Bible Commentaries

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

the inheritance of my fathers. Naboth respected the Law of God (Leviticus 25:23. Numbers 36:7, Numbers 36:8).

Dost. ? Figure of speech Erotesis. App-6.

sealed. with his seal. Figure of speech Polyptoton. App-6, Sealing was done by rubbing ink on the seal, moistening the paper, and pressing the seal thereon.

on high: i.e. in a conspicuous place; or, perhaps, before the bar of justice.

two. Compare Deuteronomy 17:6.

sons of Belial. Compare Deuteronomy 13:13. 1 Samuel 1:16; 1 Samuel 2:12, &c.

blaspheme. The current Hebrew text reads "bless". In spite of this the Authorized Version and Revised Version render it "blaspheme". It is one of the emendations of the Sopherim (App-18), and is correctly rendered "blaspheme", but should have had a marginal note of explanation.

as = according as.

stoned him. One of the nine cases of stoning. See note on Leviticus 24:14.

Arise. This form of the imperative is only found in connection with Jehovah, and always with reference to the promised land. And the lengthened form is found only in Moses" mouth in Numbers 10:35.

Hast thou. ? Figure of speech Erotesis.

killed = murdered.

evil = the evil. Hebrew. ra"a". App-44.

him that, &c. = every male. Compare 1 Kings 14:10.

shut up and left. See note on 1 Kings 14:10.

Jeroboam. Compare 1 Kings 16:3.

made Israel to sin. See note on 1 Kings 12:30.

by the wall. The word behel is thought by Ginsburg to be an abbreviation for bthelek = "in the portion of", as in 2 Kings 9:10, 2 Kings 9:36 : i.e. within the rampart.

Jezreel. Not Samaria the capital, but Jezreel where Naboth had been murdered.

The Structure (p. 485) places the member, verses: 1 Kings 21:25-26, as within a parenthesis.

none like unto Ahab. Out of twenty bad kings Ahab was the worst. Compare 1 Kings 16:30, 1 Kings 16:33.

idols = filthy idols. Compare Leviticus 26:30.

rent his clothes. His repentance was outward, not real.

went softly: i.e. humbly.

not bring. So the judgment on Solomon was postponed (1 Kings 11:12) for his father's sake.