1 Kings 21:2
GIVE ME. Compare 1 Samuel 8:14, of which this is. fulfilment.... [ Continue Reading ]
GIVE ME. Compare 1 Samuel 8:14, of which this is. fulfilment.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE INHERITANCE OF MY FATHERS. Naboth respected the Law of God (Leviticus 25:23.Numbers 36:7; Numbers 36:8).... [ Continue Reading ]
DOST. ? Figure of speech _Erotesis._ App-6.... [ Continue Reading ]
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.... [ Continue Reading ]
ON HIGH: i.e. in. conspicuous place; or, perhaps, before the bar of justice.... [ Continue Reading ]
TWO. Compare Deuteronomy 17:6. SONS OF BELIAL. Compare Deuteronomy 13:13. 1Sa 1:16. 1 Samuel 2:12, &c. BLASPHEME. The current Hebrew text reads "bless". In spite of this the Authorized Version and Revised Version render it "blaspheme". It is one of the emendations of the _Sopherim_ (App-18), and i... [ Continue Reading ]
AS. according as.... [ Continue Reading ]
STONED HIM. One of the nine cases of stoning. See note on Leviticus 24:14.... [ Continue Reading ]
ARISE. This form of the imperative is only found in connection with Jehovah, and always with reference to the promised land. And the lengthened form is found only in Moses' mouth in Numbers 10:35.... [ Continue Reading ]
HAST THOU. ? Figure of speech _Erotesis_. KILLED. murdered.... [ Continue Reading ]
EVIL. the evil. Hebrew. _ra'a'_. App-44.... [ Continue Reading ]
HIM THAT, &C.. every male. Compare 1 Kings 14:10. SHUT UP AND LEFT. See note on 1 Kings 14:10.... [ Continue Reading ]
JEROBOAM. Compare 1 Kings 16:3. MADE ISRAEL TO SIN. See note on 1 Kings 12:30.... [ Continue Reading ]
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 capital, but Jezreel where Naboth had been murdered.... [ Continue Reading ]
The Structure (p. 485) places the member, verses: 1 Kings 21:25, as within. parenthesis. NONE LIKE UNTO AHAB. Out of twenty bad kings Ahab was the worst. Compare 1 Kings 16:30; 1 Kings 16:33.... [ Continue Reading ]
IDOLS. filthy idols. Compare Leviticus 26:30.... [ Continue Reading ]
RENT HIS CLOTHES. His repentance was outward, not real. WENT SOFTLY: i.e. humbly.... [ Continue Reading ]
NOT BRING. So the judgment on Solomon was postponed (1 Kings 11:12) for his father's sake.... [ Continue Reading ]