From a worldly point of view Naboth might have done a good stroke of business by selling his estate to. Ahab. A royal price and assured favor might have been his-but he had a conscience! Above the persuasive tones of the monarch's offer sounded the voice of God: "The land shall not be sold for ever, for the land is mine." See Leviticus 25:23; Numbers 36:7; Ezekiel 46:18.
Ahab knew perfectly well that Jezebel could not give him the property of another except by foul means, but he took pains not to inquire. Though the direct orders for Naboth's death did not come from him, yet, by his silence, he was an accomplice and an accessory; and divine justice penetrates all such specious excuses. God holds us responsible for wrongs which we do not arrest, though we have the power. The crime was blacker because of the pretext of religion, as suggested by a fast. See also 2 Kings 9:26. The blood of murdered innocence cries to God, and his requital, though delayed, is inevitable. See Revelation 6:9-10. [source]
Chapter Summary: 1 Kings 21
1Ahab being denied Naboth's vineyard, is grieved 5Jezebel writing letters against Naboth, he is condemned of blasphemy 15Ahab take possession of the vineyard 17Elijah denounces judgments against Ahab and Jezebel 25Wicked Ahab repenting, God defers the judgment
What do the individual words in 1 Kings 21:14 mean?
And they senttoJezebelsayinghas been stonedNabothand is dead
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: נָבֹות
Sense: the vineyard owner of Jezreel who Ahab and Jezebel had killed so that they could have his vineyard.