1Ki 21:1 | Clarke | STEP | Ahab covets the vineyard of Naboth, and wishes to have it either by purchase or exchange, , . Naboth refuses to alienate it on any account, because it was his inheritance from his fathers, . Ahab becomes disconsolate, takes to his bed, and refuses to eat, . Jezebel, finding out the cause, promises to give him the vineyard, . She writes to the nobles of Jezreel to proclaim a fast, to accuse Naboth of blasphemy, carry him out, and stone him to death; which is accordingly done, . She then tells Ahab to go and take possession of the vineyard; he goes, and is met by Elijah, who denounces on him the heaviest judgments, . Ahab's abominable character, , . He humbles himself; and God promises not to bring the threatened public calamities in his days, but in the days of his son, . Verse 1 After these things - This and the twentieth chapter are transposed in the Septuagint; this preceding the account of the Syrian war with Ben-hadad. Josephus gives the history in the same order.

‏ 1 Kings 21:1

Introduction

Ahab covets the vineyard of Naboth, and wishes to have it either by purchase or exchange, 1Kgs 21:1, 1Kgs 21:2. Naboth refuses to alienate it on any account, because it was his inheritance from his fathers, 1Kgs 21:3. Ahab becomes disconsolate, takes to his bed, and refuses to eat, 1Kgs 21:4. Jezebel, finding out the cause, promises to give him the vineyard, 1Kgs 21:5-7. She writes to the nobles of Jezreel to proclaim a fast, to accuse Naboth of blasphemy, carry him out, and stone him to death; which is accordingly done, 1Kgs 21:8-14. She then tells Ahab to go and take possession of the vineyard; he goes, and is met by Elijah, who denounces on him the heaviest judgments, 1Kgs 21:15-24. Ahab's abominable character, 1Kgs 21:25, 1Kgs 21:26. He humbles himself; and God promises not to bring the threatened public calamities in his days, but in the days of his son, 1Kgs 21:27-29.

Verse 1

After these things - This and the twentieth chapter are transposed in the Septuagint; this preceding the account of the Syrian war with Ben-hadad. Josephus gives the history in the same order.