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Verse 1 Kings 21:13. _AND STONED HIM WITH STONES_] As they pretended
to find him guilty of treason against God and the king, it is likely
they destroyed the whole of his _family_; and then the king s...
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Naboth had sons who were also put to death at this time (marginal
reference). It is not improbable that they were stoned together with
their parent (compare Joshua 7:24). In the East, a parent’s guilt...
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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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STONED HIM. One of the nine cases of stoning. See note on Leviticus
24:14....
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_And there came in two men, children of Belial_ R.V. AND THE TWO MEN,
SONS OF BELIAL, CAME IN. The Hebrew noun is definite and the sense
requires that it should be indicated.
_witnessed_ R.V. BARE WI...
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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...
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_AND THERE CAME IN TWO MEN, CHILDREN OF BELIAL, AND SAT BEFORE HIM:
AND THE MEN OF BELIAL WITNESSED AGAINST HIM, EVEN AGAINST NABOTH, IN
THE PRESENCE OF THE PEOPLE, SAYING, NABOTH DID BLASPHEME GOD AN...
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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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CARRIED HIM FORTH — as usual, in order to avoid polluting the city
with blood — possibly to his own ground, the coveted vineyard
itself....
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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;...
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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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_Devil. Hebrew Belial, ver. 10. Protestants, "and the men of Belial
witnessed against him." --- City, as was requisite. (Calmet) ---
Stoned him, for blasphemy, Leviticus xxiv. 16., and 23._...
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(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...
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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 THERE CAME IN TWO MEN, CHILDREN OF BELIAL, AND SAT BEFORE HIM,....
Which position showed that they were his accusers, and had a charge
against him; it being usual for the accusers and accused to b...
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And there came in two men, children of Belial, and sat before him: and
the men of Belial witnessed against him, [even] against Naboth, in the
presence of the people, saying, Naboth did blaspheme God a...
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_They stoned him_ And, it seems, his sons too, either with him, or
after him; for God afterward says, (2 Kings 9:26,) _I have seen the
blood of Naboth, and the blood of his sons._ Let us commit the ke...
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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 MURDER OF NABOTH...
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And there came in two men, children of Belial, conscienceless
scoundrels, AND SAT BEFORE HIM, as his accusers; AND THE MEN OF BELIAL
WITNESSED AGAINST HIM, EVEN AGAINST NABOTH, IN THE PRESENCE OF THE...
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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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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...
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And his sons with him, as may be thought from 2 KINGS 9:26, that so
the king might have an undisturbed possession; for which they might
pretend those examples, NUMBERS 16:32 JOSHUA 7:24. But these wer...
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1 Kings 21:13 two H8147 men H582 scoundrels H1121 H1100 came H935
(H8799) sat H3427 (H8799) scoundrels...
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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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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...
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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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_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...
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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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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...
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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...
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2 Kings 9:26; Acts 24:5; Acts 6:11; Acts 7:57; Amos 7:10;...
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Stoned him — And it seems his sons too, either with him or after
him. For God afterward says, (2 Kings 9:26) I have seen the blood of
Naboth and the blood of his sons. Let us commit the keeping of our...