The Meaning of 1 Kings 21:18 Explained

1 Kings 21:18

KJV: Arise, go down to meet Ahab king of Israel, which is in Samaria: behold, he is in the vineyard of Naboth, whither he is gone down to possess it.

YLT: Rise, go down to meet Ahab king of Israel, who is in Samaria, -- lo, in the vineyard of Naboth, whither he hath gone down to possess it,

Darby: Arise, go down to meet Ahab king of Israel, who is in Samaria: behold, he is in the vineyard of Naboth, whither he is gone down to take possession of it.

ASV: Arise, go down to meet Ahab king of Israel, who dwelleth in Samaria: behold, he is in the vineyard of Naboth, whither he is gone down to take possession of it.

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What is the context of 1 Kings 21:18?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Arise, go down to meet Ahab king of Israel, which [is] in Samaria: behold, [he is] in the vineyard of Naboth, whither he is gone down to possess it.

What does 1 Kings 21:18 Mean?

Context Summary

1 Kings 21:17-29 - Humbled By The Prophet's Rebuke

Once before, when his presence had been urgently needed, Elijah had fled for his life. But there was no vacillation now. He dared face not only Ahab, but his two ruthless captains. He acted as an incarnate conscience. Ahab had perhaps solaced himself with the idea that he was not a murderer. How should he know what Jezebel had done with his seal! But the crime was not Jezebel's alone; it was his also. "Thus saith the Lord, Thou hast killed."

Though the king knew it not, Elijah was his best friend, while Jezebel was his direst foe. Sin distorts everything. Let us not be surprised if men hate us and count us their enemies when we charge them with their sins! "Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you"¦ and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely." Each of the woes which the prophet foretold came true. Ahab postponed their fulfillment for some three years by a partial repentance; but at the end of that time he went back to his evil ways, and every item was fulfilled. God is faithful. He bears witness to His witnesses. His mills grind slowly, but they grind to powder!

1 Kings 21:1-29 - Breaking Three Commandments

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

¹ Ahab being denied Naboth's vineyard, is grieved
⁵ Jezebel writing letters against Naboth, he is condemned of blasphemy
¹⁵ Ahab take possession of the vineyard
¹⁷ Elijah denounces judgments against Ahab and Jezebel
²⁵ Wicked Ahab repenting, God defers the judgment

What do the individual words in 1 Kings 21:18 mean?

Arise go down to meet Ahab king of Israel who [lives] in Samaria there [he is] in the vineyard of Naboth where he has gone down there to take possession of it

ק֣וּם רֵ֗ד לִקְרַ֛את אַחְאָ֥ב מֶֽלֶךְ־ יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל אֲשֶׁ֣ר בְּשֹׁמְר֑וֹן הִנֵּה֙ בְּכֶ֣רֶם נָב֔וֹת אֲשֶׁר־ יָ֥רַד שָׁ֖ם לְרִשְׁתּֽוֹ

ק֣וּם	Arise
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperative, masculine singular Root: קוּם Sense: to rise, arise, stand, rise up, stand up.
רֵ֗ד	go down
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperative, masculine singular Root: יָרַד Sense: to go down, descend, decline, march down, sink down.
לִקְרַ֛את	to meet
Parse: Preposition-l, Verb, Qal, Infinitive construct Root: קָרָא Sense: to encounter, befall, meet.
אַחְאָ֥ב	Ahab
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular Root: אַחְאָב Sense: king of Israel, son of Omri, husband of Jezebel.
מֶֽלֶךְ־	king
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct Root: מֶלֶךְ Sense: king.
יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל	of Israel
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular Root: יִשְׂרָאֵל Sense: the second name for Jacob given to him by God after his wrestling with the angel at Peniel.
אֲשֶׁ֣ר	who [lives]
Parse: Pronoun, relative Root: אֲשֶׁר Sense: (relative part.).
בְּשֹׁמְר֑וֹן	in Samaria
Parse: Preposition-b, Proper Noun, feminine singular Root: שֹׁמְרֹון Sense: the region of northern Palestine associated with the northern kingdom of the 0 tribes of Israel which split from the kingdom after the death of Solomon during the reign of his son Rehoboam and were ruled by Jeroboam.
הִנֵּה֙	there [he is]
Parse: Interjection Root: הִנֵּה Sense: behold, lo, see, if.
בְּכֶ֣רֶם	in the vineyard
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, masculine singular construct Root: כֶּרֶם Sense: vineyard.
נָב֔וֹת	of Naboth
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.
אֲשֶׁר־	where
Parse: Pronoun, relative Root: אֲשֶׁר Sense: (relative part.).
יָ֥רַד	he has gone down
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person masculine singular Root: יָרַד Sense: to go down, descend, decline, march down, sink down.
לְרִשְׁתּֽוֹ	to take possession of it
Parse: Preposition-l, Verb, Qal, Infinitive construct, third person masculine singular Root: יָרַשׁ Sense: to seize, dispossess, take possession off, inherit, disinherit, occupy, impoverish, be an heir.

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