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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....
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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...
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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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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....
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_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...
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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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_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...
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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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UNTO THE ELDERS.. NOBLES] The administration of justice rested with
the chief men of each locality: cp. Deuteronomy 19:12; Deuteronomy
21:2....
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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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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...
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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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_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...
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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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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...
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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...
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_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...
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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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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...
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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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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....
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1 Kings 21:8 wrote H3789 (H8799) letters H5612 Ahabs H256 name H8034
sealed H2856 (H8799) seal H2368 sent...
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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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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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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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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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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
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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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1 Kings 21:1; 2 Chronicles 32:17; 2 Kings 10:11; 2 Kings 10:1;...