, that there was a fellow by the name of Naboth who had a vineyard, down in the area of mount Gilboa (1 Kings 21:1). And it was an excellent vineyard and it was...
1 Kings 21:25; 2 Kings 9:10; 2 Kings 9:30...
By the wall — Or, in the portion, as it is explained 2 Kings 9:36....