1 Kings 21:15

And it came to pass, when Jezebel heard that Naboth was stoned, and was dead, that Jezebel said to Ahab, Arise, take possession of the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite, which he refused to give thee for money: for Naboth is not alive, but dead.

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Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
Jezebel	אִיזֶ֔בֶל 'i.Ze.vel	H348	Izebel · proper noun, a woman's name
heard	כִּשְׁמֹ֣עַ kish.Mo.a'	H8085	to hear intelligently (often with implication of attent… · preposition + verb, qal infinitive construct
Naboth	נָב֖וֹת na.Vot	H5022	Naboth · proper noun, a man's name
stoned	סֻקַּ֥ל su.Kal	H5619	properly · verb, pual perfect, 3rd person masculine singular
dead	וַיָּמֹ֑ת vai.ya.Mot	H4191	to die (literally or figuratively) · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
Jezebel	אִיזֶ֜בֶל 'i.Ze.vel	H348	Izebel · proper noun, a woman's name
said	וַתֹּ֨אמֶר va.To.mer	H559	to say (used with great latitude) · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person feminine singular
Ahab	אַחְאָ֗ב 'ach.'Av	H256	Achab · proper noun, a man's name
Arise	ק֣וּם kum	H6965	to rise (in various applications · verb, qal imperative, 2nd person masculine singular
possession	רֵ֞שׁ resh	H3423	to occupy (by driving out previous tenants · verb, qal imperative, 2nd person masculine singular
vineyard	כֶּ֣רֶם Ke.rem	H3754	a garden or vineyard · noun, common masculine singular construct
Naboth	נָב֣וֹת na.Vot	H5022	Naboth · proper noun, a man's name
Jezreelite	הַיִּזְרְעֵאלִ֗י hai.yiz.re.'e.Li	H3158	a Jizreelite or native of Jizreel · definite article + noun, gentilic masculine singular absolute
refused	מֵאֵן֙ me.'En	H3985	to refuse · verb, piel perfect, 3rd person masculine singular
give	לָתֶת la.tet-	H5414	to give · preposition + verb, qal infinitive construct
money	בְכֶ֔סֶף ve.Khe.sef	H3701	silver (from its pale color) · preposition + noun, common masculine singular absolute
Naboth	נָב֛וֹת na.Vot	H5022	Naboth · proper noun, a man's name
alive	חַ֖י chai	H2416	alive · adjective, masculine singular absolute
dead	מֵֽת Met	H4191	to die (literally or figuratively) · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).

Cross-references

1 Kings 21:7 And Jezebel his wife said unto him, Dost thou now govern the kingdom of Israel? arise, and eat bread, and let thine heart be merry: I will g…
Proverbs 1:10-16 My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not.
Proverbs 4:17 For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 1 Kings 21:5-16

Nothing but mischief is to be expected when Jezebel enters into the story - that cursed woman, Kg2 9:34. I. Under pretence of comforting her afflicted husband, she feeds his pride and passion, and blows the coals of his corruptions. It became her to take notice of his grief and to enquire into the cause of it, Kg1 21:5. Those have forgotten both the duty and affection of the conjugal relation that interest not themselves in each other's troubles. He told her what troubled him (Kg1 21:6), yet invidiously concealed Naboth's reason for his refusal, representing it as peevish, when it was conscientious - I will not give it thee, whereas he said, I may not. What! says Jezebel (Kg1 21:7), Dost tho…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Kings 21:14

Jezebel said to Ahab, Arise, take possession--Naboth's execution having been announced, and his family being involved in the same fatal sentence (Kg2 9:26), his property became forfeited to the crown, not by law, but traditionary usage (see Sa2 16:4).

Adam Clarke on 1 Kings 21:15

Arise, take possession - By what rites or in what forms this was done, we do not know.

John Gill on 1 Kings 21:15

And it came to pass when Jezebel heard that Naboth was stoned, and was dead, that Jezebel said to Ahab,.... To whom she communicated the news as soon as possible: arise, take possession of the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite, which he refused to give thee for money, for Naboth is not alive, but dead; some think that Naboth was a near relation to Ahab, his father's brother's son (e); which they endeavour to support from his estate lying next to Ahab's, and from his being ordered to be set in an high place among the people; and Josephus, as before observed, says he was of illustrious descent; and so Ahab upon his death, his sons being also put to death with him, was next heir to his estate;…

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Dictionary and topics

Boaz — Alacrity. (1.) The husband of Ruth, a wealthy Bethlehemite. By the “levirate law” the duty devolved on him of marrying Ruth the Moabitess (Ruth 4:1-13). He was a kinsman of Mahlon, her first husband.…
Law of Moses — Is the whole body of the Mosaic legislation (1 Kings 2:3; 2 Kings 23:25; Ezra 3:2). It is called by way of eminence simply “the Law” (Heb. Torah, Deut. 1:5; 4:8, 44; 17:18, 19; 27:3, 8). As a written…
Stoning — A form of punishment (Lev. 20:2; 24:14; Deut. 13:10; 17:5; 22:21) prescribed for certain offences. Of Achan (Josh. 7:25), Naboth (1 Kings 21), Stephen (Acts 7:59), Paul (Acts 14:19; 2 Cor. 11:25).
Confiscation · By Ahab, of Naboth’s vineyard — By Ahab, of Naboth’s vineyard
Indictments · .Naboth on the charge of blasphemy — .Naboth on the charge of blasphemy
Injustice · Exemplified: Ahab — Exemplified: Ahab
Jezebel · Wickedly accomplishes the — Wickedly accomplishes the
Money · Silver used as — Silver used as
Naboth · of Jezebel — of Jezebel
Property · .Confis — .Confis
Usurpation · .In or — .In or

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

1 Kings 21:15

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Matthew Henry on 1 Kings 21:5-16

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Kings 21:14

Adam Clarke on 1 Kings 21:15

John Gill on 1 Kings 21:15

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1 Kings 21:15

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 1 Kings 21:5-16

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Kings 21:14

Adam Clarke on 1 Kings 21:15

John Gill on 1 Kings 21:15

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on 1 Kings 21:1-15

Tyndale Open Study Notes on 1 Kings 21:13-14

Rashi on 1 Kings 21:15