1 Kings 21:1
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.
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Joshua 19:18And their border was Jezreel, and Chesulloth, and Shunem;
1 Samuel 29:1Now the Philistines gathered together all their hosts to Aphek; and the Israelites pitched by the fountain which is in Jezreel.
1 Kings 20:35And a certain man of the sons of the prophets said unto his fellow by the word of the LORD: 'Smite me, I pray thee.' And the man refused to smite him.
Ezra 9:13And after all that is come upon us for our evil deeds, and for our great guilt, seeing that Thou our God hast punished us less than our iniquities deserve, and hast given us such a remnant,
Jeremiah 5:3O LORD, are not Thine eyes upon truth? Thou hast stricken them, but they were not affected; Thou hast consumed them, but they have refused to receive correction; they have made their faces harder than a rock; 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 →