1 Kings 21:1-29
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 Esdraelon.... [ Continue Reading ]
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 Esdraelon.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE INHERITANCE OF MY FATHERS] cp. Leviticus 25:23; Numbers 36:7; Numbers 36:8.... [ Continue Reading ]
UNTO THE ELDERS.. NOBLES] The administration of justice rested with the chief men of each locality: cp. Deuteronomy 19:12; Deuteronomy 21:2.... [ Continue Reading ]
PROCLAIM A FAST] perhaps intended as a public act of humiliation for Naboth's alleged crime (cp. 1 Samuel 7:6), but in any case calculated to draw the people together. SET NABOTH ON HIGH] perhaps equivalent to placing him at the bar of justice, but Josephus takes it to mean that he was given a posit... [ Continue Reading ]
SET TWO MEN] The testimony of two witnesses is required by the law in Deuteronomy 17:6. SONS OF BELIAL] RM 'sons of worthlessness': cp. Deuteronomy 13:13; 1 Samuel 2:12. BLASPHEME] RV 'curse': cp. Exodus 22:28; Leviticus 24:16; CARRY HIM OUT] Jezebel had no doubt that the evidence of the perjured wi... [ Continue Reading ]
TAKE POSSESSION] Presumably the property of one who was executed as a criminal passed to the crown.... [ Continue Reading ]
BEHOLD.. VINEYARD] The details of the meeting between the king and the prophet are given somewhat differently in 2 Kings 9:26.... [ Continue Reading ]
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, the dead body of Ahab's son Jehoram was actually cast 'into the portion of the field of Naboth': see... [ Continue Reading ]
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).... [ Continue Reading ]
AMORITES] here used for the heathen inhabitants of Canaan generally: see on Genesis 10:16; Joshua 24:18.... [ Continue Reading ]
WENT SOFTLY] i.e. went quietly, as one who was humbled and penitent.... [ Continue Reading ]
I WILL NOT BRING, etc.] The judgment incurred by Solomon had been postponed (1 Kings 11:12) for his father's sake. In Ahab's case the threatened penalty was mitigated in consideration of his repentance.... [ Continue Reading ]