1 Kings 21:26 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And he did very abominably in following idols, according to all things as did the Amorites, whom the LORD cast out before the children of Israel. ”

• 1 Kings 21:26 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  The Amorites appear here as representatives of the old Canaanite nations ( Genesis 15:16 note). It seems to be implied here that their idolatries were in the main identical with those of the Phoen...

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• 1 Kings 21:26 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  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,...

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• 1 Kings 21:26 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  idols . filthy idols. Compare Leviticus 26:30 .

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• 1 Kings 21:26 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  And he did very abominably in following idols, according to all things as did the Amorites, whom the LORD cast out before the children of Israel.

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• 1 Kings 21:26 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  And of Jezebel also spake the LORD, saying, The dogs shall eat Jezebel by the wall of Jezreel. No JFB commentary on these verses.

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• 1 Kings 21:26 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  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...

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• 1 Kings 21:26 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  As did the Amorites. — The reference is probably not only to the idolatry and worship of false gods, but to the nameless abominations always connected with such worship.

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• 1 Kings 21:26 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  NABOTH'S VINEYARD 1 Kings 21:1-29 "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,...

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• 1 Kings 21:26 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  Breaking Three Commandments 1 Kings 21:1-29 ; 1 Kings 1:1-53 ; 1 Kings 2:1-46 ; 1 Kings 3:1-28 ; 1 Kings 4:1-34 ; 1 Kings 5:1-18 ; 1 Kings 6:1-38 ; 1 Kings 7:1-51 ; 1 Kings 8:1-66 ; 1 Ki...

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• 1 Kings 21:26 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  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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• 1 Kings 21:26 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  (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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• 1 Kings 21:26 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  And he did very abominably in following idols ,.... Which were abominable to the Lord; "dunghill gods", as the Tigurine version: according to all things as did the Amorites, whom the Lord cast out...

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• 1 Kings 21:26 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  And he did very abominably in following idols, according to all [things] as did the Amorites, whom the LORD cast out before the children of Israel. Ver. 26. And he did very abominably. ] All idola...

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• 1 Kings 21:26 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  There was none like unto Ahab Among all the kings of Israel who had been before him. Whom Jezebel his wife stirred up This is added to show that temptations to sin are no excuse to the sinner. H...

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• 1 Kings 21:26 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

  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....

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• 1 Kings 21:26 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  Ahab's Doom Foretold. B. C. 899.       17 And the word of the L ORD came to Elijah the Tish...

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• 1 Kings 21:26 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  The Amorites, i.e. the seven nations of Canaan, all called by this name, as Genesis 15:16 , Genesis 48:22 Amos 2:9,10 .

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• 1 Kings 21:26 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  Ahab Is Condemned By Elijah For Both His Past Behaviour And For What Jezebel Has Done And Repents Before YHWH ( 1 Kings 21:1-26 ). We now come to what the account has been building up to, the cond...

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• 1 Kings 21:26 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  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 “...

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• 1 Kings 21:26 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  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 w...

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• 1 Kings 21:26 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  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 the Vat....

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• 1 Kings 21:26 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  The Prophecy of Ahab's Doom

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• 1 Kings 21:26 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  1 Peter 4:3 ; 2 Chronicles 15:8 ; 2 Chronicles 33:2 ; 2 Chronicles 33:9 ; 2 Chronicles 36:14 ; 2 Kings 16:3 ; 2 Kings 21:11 ; 2 Kings 21:2 ; Deuteronomy 12:31 ; Ezekiel 16:47 ; Ezekiel 18:...

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