Genesis 34:13-17; Isaiah 58:4; John 18:28; Luke 20:47; Matthew 2:8; Matthew 23:14
The object of this fast was at once to raise a prejudice against Naboth, who was assumed by the elders to have disgraced the town; and at the same...
And she wrote in the letters, saying, Proclaim a (d) fast, and set Naboth on high among the people: (d) For then they used to enquire of men's fault...
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 desc...
on high: i.e. in. conspicuous place; or, perhaps, before the bar of justice.
And she wrote in the letters, saying, Proclaim a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people: Proclaim a fast - Intimate that there is some great c...
Proclaim a fast— It was always usual; upon the approach of any great calamity, or the apprehension of any national judgment, to proclaim a fast....
And she wrote in the letters, saying, Proclaim a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people: Proclaim a fast ... These obsequious and unpr...
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...
Proclaim a fast ] perhaps intended as a public act of humiliation for Naboth's alleged crime (cp. 1 Samuel 7:6 ), but in any case calculated to dra...
Proclaim a fast. — This might be only to cover all that was to be so foully done with a cloak of religious observance, or, perhaps more probably, t...
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 w...
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...
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 wi...
(8) So she wrote letters in Ahab's name, and sealed them with his seal, and sent the letters unto the elders and to the nobles that were in his city,...
And she wrote in the letters, saying, proclaim a fast ,.... Pretending fears of some dreadful calamity coming upon the nation, and therefore fasting...
And she wrote in the letters, saying, Proclaim a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people: Ver. 9. Proclaim a fast. ] On fast days they were...
She wrote in the letters, saying, Proclaim a fast As if there had been some grievous crime committed, or some great calamity had befallen them, whi...
THE COLD-BLOODED MURDER OF NABOTH (vs.1-16) When one adopts a sullen, sulking character, it is likely to develop more seriously. Ahab illustrate...
Naboth Murdered by Jezebel. B. C. 899. ...
Proclaim a fast, to remove all suspicion of hatred or evil design in Ahab, and to beget a good opinion of him amongst his people, as if his afflict...
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...
Jezebel Arranges Naboth's Death In Order To Obtain His Vineyard For Ahab Who Is Then Severely Rebuked By Elijah ( 1 Kings 21:1-28 ). The story of...
Jezebel Arranges For The Death Of Naboth By A False Accusation ( 1 Kings 21:8-15 ). The second step in the downward spiral was when Ahab abnegated...
AHAB AND THE VINEYARD OF NABOTH CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES .— 1 Kings 21:1 . Naboth the Jezreelite — Naboth’ נָבוֹת, fruits , according to...
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...
Give me thy vineyard, that I may have it for a garden of herbs. Ahab’s garden of herbs Walking in the garden, what do we see? 1. Covetousnes...
EXPOSITION THE STORY OF NABOTH . THE DOOM OF AHAB 'S HOUSE . HIS PENITENCE .— 1 Kings 21:1 And it came to pass after th...
The Murder of Naboth
And she wrote in the letters, saying, Proclaim a fast, such as were customary in cases of a national calamity, and set Naboth on high among the peop...
A fast — To remove all suspicion of evil design in Ahab, and to beget a good opinion of him amongst his people, as if he were grown zealous for God...
9 And she wrote in the letters, saying, Proclaim a fast, and set Naboth on higha among the people: