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1 Kings 21:16
And when Ahab heard that Naboth was dead, he got up and went down to take possession of the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Ahab moves to claim Naboth’s land immediately after Jezebel reports the execution, acting as the beneficiary of a politically engineered death in Jezreel.
The words — The phrase כִּ/שְׁמֹ֥עַ (ki/sh.Mo.a') marks the exact moment Ahab receives the death report, while וַ/יָּ֣קָם (va/i.Ya.kom) records his immediate physical response to arise and seize the property.
The thread — The pattern of a ruler confiscating land following a subject's execution parallels the political violence documented in 2 Samuel 4:9 and 2 Samuel 11:25.
Why it lands — The verse documents the unmediated transfer of property after a judicial murder, requiring the reader to observe how royal power operates outside legal restraint when driven by covetousness.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And it came to pass, when Ahab heard that Naboth was dead, that Ahab rose up to go down to the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite, to take possession of it.
Cross-references
- 2 Samuel 1:13 And David inquired of the young man who had brought him the report, “Where are you from?” “I am the son of a foreigner,” he answered. “I am an Amalekite.”
- 2 Samuel 4:9 But David answered Rechab and his brother Baanah, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, “As surely as the LORD lives, who has redeemed my life from all distress,
- 2 Samuel 11:25 Then David told the messenger, “Say this to Joab: ‘Do not let this matter upset you, for the sword devours one as well as another. Strengthen your attack against the city and demolish it.’ Encourage him with these words.”
- 2 Samuel 23:15 David longed for water and said, “Oh, that someone would get me a drink of water from the well near the gate of Bethlehem!”
- Psalms 50:18 When you see a thief, you befriend him, and throw in your lot with adulterers.
- Isaiah 33:15 He who walks righteously and speaks with sincerity, who refuses gain from extortion, whose hand never takes a bribe, who stops his ears against murderous plots and shuts his eyes tightly against evil—
- Obadiah 1:12 But you should not gloat in that day, your brother’s day of misfortune, nor rejoice over the people of Judah in the day of their destruction, nor boast proudly in the day of their distress.
- Romans 1:32 Although they know God’s righteous decree that those who do such things are worthy of death, they not only continue to do these things, but also approve of those who practice them.
- 2 Peter 2:15 They have left the straight way and wandered off to follow the way of Balaam son of Beor, who loved the wages of wickedness.