1 Kings 21
1 Ahab being denied Naboth's vineyard, is grieved.
5 Jezebel writing letters against Naboth, he is condemned of blasphemy.
15 Ahab take possession of the vineyard.
17 Elijah denounces judgments against Ahab and Jezebel.
25 Wicked Ahab repenting, God defers the judgment.
After <0310> [A.M. 3105. B.C. 899. after.]
Jezreel <03157> [Jezreel.]
Give .... vineyard ..................... give ...... vineyard ........... pay <05414 03754> [Give me.]
The request of Ahab, at first view, appears fair and honourable. But, as he most evidentially wished Naboth to alienate it finally, which was expressly forbidden and provided against in the law of God, (Le 25:14-28,) it was high iniquity in Ahab to tempt him to do it, and to covet it showed the depravity of his soul.
vegetable garden <03419 01588> [a garden of herbs.]
better ......... prefer <05869 02896> [seem good to thee. Heb. be good in thine eyes.]
Lord <03068> [The Lord.]
sell <05414> [I should give.]
bitter <05620> [heavy.]
sell <05414> [I will not.]
lay down <07901> [And he laid him.]
Jezebel <0348> [Jezebel.]
attitude <07307> [Why is thy spirit.]
answered ...... talking <01696> [Because.]
Sell ............. give .............. sell <05414> [I will not give.]
<06213> [Dost thou now.]
will .... vineyard <05414 03754> [I will give thee.]
wrote <03789> [she wrote.]
leaders <02205> [the elders.]
nobles <02715> [the nobles.]
Observe ..... fasting <07121 06685> [Proclaim a fast.]
front .... people <07218 05971> [on high among. Heb. in the top of.]
villains <01121 01100> [sons of Belial.]
cursed <01288> [Thou didst blaspheme.]
Some, with Parkhurst, would render the original, {bairachta elohim wamailech,} "Thou hast blessed the gods and Molech;" a sense, however, which seems extremely forced, and is not acknowledged by any of the ancient versions, though the LXX. and Vulgate render {bairachta} by [eulogese,] {benedixit,} "blessed." It is no unusual thing for a word to have opposite senses.
Jezebel <06213 0348> [did as Jezebel.]
villains ......... villains <0582 01100> [the men of Belial.]
cursed God <0430 01288> [blaspheme God.]
king <04428> [the king.]
dragged <03318> [they carried him.]
Naboth .... stoned <05022 05619> [Naboth is stoned.]
Get <06965> [Arise.]
Ahab ....... he got up <06965 0256> [Ahab rose up.]
Samaria <08111> [which is in Samaria.]
committed murder <07523> [Hast thou killed.]
spot <04725> [In the place.]
This punishment, on Ahab's humiliation and repentance, was transferred from him to his son Jehoram, (ver. 29,) in whom it was literally accomplished: see the parallel texts.
found .... enemy ...... found <04672 0341> [Hast thou found me.]
committed <04376> [thou hast sold.]
doing <06213> [to work.]
bring <0935> [Behold.]
male <08366> [him that pisseth.]
weak <06113> [him that is shut up.]
make ... dynasty <05414 01004> [make thine.]
Israel sin <02398 03478> [made Israel to sin.]
Jezebel ..... Jezebel <0348> [Jezebel.]
Dogs <03611> [the dogs.]
Shocking as this must appear to minds that have been humanized by the kindly influence of Christianity, we still find similar instances in the accounts of modern travellers. Mr. Bruce says, that when at Gondar, "the bodies of those killed by the sword were hewn to pieces and scattered about the streets, being denied burial. I was miserable, and almost driven to despair, at seeing my hunting dogs, twice let loose by the carelessness of my servants, bringing into the court-yard the heads and arms of slaughtered men, and which I could no way prevent, but by the destruction of the dogs themselves."
<02426> [wall. or, ditch.]
ones ... die <04191> [that dieth.]
Ahab <0256> [But there.]
firmly committed ... doing <04376 06213> [sell himself.]
Jezebel <0348> [whom Jezebel.]
urged <05496> [stirred up. or, incited.]
was ... wicked ... worshiped ... disgusting <08581 03966> [very abominably.]
<06213> [according to.]
tore <07167> [he rent.]
sackcloth ..... slept ... sackcloth <08242 07901> [lay in sackcloth.]
walked ... dejected <0328 01980> [went softly.]
Have ... noticed ... Ahab <07200 0256> [Seest thou.]
Ahab <0256> [Ahab.]
bring <0935> [I will not.]
disaster on .... during ... lifetime <07451 03117> [the evil in.]
on .... during ... lifetime ........ son <03117 01121> [in his son's days.]
