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1 Kings 21:18 KJV
1 Kings · chapter 21 · verse 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 down to possess it.1 Kings 21:18 · King James Version
1 Kings 21:18 in context
16And it came to pass, when Ahab heard that Naboth was dead, that Ahab rose up to go down to the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite, to take possession of it.
17And the word of the LORD came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying,
18Arise, go down to meet Ahab king of Israel, which is in Samaria: behold, he is in the vineyard of Naboth, whither he is gone down to possess it.
19And thou shalt speak unto him, saying, Thus saith the LORD, Hast thou killed, and also taken possession? And thou shalt speak unto him, saying, Thus saith the LORD, In the place where dogs licked the blood of Naboth shall dogs lick thy blood, even thine.
20And Ahab said to Elijah, Hast thou found me, O mine enemy? And he answered, I have found thee: because thou hast sold thyself to work evil in the sight of the LORD.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- vineyardkerema garden or vineyardH3754 →
- SamariaShômᵉrôwnShomeron, a place in PalestineH8111 →
- possessyârashto occupyH3423 →
- IsraelYisrâʼêlJisrael, a symbolical name of JacobH3478 →
- NabothNâbôwthNaboth, an IsraeliteH5022 →
- Ariseqûwmto riseH6965 →
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In these verses we may observe, I. The very bad character that is given of Ahab (Kg1 21:25, Kg1 21:26), which comes in here to justify God in the heavy sentence passed upon him, and to show that though it was passed upon occasion of his sin in the matter of Naboth (which David's sin in the matter of Uriah did too much…
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 17-29