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The words “O mine enemy,” may refer partly to the old antagonism
(marginal reference; 1 Kings 17:1; 1 Kings 19:2); but the feeling
which it expresses is rather that of present oppositions - the
opposi...
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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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EVIL. the evil. Hebrew. _ra'a'_. App-44....
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_Hast thou found me, O mine enemy_ Ahab had not thought of a penalty
to overtake him, but the sight of Elijah makes him feel not penitent,
but indignant that the avenger of wrong is so soon at hand. T...
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DISCOURSE: 352
AHAB AND ELIJAH IN NABOTH’S VINEYARD
1 Kings 21:20. _And Ahab said to Elijah, Hast thou found me, O mine
enemy? And he answered, I have found thee._
THE office of a minister is doubtle...
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HAST THOU FOUND ME, O MINE ENEMY?— _Why art thou come to me, O mine
enemy? Elijah answered, I am therefore come unto thee, because thou
hast sold thyself,_ &c. The word _sold,_ which is used by St. Pa...
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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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_AND AHAB SAID TO ELIJAH, HAST THOU FOUND ME, O MINE ENEMY? AND HE
ANSWERED, I HAVE FOUND THEE: BECAUSE THOU HAST SOLD THYSELF TO WORK
EVIL IN THE SIGHT OF THE LORD._
Thou hast sold thyself to work e...
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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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HAST THOU FOUND ME, O MINE ENEMY? — The cry is partly of dismay,
partly of excuse. Ahab, having no word of defence to utter, endeavours
to attribute Elijah’s rebuke and condemnation to simple enmity,...
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וַ יֹּ֤אמֶר אַחְאָב֙ אֶל
־אֵ֣לִיָּ֔הוּ הַֽ מְ
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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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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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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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Thy enemy. Have I done thee any harm, whenever thou hast appeared
before me? Hebrew and Septuagint, "O my enemy." (Haydock) --- To find,
often means to attack or take by surprise. Art thou come thus,...
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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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_THE REBUKE OF SIN_
‘And Ahab said to Elijah, Hast thou found me, O mine enemy? And he
answered, I have found thee: because thou hast sold thyself to work
evil in the sight of the Lord.’
1 Kings 21:...
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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 AHAB SAID TO ELIJAH, HAST THOU FOUND ME, O MINE ENEMY?.... So he
reckoned him, because he dealt faithfully with him, and reproved him
for his sins, and denounced the judgments of God upon him for...
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_And Ahab said to Elijah, Hast thou found me, O mine enemy? And he
answered, I have found [thee]: because thou hast sold thyself to work
evil in the sight of the LORD._
Ver. 20. _Hast thou found me,...
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_Ahab said to Elijah_ Upon his delivery of the message last mentioned,
which it was needless to repeat. _Hast thou found me, O mine enemy?_
Dost thou pursue me from place to place? Wilt thou never let...
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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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And Ahab said to Elijah, Hast thou found me, O mine enemy? The
implication was that Elijah was always endeavoring to oppose the king
and to thwart his purposes. AND HE, with all the frank fearlessness...
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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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AHAB SAID TO ELIJAH; upon and after his delivery of the message last
mentioned, which it was needless to repeat. HAST THOU FOUND ME? Dost
thou pursue me from place to place? Wilt thou never let me res...
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1 Kings 21:20 Ahab H256 said H559 (H8799) Elijah H452 found H4672
(H8804) enemy H341 (H8802) answered...
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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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1 Kings 21:20
In this story there are three things to be noticed:
I. The cowardice of guilt. Ahab quailed before Elijah like a coward
and a slave. A guilty conscience can make a coward even of a kin...
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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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_Hast thou found me, O mine enemy?_
AHAB AND ELIJAH
The keynote of Elijah’s character is force--the force of
righteousness. The New Testament, you remember, talks about the
“power of Elias.” The outw...
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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...
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1 Kings 16:30; 1 Kings 18:17; 1 Kings 21:25; 1 Kings 22:8;...
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Hast thou found — Dost thou pursue me from place to place? Wilt thou
never let me rest? Art thou come after me hither with thy unwelcome
messages? Thou art always disturbing, threatening, and opposing...