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Selected Verse: 1 Kings 21:2 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| 1Ki 21:2 |
Strong Concordance |
And Ahab [0256] spake [01696] unto Naboth [05022], saying [0559], Give [05414] me thy vineyard [03754], that I may have it for a garden [01588] of herbs [03419], because it is near [07138] unto [0681] my house [01004]: and I will give [05414] thee for it a better [02896] vineyard [03754] than it; or, if it seem good [02896] to thee [05869], I will give [05414] thee the worth [04242] of it in money [03701]. |
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King James |
And Ahab spake unto Naboth, saying, Give me thy vineyard, that I may have it for a garden of herbs, because it is near unto my house: and I will give thee for it a better vineyard than it; or, if it seem good to thee, I will give thee the worth of it in money. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| I will give thee the worth of it in money - literally, "I will give thee silver, the worth of it." Money, in our sense of the word, that is to say, coins of definite values, did not yet exist. The first coin known to the Jews was the Persian daric, with which they became acquainted during the captivity. (Ch1 29:7 note). |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| Give me thy vineyard - The request of Ahab seems at first view fair and honorable. Naboth's vineyard was nigh to the palace of Ahab, and he wished to add it to his own for a kitchen garden, or perhaps a grass-plat, גן ירק gan yarak; and he offers to give him either a better vineyard for it, or to give him its worth in money. Naboth rejects the proposal with horror: The Lord forbid it me, that I should give the inheritance of my fathers to thee. No man could finally alienate any part of the parental inheritance; it might be sold or mortgaged till the jubilee, but at that time it must revert to its original owner, if not redeemed before; for this God had particularly enjoined Lev 25:14-17, Lev 25:25-28 : therefore Naboth properly said, Kg1 21:3, The Lord forbid it me, to give the inheritance of my fathers. Ahab most evidently wished him to alienate it finally, and this is what God's law had expressly forbidden; therefore he could not, consistently with his duty to God, indulge Ahab; and it was high iniquity in Ahab to tempt him to do it; and to covet it showed the depravity of Ahab's soul. But we see farther that, despotic as those kings were, they dared not seize on the inheritance of any man. This would have been a flagrant breach of the law and constitution of the country; and this indeed would have been inconsistent with the character which they sustained, viz., the Lord's vicegerents. The Jewish kings had no authority either to alter the old laws, or to make new ones. "The Hindoos," says Mr. Ward, "are as strongly attached to their homesteads as the Jews were. Though the heads of the family be employed in a distant part of the country, and though the homesteads may be almost in ruins, they cling still to the family inheritance with a fondness bordering on superstition. |
7 And gave [05414] for the service [05656] of the house [01004] of God [0430] of gold [02091] five [02568] thousand [0505] talents [03603] and ten thousand [07239] drams [0150], and of silver [03701] ten [06235] thousand [0505] talents [03603], and of brass [05178] eighteen [08083] [07239] thousand [0505] talents [03603], and one hundred [03967] thousand [0505] talents [03603] of iron [01270].
3 And Naboth [05022] said [0559] to Ahab [0256], The LORD [03068] forbid [02486] it me, that I should give [05414] the inheritance [05159] of my fathers [01] unto thee.
25 If thy brother [0251] be waxen poor [04134], and hath sold [04376] away some of his possession [0272], and if any of his kin [07138] come [0935] to redeem [01350] it, then shall he redeem [01350] that which his brother [0251] sold [04465].
26 And if the man [0376] have none to redeem [01350] it, and himself [03027] be able [01767] [05381] to redeem [04672] [01353] it;
27 Then let him count [02803] the years [08141] of the sale [04465] thereof, and restore [07725] the overplus [05736] unto the man [0376] to whom he sold [04376] it; that he may return [07725] unto his possession [0272].
28 But if he [03027] be not able [01767] to restore [04672] [07725] it to him, then that which is sold [04465] shall remain in the hand [03027] of him that hath bought [07069] it until the year [08141] of jubile [03104]: and in the jubile [03104] it shall go out [03318], and he shall return [07725] unto his possession [0272].
14 And if thou sell [04376] ought [04465] unto thy neighbour [05997], or buyest [07069] ought of thy neighbour's [05997] hand [03027], ye shall not oppress [03238] one [0376] another [0251]:
15 According to the number [04557] of years [08141] after [0310] the jubile [03104] thou shalt buy [07069] of thy neighbour [05997], and according unto the number [04557] of years [08141] of the fruits [08393] he shall sell [04376] unto thee:
16 According [06310] to the multitude [07230] of years [08141] thou shalt increase [07235] the price [04736] thereof, and according [06310] to the fewness [04591] of years [08141] thou shalt diminish [04591] the price [04736] of it: for according to the number [04557] of the years of the fruits [08393] doth he sell [04376] unto thee.
17 Ye shall not therefore oppress [03238] one [0376] another [05997]; but thou shalt fear [03372] thy God [0430]: for I am the LORD [03068] your God [0430].