1 Kings 21:1-2 KJV

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Kings 21:2

And Ahab spake unto Naboth, saying, Give me thy vineyard [The prediction of Samuel ( 1 Samuel 8:14 ) is being realized], that I may have it for a garden of herbs [as in Deuteronomy 11:10 ; Romans 15:17 ], because it is near unto [Heb. beside ] my house: and I will give thee for it a better vineyard than it: or [Heb. omits or ] , if it seem good to thee [Heb. if good in thine eyes ] , I will give thee the worth of it in money. [Heb. I will give to thee silver... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 1 Kings 21:1

A vineyard ... in Jezreel - The name Jezreel is applied in Scripture, not merely to the town 1 Kings 18:46, but also to the valley or plain which lies below it, between Mount Gilboa and Little Hermon (2Sa 2:9; 2 Kings 9:10; Hosea 1:5; etc.).The palace of Ahab at Jezreel was on the eastern side of the city, looking toward the Jordan down the valley above described. It abutted on the town wall 2 Kings 9:30-31. Immediately below it was a dry moat. Beyond, in the valley, either adjoining the moat,... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 1 Kings 21:2

I will give thee the worth of it in money - literally, “I will give thee silver, the worth of it.” Money, in our sense of the word, that is to say, coins of definite values, did not yet exist. The first coin known to the Jews was the Persian daric, with which they became acquainted during the captivity. (1 Chronicles 29:7 note). read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 1 Kings 21:1-3

1 Kings 21:1-3. Which was in Jezreel Where one of Ahab’s palaces was, as the other was in Samaria. That I may have it for a garden of herbs For a flower-garden, as some understand it. Ahab made a fair proposal for it, but the law was against Naboth’s alienating his vineyard from his family and tribe. The Lord forbid it me, &c. For God had expressly, and for divers weighty reasons, forbidden the alienation of lands from the tribes and families to which they were allotted. And... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 21:1-29

Naboth’s vineyard (21:1-29)The events so far recorded of Ahab show that his religious, military and trade policies were all contrary to God’s will. The story of his seizure of Naboth’s vineyard shows that he was equally ungodly in the matter of common justice. Ahab at first made an honest offer to buy Naboth’s vineyard. Naboth refused, as land inherited from ancestors was an Israelite’s most valued possession (21:1-4). Jezebel therefore arranged to have Naboth falsely accused and executed.... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 1 Kings 21:2

Give me. Compare 1 Samuel 8:14 , of which this is a fulfilment. read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - 1 Kings 21:1

AHAB'S ROBBERY AND JUDICIAL MURDER OF NABOTH;AHAB'S OFFER TO BUY; AND NABOTH'S REFUSAL TO SELL"Now it came to pass after these things, that Naboth the Jezreelite had a vineyard, which was in Jezreel, hard by the place of Ahab king of Samaria. And Ahab spake unto Naboth, saying, Give me thy vineyard, that I may have it for a garden of herbs, because it is near unto my house; and I will give thee for it a better vineyard than it: or, if it seem good to thee, I will give thee the worth of it in... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - 1 Kings 21:2

1 Kings 21:2. Ahab spake unto Naboth, &c.— The account of Ahab's coveting Naboth's vineyard is immediately set after his treatment of Ben-hadad, to shew his extreme great wickedness in sparing him, as Saul did Agag king of the Amalekites, and killing Naboth that he might get possession of his vineyard; for this was a high aggravation of his crime, that he basely murdered a just Israelite, and suffered an impious enemy to escape. It appears however, from this request of Ahab, that, though... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - 1 Kings 21:1

1-3. Naboth the Jezreelite had a vineyard, which was in Jezreel—Ahab was desirous, from its contiguity to the palace, to possess it for a vegetable garden. He proposed to Naboth to give him a better in exchange, or to obtain it by purchase; but the owner declined to part with it. In persisting in his refusal, Naboth was not actuated by any feelings of disloyalty or disrespect to the king, but solely from a conscientious regard to the divine law, which, for important reasons, had prohibited the... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 1 Kings 21:1-16

Ahab’s disregard for Yahweh’s authority 21:1-16Even though Jezebel was behind the murder of Naboth, God held her husband Ahab responsible (1 Kings 21:19). Jezebel’s evil influence over her husband stands out in this story. [Note: Alexander Rofe, "The Vineyard of Naboth: The Origin and Message of the Story," Vetus Testamentum 38:1 (January 1988):102.] Ahab was willing to murder a godly Israelite to obtain a mere vegetable garden."A vineyard, like an olive-orchard, is not just land that may have... read more