And Naboth said to Ahab, The Lord forbid it me that I should give the inheritance of my fathers unto thee. The Lord had plainly commanded that the children of Israel were not to dispose of the property allotted to them, and even such lands as were sold on account of poverty reverted to the original owners in the year of jubilee, Numbers 36:1; Leviticus 25:10; Exodus 34:9. The only consideration in this case was the whim of the king; he had set his heart upon that garden and would be satisfied with nothing else.

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