And it came to pass after these things, [that] Naboth the Jezreelite had a vineyard, which [was] in Jezreel, hard by the palace of Ahab king of Samaria.
Ver. 1. And it came to pass after these things.] After the two victories over the Syrians; not before, as Josephus will have it.
Naboth the Jezreelite had a vineyard.] But better he had not, as it proved; for it took away the life of the owner thereof. Many a man's wealth is his undoing; as it befell the Templars, after whose possessions Philip king of France sorely longed, and wrought their extirpation.
Hard by the palace of Ahab.] And so in his eye: hence his covetousness - called by St John the lust of the eye 1Jn 2:16 - concerning which Ambrose hath written an excellent Treatise, well worth the reading of all rich men. Into this palace it is probable that wounded Joram was carried to be cured, 2Ki 8:29 and that through a window thereof Jezebel was cast down. 2Ki 9:30