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Verse 1 Kings 21:19. _IN THE PLACE WHERE DOGS LICKED, C._] It is in
vain to look for a _literal fulfillment_ of this prediction. Thus it
would have been fulfilled, but the humiliation of Ahab induced...
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HAST THOU KILLED, AND ALSO TAKEN POSSESSION? - These words rebuke
especially Ahab’s indecent haste. He went to Jezreel the very day
after Naboth’s execution 2 Kings 9:26.
The prophecy following had a...
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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
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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...
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HAST THOU. ? Figure of speech _Erotesis_.
KILLED. murdered....
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_Hast thou killed, and also taken possession?_ The guilt of all that
had been done is at once laid at Ahab's door. He had neither known nor
cared to know (as it seems) what Jezebel's plans were and on...
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THUS SAITH THE LORD, IN THE PLACE WHERE DOGS LICKED, &C.— Instead of
מקום _mekom, the place,_ some would render it, _the manner;_ and
so the sense of the passage will be, _"In the same manner as dogs...
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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...
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_AND THOU SHALT SPEAK UNTO HIM, SAYING, THUS SAITH THE LORD, HAST THOU
KILLED, AND ALSO TAKEN POSSESSION? AND THOU SHALT SPEAK UNTO HIM,
SAYING, THUS SAITH THE LORD, IN THE PLACE WHERE DOGS LICKED THE...
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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...
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IN THE PLACE, etc.] Naboth must have been executed just outside
Jezreel (1 Kings 21:13), but the fulfilment of the prediction
respecting Ahab took place at Samaria (1 Kings 22:38) on the other
hand, t...
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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...
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HAST THOU KILLED, AND ALSO TAKEN POSSESSION? — The stern, indignant
brevity of the accusation, at once shaming the subterfuge by which
Ahab shifts his guilt to Jezebel, and unmasking the real object o...
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וְ דִבַּרְתָּ֨ אֵלָ֜יו לֵ אמֹ֗ר כֹּ֚ה
אָמַ֣ר
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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,...
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BREAKING THREE COMMANDMENTS
1 Kings 21:1; 1 Kings 1:1; 1 Kings 2:1; 1 Kings 3:1;...
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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...
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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,...
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And thou shalt speak unto him, saying, Thus saith the LORD, (g) Hast
thou killed, and also taken possession? And thou shalt speak unto him,
saying, Thus saith the LORD, (h) In the place where dogs lic...
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Possession, by desire; though he was yet only on the road. (Menochius)
--- Perhaps he had sent his servants before. (Haydock) --- Place, not
precisely, as Achab was slain in Samaria. (Menochius) --- B...
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(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...
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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...
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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...
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AND THOU SHALT SPEAK UNTO HIM, SAYING, THUS SAITH THE LORD, HAST THOU
KILLED, AND ALSO TAKEN POSSESSION?.... Killed in order to possess, and
now taken possession upon the murder; some versions, as the...
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And thou shalt speak unto him, saying, Thus saith the LORD, Hast thou
killed, and also taken possession? And thou shalt speak unto him,
saying, Thus saith the LORD, In the place where dogs licked the...
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_Arise, go to meet Ahab, which is in Samaria_ That is, who reigns in
Samaria. _Behold, he is in the vineyard of Naboth_ Or, rather, he will
be there by the time thou comest thither. _And speak unto hi...
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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...
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And thou shalt speak unto him, saying, Thus saith the Lord, Hast thou
killed and also taken possession? The question was not put to cause a
confession of guilt, but to accuse the king outright of murd...
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The Prophecy of Ahab's Doom...
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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...
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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...
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HAST THOU KILLED, AND ALSO TAKEN POSSESSION? Thou hast murdered an
innocent and righteous man; and instead of repenting for it, thou hast
added another piece of injustice and violence to it, and art g...
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“ And you shall speak to him, saying, ‘Thus says YHWH, Have you
killed and also taken possession?' And you shall speak to him, saying,
‘Thus says YHWH. In the place where dogs licked the blood of Nabo...
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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...
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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...
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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,...
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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...
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_And the word of the Lord came to Elijah the Tishbite._
ELIJAH’S MISSION OF JUDGMENT
We bend our attention exclusively on the part played by Elijah amid
these terrible transactions.
I. He was called...
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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....
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1 KINGS—NOTE ON 1 KINGS 21:19 IN THE PLACE WHERE DOGS LICKED UP THE
BLOOD OF NABOTH SHALL DOGS LICK YOUR OWN BLOOD. Ahab died in battle
and was buried in Samaria (1 Kings 2
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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...
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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
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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...
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1 Kings 22:38; 2 Kings 9:25; 2 Kings 9:26; 2 Samuel 12:11; 2 Samue
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Saying — Thou hast murdered an innocent man; and instead of
repenting for it, hast added another piece of injustice and violence
to it, and art going confidently and chearfully to reap the fruit of
th...