the blood of Naboth, and the blood of his sons It appears from this that Jezebel in order that she might put all claimants out of the way, had caused the family of Naboth to be killed as well as himself. So Ahab's son pays the penalty of his father's wrongdoing, and both father and son are brought at death into the field which they had gained with so much crime, and as Elijah had foretold, dogs lick the blood of both.

saith the Lord The phrase is not the usual Hebrew, but a more solemn form of expression, used in the prophets and especially in Jeremiah. Cf. Jeremiah 1:8; Jeremiah 1:15; Jeremiah 1:19, &c.

I will requite thee in this plat Jehu gives the sense but not the words of 1 Kings 21:19.

takeand cast him i.e. Lift his dead body out of the chariot and carry it and throw it forth into the ground which was taken from Naboth.

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