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Hebrew Names Version

1 Kings 21:1

It happened after these things, that Navot the Yizre`eli had a vineyard, which was in Yizre`el, hard by the palace of Ach'av king of Shomron.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Grape;   Indictments;   Jezreel;   King;   Naboth;   Palace;   Women;   Thompson Chain Reference - Naboth;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Samaria, Ancient;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Jezebel;   Jezreel;   Naboth;   Vine;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Ahab;   Jezebel;   Jezreel;   King;   Steal;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Jezreel;   Naboth;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Jezreel (1);   Naboth;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Ahab;   Jezebel;   Jezreel;   Kings, 1 and 2;   Naboth;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Ahab;   Government;   Jezebel;   Jezreel;   Justice;   King;   Naboth;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Jezreel ;   Jezreelite, Jezreelitess ;   Naboth ;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Naboth;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Elijah;   Jezebel;   Jezreel;   Naboth;   Samaria;   Smith Bible Dictionary - A'hab;   Jez're-El;   Na'both;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Babylonish Captivity, the;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Ahab;   Hard;   Jezebel;   Jezreel;   Jezreelite;   Judge;   Lappidoth;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Some time passed after these events. Naboth the Jezreelite had a vineyard; it was in Jezreel next to the palace of King Ahab of Samaria.
King James Version
And it came to pass after these things, that Naboth the Jezreelite had a vineyard, which was in Jezreel, hard by the palace of Ahab king of Samaria.
English Standard Version
Now Naboth the Jezreelite had a vineyard in Jezreel, beside the palace of Ahab king of Samaria.
New Century Version
After these things had happened, this is what followed. A man named Naboth owned a vineyard in Jezreel, near the palace of Ahab king of Israel.
New English Translation
After this the following episode took place. Naboth the Jezreelite owned a vineyard in Jezreel adjacent to the palace of King Ahab of Samaria.
Amplified Bible
Now it came about after these things that Naboth the Jezreelite had a vineyard in Jezreel, close beside the [winter] palace of Ahab king of Samaria;
New American Standard Bible
Now it came about after these things that Naboth the Jezreelite had a vineyard which was in Jezreel beside the palace of Ahab, the king of Samaria.
Geneva Bible (1587)
After these things Naboth the Izreelite had a vineyarde in Izreel, hard by the palace of Ahab King of Samaria.
Legacy Standard Bible
Now it happened after these things that Naboth the Jezreelite had a vineyard which was in Jezreel beside the palace of Ahab king of Samaria.
Contemporary English Version
Naboth owned a vineyard in Jezreel near King Ahab's palace.
Complete Jewish Bible
A while later, an incident occurred involving Navot the Yizre‘eli. He owned a vineyard in Yizre‘el, right next to the palace of Ach'av king of Shomron.
Darby Translation
And it came to pass after these things, [that] Naboth the Jizreelite had a vineyard, which was in Jizreel, by the side of the palace of Ahab king of Samaria.
Easy-to-Read Version
There was a vineyard near King Ahab's palace in Samaria. A man from Jezreel named Naboth owned it.
George Lamsa Translation
AND it came to pass after these things that Naboth the Jezreelite had a vineyard in Jezreel, beside the palace of Ahab king of Samaria.
Good News Translation
Near King Ahab's palace in Jezreel there was a vineyard owned by a man named Naboth.
Lexham English Bible
It happened after these things that Naboth the Jezreelite had a vineyard which was in Jezreel beside the palace of Ahab king of Samaria.
Literal Translation
And it happened after these things, Naboth the Jezreelite had a vineyard in Jezreel, near the palace of Ahab the king of Samaria.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
After these actes it fortuned, that Naboth the Iesraelite had a vyniarde at Iesreel besyde the palace of Achab kynge of Samaria.
American Standard Version
And it came to pass after these things, that Naboth the Jezreelite had a vineyard, which was in Jezreel, hard by the palace of Ahab king of Samaria.
Bible in Basic English
Now Naboth the Jezreelite had a vine-garden in Jezreel, near the house of Ahab, king of Samaria.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
After these thinges, it chaunced, that Naboth the Iezraelite had a vineyard in Iezrahel, hard by the palace of Ahab king of Samaria.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And it came to pass after these things, that Naboth the Jezreelite had a vineyard, which was in Jezreel, hard by the palace of Ahab, king of Samaria.
King James Version (1611)
And it came to passe after these things, that Naboth the Iezreelite had a vineyard, which was in Iezreel, hard by the palace of Ahab king of Samaria.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the son of Ader gathered all his forces, and went up and besieged Samaria, he and thirty-two kings with him, and all his horse and chariots: and they went up and besieged Samaria, and fought against it.
English Revised Version
And it came to pass after these things, that Naboth the Jezreelite had a vineyard, which was in Jezreel, hard by the palace of Ahab king of Samaria.
Berean Standard Bible
Some time later, Naboth the Jezreelite happened to own a vineyard in Jezreel next to the palace of Ahab king of Samaria.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Forsothe after these wordis, in that tyme, the vyner of Naboth of Jezrael, `that was in Jezrael, was bisidis the paleis of Achab, kyng of Samarye.
Young's Literal Translation
And it cometh to pass, after these things, a vineyard hath been to Naboth the Jezreelite, that [is] in Jezreel, near the palace of Ahab king of Samaria,
Update Bible Version
And it came to pass after these things, that Naboth the Jezreelite had a vineyard, which was in Jezreel, close by the palace of Ahab king of Samaria.
Webster's Bible Translation
And it came to pass after these things, [that] Naboth the Jezreelite had a vineyard, which [was] in Jezreel, hard by the palace of Ahab king of Samaria.
World English Bible
It happened after these things, that Naboth the Jezreelite had a vineyard, which was in Jezreel, hard by the palace of Ahab king of Samaria.
New King James Version
And it came to pass after these things that Naboth the Jezreelite had a vineyard which was in Jezreel, next to the palace of Ahab king of Samaria.
New Living Translation
Now there was a man named Naboth, from Jezreel, who owned a vineyard in Jezreel beside the palace of King Ahab of Samaria.
New Life Bible
Now Naboth the Jezreelite had a field of grape-vines in Jezreel beside the family of Ahab king of Samaria.
New Revised Standard
Later the following events took place: Naboth the Jezreelite had a vineyard in Jezreel, beside the palace of King Ahab of Samaria.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And it came to pass, after these things, that Naboth the Jezreelite had, a vineyard, which was in Jezreel, - hard by the palace of Ahab, king of Samaria.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And after these things, Naboth the Jezrahelite, who was in Jezrahel, had at that time a vineyard, near the palace of Achab, king of Samaria.
Revised Standard Version
Now Naboth the Jezreelite had a vineyard in Jezreel, beside the palace of Ahab king of Sama'ria.
THE MESSAGE
And then, to top it off, came this: Naboth the Jezreelite owned a vineyard in Jezreel that bordered the palace of Ahab king of Samaria. One day Ahab spoke to Naboth, saying, "Give me your vineyard so I can use it as a kitchen garden; it's right next to my house—so convenient. In exchange I'll give you a far better vineyard, or if you'd prefer I'll pay you money for it."
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Now it came about after these things that Naboth the Jezreelite had a vineyard which was in Jezreel beside the palace of Ahab king of Samaria.

Contextual Overview

1 It happened after these things, that Navot the Yizre`eli had a vineyard, which was in Yizre`el, hard by the palace of Ach'av king of Shomron. 2 Ach'av spoke to Navot, saying, Give me your vineyard, that I may have it for a garden of herbs, because it is near to my house; and I will give you for it a better vineyard than it: or, if it seem good to you, I will give you the worth of it in money. 3 Navot said to Ach'av, the LORD forbid it me, that I should give the inheritance of my fathers to you. 4 Ach'av came into his house heavy and displeased because of the word which Navot the Yizre`eli had spoken to him; for he had said, I will not give you the inheritance of my fathers. He laid him down on his bed, and turned away his face, and would eat no bread.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

am 3105, bc 899

after: 1 Kings 20:35-43, 2 Chronicles 28:22, Ezra 9:13, Ezra 9:14, Isaiah 9:13, Jeremiah 5:3

Jezreel: 1 Kings 18:45, Joshua 19:18, Judges 6:33, 1 Samuel 29:1, Hosea 1:4, Hosea 1:5

Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 5:21 - General Joshua 7:21 - I coveted Joshua 17:16 - Jezreel 1 Kings 21:8 - the nobles 2 Kings 9:21 - the portion of Naboth Hosea 10:7 - Samaria Romans 7:7 - Thou shalt

Cross-References

Genesis 17:16
I will bless her, and moreover I will give you a son by her. Yes, I will bless her, and she will be a mother of nations. Kings of peoples will come from her."
Genesis 17:19
God said, "No, but Sarah, your wife, will bear you a son. You shall call his name Yitzchak. I will establish my covenant with him for an everlasting covenant for his seed after him.
Genesis 17:21
But my covenant I establish with Yitzchak, whom Sarah will bear to you at this set time in the next year."
Genesis 18:10
He said, "I will certainly return to you when the season comes round. Behold, Sarah your wife will have a son." Sarah heard in the tent door, which was behind him.
Genesis 18:14
Is anything too hard for the LORD? At the set time I will return to you, when the season comes round, and Sarah will have a son."
Genesis 21:17
God heard the voice of the boy. The angel of God called to Hagar out of the sky, and said to her, "What ails you, Hagar? Don't be afraid. For God has heard the voice of the boy where he is.
Genesis 21:20
God was with the boy, and he grew. He lived in the wilderness, and became, as he grew up, an archer.
Genesis 50:24
Yosef said to his brothers, "I am dying, but God will surely visit you, and bring you up out of this land to the land which he swore to Avraham, to Yitzchak, and to Ya`akov."
Exodus 3:16
Go, and gather the Zakenim of Yisra'el together, and tell them, 'The LORD, the God of your fathers, the God of Avraham, of Yitzchak, and of Ya`akov, has appeared to me, saying, "I have surely visited you, and seen that which is done to you in Mitzrayim;
Exodus 4:31
The people believed, and when they heard that the LORD had visited the children of Yisra'el, and that he had seen their affliction, then they bowed their heads and worshiped.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And it came to pass, after these things,.... After the two battles with the king of Syria, in which Ahab was victorious, and after he had let Benhadad, a blasphemer, and injurious to him, go free:

[that] Naboth the Jezreelite had a vineyard, which was in Jezreel; of which place :- or "who was in Jezreel"; that is Naboth, for the vineyard was in Samaria, 1 Kings 21:18

hard by the palace of Ahab king of Samaria; that being the metropolis of the kingdom of Israel, is put for it, who, besides his palace in Samaria, had another in Jezreel; which, according to Bunting y, were sixteen miles distant from each other.

y Travels, &c. p. 164.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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, or at any rate at no great distance, was the plot of ground belonging to Naboth 2 Kings 9:21.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

CHAPTER XXI

Ahab covets the vineyard of Naboth, and wishes to have it either

by purchase or exchange, 1, 2.

Naboth refuses to alienate it on any account, because it was his

inheritance from his fathers, 3.

Ahab becomes disconsolate, takes to his bed, and refuses to eat,

4.

Jezebel, finding out the cause, promises to give him the

vineyard, 5-7.

She writes to the nobles of Jezreel to proclaim a fast, to

accuse Naboth of blasphemy, carry him out, and stone him to

death; which is accordingly done, 8-14.

She then tells Ahab to go and take possession of the vineyard;

he goes, and is met by Elijah, who denounces on him the

heaviest judgments, 15-24.

Ahab's abominable character, 25, 26.

He humbles himself; and God promises not to bring the threatened

public calamities in his days, but in the days of his son,

27-29.

NOTES ON CHAP. XXI

Verse 1 Kings 21:1. After these things — This and the twentieth chapter are transposed in the Septuagint; this preceding the account of the Syrian war with Ben-hadad. Josephus gives the history in the same order.


 
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