Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
1 Kings 21:8
Verse 1 Kings 21:8. She wrote letters in Ahab's name] She counterfeited his authority by his own consent; and he lent his signet to stamp that authority.
Verse 1 Kings 21:8. She wrote letters in Ahab's name] She counterfeited his authority by his own consent; and he lent his signet to stamp that authority.
SEAL - The seal is a very ancient invention. Judah’s signet and Pharaoh’s signet-ring are mentioned in Genesis Genesis 38:18; Genesis 41:42. Signets of Egyptian kings have been found which are referre...
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...
SEALED. WITH HIS SEAL. Figure of speech _Polyptoton._ App-6, Sealing was done by rubbing ink on the seal, moistening the paper, and pressing the seal thereon....
_she wrote letters in Ahab's name_ She was the real ruler, he only king in name. The letters would be prepared for her by the royal secretaries. Jezebel's part was to take the signet ring of her husba...
B. THE CONSPIRACY AGAINST NABOTH 21:8-16 TRANSLATION (8) So she wrote letters in the name of Ahab, and sealed them with his seal, and sent the letters unto the elders and unto the nobles which were i...
_SO SHE WROTE LETTERS IN AHAB'S NAME, AND SEALED THEM WITH HIS SEAL, AND SENT THE LETTERS UNTO THE ELDERS AND TO THE NOBLES THAT WERE IN HIS CITY, DWELLING WITH NABOTH._ So she wrote letters ... and...
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...
UNTO THE ELDERS.. NOBLES] The administration of justice rested with the chief men of each locality: cp. Deuteronomy 19:12; Deuteronomy 21:2....
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...
SEALED THEM WITH HIS SEAL — with the name, or token, of the king, engraved on stone, and impressed (see Job 38:14) on a lump of clay attached to the letter. The sealing (as the modern sense of “signat...
וַ תִּכְתֹּ֤ב סְפָרִים֙ בְּ שֵׁ֣ם אַחְאָ֔ב וַ
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,...
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,...
_Chief men. Hebrew chorim, "those in white," the usual colour of magistrates and noblemen, Ecclesiastes ix. 8., and Daniel vii. 9. The angels generally appear arrayed in white. Among the Egyptians and...
(8) So she wrote letters in Ahab's name, and sealed them with his seal, and sent the letters unto the elders and to the nobles that were in his city, dwelling with Naboth. (9) And she wrote in the let...
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...
SO SHE WROTE LETTERS IN AHAB'S NAME, AND SEALED THEM WITH HIS SEAL,.... He giving her leave, no doubt, to take his seal; though she might not communicate her scheme to him, lest he should object to it...
So she wrote letters in Ahab's name, and sealed [them] with his seal, and sent the letters unto the elders and to the nobles that [were] in his city, dwelling with Naboth. Ver. 8. So she wrote letter...
_She sent the letters unto the elders and nobles_ Whom she very well knew to be fit for her purpose; _that were in his city_ In Jezreel. Thus she seeks to destroy him with a pretence of justice, and w...
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...
So she, taking the matter in her own hands and assuming an authority which was not hers, WROTE LETTERS IN AHAB'S NAME, AND SEALED THEM WITH HIS SEAL, which she probably coolly took from him for her pu...
THE MURDER OF NABOTH...
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...
5-16 When, instead of a help meet, a man has an agent for Satan, in the form of an artful, unprincipled, yet beloved wife, fatal effects may be expected. Never were more wicked orders given by any pr...
Whom she very well knew to be fit for her purpose. IN HIS CITY, i.e. in Jezreel. So she seeks to destroy him with a pretence of justice, and with as little reflection upon Ahab as might be....
1 Kings 21:8 wrote H3789 (H8799) letters H5612 Ahabs H256 name H8034 sealed H2856 (H8799) seal H2368 sent...
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...
JEZEBEL ARRANGES FOR THE DEATH OF NABOTH BY A FALSE ACCUSATION (1 KINGS 21:8). The second step in the downward spiral was when Ahab abnegated his authority by allowing Jezebel to use his name and seal...
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...
_Give me thy vineyard, that I may have it for a garden of herbs._ AHAB’S GARDEN OF HERBS Walking in the garden, what do we see? 1. Covetousness. God’s brand is upon covetousness. Contentment is a Ch...
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 21:8 PROCLAIM A FAST. Jezebel’s plan to have Naboth executed on false charges requires the cooperation of ELDERS and LEADERS who don’t care about justice fo
AHAB AND THE VINEYARD OF NABOTH CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.— 1 Kings 21:1. NABOTH THE JEZREELITE—_Naboth’_ נָבוֹת, _fruits_, according to Gesenius; but _pre-eminence_, according to Fürst. He was...
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 21:1; 2 Chronicles 32:17; 2 Kings 10:11; 2 Kings 10:1;...