1 Kings 21:1

Ahab Murders Naboth

21:1 After this the following episode took place. ¹  Naboth the Jezreelite owned a vineyard in Jezreel adjacent to the palace of King Ahab of Samaria. ² 

1 Kings 21:27

21:27 When Ahab heard these words, he tore his clothes, put on sackcloth, and fasted. He slept in sackcloth and walked around dejected.

1 Kings 13:11

13:11 Now there was an old prophet living in Bethel. ³  When his sons came home, they told their father ⁴  everything the prophet ⁵  had done in Bethel that day and all the words he had spoken to the king. ⁶ 

1 Kings 17:17

17:17 After this ⁷  the son of the woman who owned the house got sick. His illness was so severe he could no longer breathe.

1 Kings 18:36

18:36 When it was time for the evening offering, ⁸  Elijah the prophet approached the altar ⁹  and prayed: “O Lord God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, prove ¹⁰  today that you are God in Israel and that I am your servant and have done all these things at your command.

[21:1]  ¹ tn Heb “after these things.” The words “the following episode took place” are added for stylistic reasons.

[21:1]  ² sn King Ahab of Samaria. Samaria, as the capital of the northern kingdom, here stands for the nation of Israel.

[13:11]  ³ map For location see Map4 G4; Map5 C1; Map6 E3; Map7 D1; Map8 G3.

[13:11]  ⁴ tn Heb “and his son came and told him.” The MT has the singular here, but several other textual witnesses have the plural, which is more consistent with the second half of the verse and with vv. 12-13.

[13:11]  ⁵ tn Heb “the man of God.”

[13:11]  ⁶ tn Heb “all the actions which the man of God performed that day in Bethel, the words which he spoke to the king, and they told them to their father.”

[17:17]  ⁵ tn Heb “after these things.”

[18:36]  ⁷ tn Heb “at the offering up of the offering.”

[18:36]  ⁸ tn The words “the altar” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

[18:36]  ⁹ tn Heb “let it be known.”