1 Kings 21:20-25

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 1 Kings 21:17-29

In these verses we may observe, I. The very bad character that is given of Ahab (1 Kgs. 21:25, 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 resemble), yet God would not have punished him so severely if he had not been guilty of many other sins, especially idolatry; whereas David, except in that one matter, did that which... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 21:20

And Ahab said to Elijah, hast thou found me, O mine enemy ?.... So he reckoned him, because he dealt faithfully with him, and reproved him for his sins, and denounced the judgments of God upon him for them: and he answered, I have found thee ; as a thief, a robber and plunderer, in another's vineyard; he had found out his sin in murdering Naboth, and unjustly possessing his vineyard, which was revealed to him by the Lord; and now was come as his enemy, as he called him, as being against... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 21:21

Behold, I will bring evil upon thee ,.... Upon his own person, by cutting him off with a violent death, though his family was so numerous, having no less than seventy sons: and will cut off from Ahab him that pisseth against the wall, and him that is shut up and left Israel ; See Gill on 1 Kings 14:10 . read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 21:22

And will make thine house like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and like the house of Baasha the son of Ahijah ,.... Two of his predecessors, whose families were utterly destroyed, 1 Kings 15:29 , for the provocation wherewith thou hast provoked me to anger, and made Israel to sin : not only by his worship of the calves, but of the idols of the Zidonians, particularly Baal, and also of the Amorites, 1 Kings 21:26 . read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 21:23

And of Jezebel also spake the Lord ,.... To Elijah, and by him: saying, the dogs shall eat Jezebel by the wall of Jezreel or in the inheritance or portion of Jezreel, as the Targum; Jarchi interprets it, the valley of Jezreel; the fulfilment of this see in 2 Kings 9:30 . read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 21:24

Him that dieth of Ahab in the city the dogs shall eat, and him that dieth in the field the fowls of the air shall eat. That is, they shall have no burial, see 1 Kings 14:11 hitherto are the words of the Lord by Elijah; next follow the remarks of the historian. read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 21:25

But there was none like unto Ahab, which did sell himself to work wickedness in the sight of the Lord ,.... Not of any of his predecessors, even those whose families had been destroyed, as his would be, 1 Kings 21:21 . See Gill on 1 Kings 21:20 . whom Jezebel his wife stirred up ; to idolatry, revenge, and murder, and to whose will he was a slave, and is one instance of his being a captive to sin, and giving up himself to the power of it. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Kings 21:20

Thou hast sold thyself to work evil - See a similar form of speech, Romans 7:14 ; (note). Thou hast totally abandoned thyself to the service of sin. Satan is become thy absolute master, and thou his undivided slave. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Kings 21:23

The dogs shall eat Jezebel - This was most literally fulfilled; see 2 Kings 9:36 . The carcasses of poor Hindoos, and of persons who have received public punishment, are thrown into the rivers, and floating to the side, are devoured by dogs, vultures, and crows. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Kings 21:25

Did sell himself to work wickedness - He hired himself to the devil for this very purpose, that he might work wickedness. This was to be his employment, and at this he labored. In the sight of the Lord , whom Jezebel his wife stirred up - A good wife is from the Lord; a bad wife is from the devil: Jezebel was of this kind; and she has had many successors. read more

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