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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...
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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...
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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 confession ...
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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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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...
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_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...
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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 OF JEZEBEL ALSO SPAKE THE LORD, SAYING, THE DOGS SHALL EAT
JEZEBEL BY THE WALL OF JEZREEL._
No JFB commentary on these verses....
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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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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 li...
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(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...
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וְ גַ֨ם ־לְ אִיזֶ֔בֶל דִּבֶּ֥ר
יְהוָ֖ה לֵ אמֹ֑ר הַ כְּלָבִ֛ים
יֹאכְל֥וּ אֶת ־אִיזֶ֖בֶל בְּ...
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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; 1 Kings 4:1; 1
Kings 5:1; 1 Kings 6:1; 1 Kings 7:1; 1 Kings 8:1;...
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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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_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)_...
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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 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...
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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...
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_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...
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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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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...
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WALL:
Or, ditch...
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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 loved...
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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...
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1 Kings 21:23 Jezebel H348 LORD H3068 spoke H1696 (H8765) saying H559
(H8800) dogs H3611 eat H398 (H8799) Jezebel H348 wall H2426 Jezreel
H3157
Jezebel - 1 Kings 21:25; 2 Kings 9:10, 2 Kings
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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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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.
⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var i...
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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 the
Vat. LXX; which, as before remarked, tra...
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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 21:25; 2 Kings 9:10; 2 Kings 9:30...
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By the wall — Or, in the portion, as it is explained 2 Kings 9:36....