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The prophet changes, without warning, from speaking in his own person
to speaking in the person of God. The transition is abrupt, probably
because the compiler follows his materials closely, compressi...
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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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HIM THAT, &C.. every male. Compare 1 Kings 14:10.
SHUT UP AND LEFT. See note on 1 Kings 14:10....
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_and will take away thy posterity_ R.V. AND WILL UTTERLY SWEEP THEE
AWAY. See above on 1 Kings 14:10, where this verse occurs in
substance.
_and left in Israel_ R.V. AND HIM THAT IS LEFT AT LARGE. The...
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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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_BEHOLD, I WILL BRING EVIL UPON THEE, AND WILL TAKE AWAY THY
POSTERITY, AND WILL CUT OFF FROM AHAB HIM THAT PISSETH AGAINST THE
WALL, AND HIM THAT IS SHUT UP AND LEFT IN ISRAEL,_
No JFB commentary on...
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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 l...
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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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הִנְנִ֨י _מֵבִ֤יא_† אֵלֶ֨יךָ֙ רָעָ֔ה
וּ בִעַרְתִּ֖י אַחֲרֶ֑יךָ
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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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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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BREAKING THREE COMMANDMENTS
1 Kings 21:1; 1 Kings 1:1; 1 Kings 2:1; 1 Kings 3:1;...
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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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_Wall. See 1 Kings xxv. 22. --- Israel, chap. xiv. 10. (Menochius)_...
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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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BEHOLD, I WILL BRING EVIL UPON THEE,.... Upon his own person, by
cutting him off with a violent death, though his family was so
numerous, having no less than seventy sons:
AND WILL CUT OFF FROM AHAB...
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Behold, I will bring evil upon thee, and will take away thy posterity,
and will cut off from Ahab him that pisseth against the wall, and him
that is shut up and left in Israel,
Ver. 21. _Behold, I wi...
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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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Behold, I will bring evil upon thee, and will take away thy posterity,
the sentence of doom upon the families of apostate kings, AND WILL CUT
OFF FROM AHAB HIM THAT PISSETH AGAINST THE WALL, AND HIM T...
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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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SEE POOLE ON "1 KINGS 14:10...
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1 Kings 21:21 bring H935 (H8688) calamity H7451 away H1197 (H8765)
posterity H310 off H3772 (H8689) Ahab...
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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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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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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...