1 Kings 21:1
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.
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Joshua 19:18And his inheritance was Jezrael and Casaloth and Sunem,
1 Samuel 29:1Now all the troops of the Philistines were gathered together to Aphec: and Israel also camped by the fountain which is in Jezrahel.
1 Kings 20:35Then a certain man of the sons of the prophets said to his companion in the word of the Lord: Strike me. But he would not strike.
Ezra 9:13And after all that is come upon us, for our most wicked deeds, and our great sin, seeing that thou our God hast saved us from our iniquity, and hast given us a deliverance as at this day,
Jeremiah 5:3O Lord, thy eyes are upon truth: thou hast struck them, and they have not grieved: thou hast bruised them, and they have refused to receive correction: they have made their faces harder than the rock, and they have refused to return.
Matthew Henry on 1 Kings 21:1
Ahab is still the unhappy subject of the sacred history; from the great affairs of his camp and kingdom this chapter leads us into his garden, and gives us an account of some ill things (and ill indeed they proved to him) relating to his domestic affairs. I. Ahab is sick for Naboth's vineyard, ver. 1-4 . II. Naboth dies by Jezebel's plot, that the vineyard may escheat to Ahab, ver. 5-14 . III. Ahab goes to take possession, ver. 15-16 . IV. Elijah meets him, and denounces the judgments of God against him for his… Read the whole commentary →