Naboth
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Named at 1 Kings 21:1: “Naboth the Jezreelite had a vineyard which was in Jezreel, next to the palace of Ahab king of Samaria.” At 21:2–3 Ahab says to Naboth, “Give me your vineyard, that I may have it for a garden of herbs, because it is near my house”, and Naboth says to Ahab, “May the LORD forbid me, that I should give the inheritance of my fathers to you!” At 21:8–13 letters written in Ahab’s name are sent to the elders and to the nobles who lived with Naboth; they proclaim a fast and set Naboth on high among the people; the two wicked fellows testify against him, even against Naboth, in the presence of the people, saying, “Naboth cursed God and the king!”; and they carry him out of the city and stone him to death with stones. At 21:19 the words the LORD gives Elijah to speak to Ahab speak of “the place where dogs licked the blood of Naboth”.
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- 1KI 21:1–4, engwebp
1After these things, Naboth the Jezreelite had a vineyard which was in Jezreel, next to the palace of Ahab king of Samaria.
2Ahab spoke to Naboth, saying, “Give me your vineyard, that I may have it for a garden of herbs, because it is near my house; and I will give you for it a better vineyard than it. Or, if it seems good to you, I will give you its worth in money.”
3Naboth said to Ahab, “May the LORD forbid me, that I should give the inheritance of my fathers to you!”
4Ahab came into his house sullen and angry because of the word which Naboth the Jezreelite had spoken to him, for he had said, “I will not give you the inheritance of my fathers.” He laid himself down on his bed, and turned away his face, and would eat no bread.
- 1KI 21:5–7, engwebp
5But Jezebel his wife came to him, and said to him, “Why is your spirit so sad that you eat no bread?”
6He said to her, “Because I spoke to Naboth the Jezreelite, and said to him, ‘Give me your vineyard for money; or else, if it pleases you, I will give you another vineyard for it.’ He answered, ‘I will not give you my vineyard.’”
7Jezebel his wife said to him, “Do you now govern the kingdom of Israel? Arise, and eat bread, and let your heart be merry. I will give you the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite.”
- 1KI 21:8–16, engwebp
8So she wrote letters in Ahab’s name and sealed them with his seal, and sent the letters to the elders and to the nobles who were in his city, who lived with Naboth.
9She wrote in the letters, saying, “Proclaim a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people.
10Set two men, wicked fellows, before him, and let them testify against him, saying, ‘You cursed God and the king!’ Then carry him out, and stone him to death.”
11The men of his city, even the elders and the nobles who lived in his city, did as Jezebel had instructed them in the letters which she had written and sent to them.
12They proclaimed a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people.
13The two men, the wicked fellows, came in and sat before him. The wicked fellows testified against him, even against Naboth, in the presence of the people, saying, “Naboth cursed God and the king!” Then they carried him out of the city and stoned him to death with stones.
14Then they sent to Jezebel, saying, “Naboth has been stoned and is dead.”
15When Jezebel heard that Naboth had been stoned and was dead, Jezebel said to Ahab, “Arise, take possession of the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite, which he refused to give you for money; for Naboth is not alive, but dead.”
16When Ahab heard that Naboth was dead, Ahab rose up to go down to the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite, to take possession of it.
- 1KI 21:17–19, engwebp
17The LORD’s word came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying,
18“Arise, go down to meet Ahab king of Israel, who dwells in Samaria. Behold, he is in the vineyard of Naboth, where he has gone down to take possession of it.
19You shall speak to him, saying, ‘The LORD says, “Have you killed and also taken possession?”’ You shall speak to him, saying, ‘The LORD says, “In the place where dogs licked the blood of Naboth, dogs will lick your blood, even yours.”’”
- 2KI 9:21–26, engwebp
21Joram said, “Get ready!” They got his chariot ready. Then Joram king of Israel and Ahaziah king of Judah went out, each in his chariot; and they went out to meet Jehu, and found him on Naboth the Jezreelite’s land.
22When Joram saw Jehu, he said, “Is it peace, Jehu?” He answered, “What peace, so long as the prostitution of your mother Jezebel and her witchcraft abound?”
23Joram turned his hands and fled, and said to Ahaziah, “This is treason, Ahaziah!”
24Jehu drew his bow with his full strength, and struck Joram between his arms; and the arrow went out at his heart, and he sunk down in his chariot.
25Then Jehu said to Bidkar his captain, “Pick him up, and throw him in the plot of the field of Naboth the Jezreelite; for remember how, when you and I rode together after Ahab his father, the LORD laid this burden on him:
26‘Surely I have seen yesterday the blood of Naboth, and the blood of his sons,’ says the LORD; ‘and I will repay you in this plot of ground,’ says the LORD. Now therefore take and cast him onto the plot of ground, according to the LORD’s word.”
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Unresolved interpretation: The LORD’s word at 1 Kings 21:19 and 21:29, and the dogs at 22:38
- 1 Kings 21:17–19 says that the LORD’s word came to Elijah the Tishbite, telling him to go down to meet Ahab king of Israel, who dwells in Samaria, and to speak to him, saying, “The LORD says, ‘In the place where dogs licked the blood of Naboth, dogs will lick your blood, even yours.’”
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- 1KI 21:17–19, engwebp
17The LORD’s word came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying,
18“Arise, go down to meet Ahab king of Israel, who dwells in Samaria. Behold, he is in the vineyard of Naboth, where he has gone down to take possession of it.
19You shall speak to him, saying, ‘The LORD says, “Have you killed and also taken possession?”’ You shall speak to him, saying, ‘The LORD says, “In the place where dogs licked the blood of Naboth, dogs will lick your blood, even yours.”’”
- 1KI 21:17–19, engwebp
- 1 Kings 21:27–29 says that when Ahab tore his clothes, put sackcloth on his body and fasted, the LORD’s word came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying, “See how Ahab humbles himself before me? Because he humbles himself before me, I will not bring the evil in his days; but I will bring the evil on his house in his son’s day.”
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- 1KI 21:27–29, engwebp
27When Ahab heard those words, he tore his clothes, put sackcloth on his body, fasted, lay in sackcloth, and went about despondently.
28The LORD’s word came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying,
29“See how Ahab humbles himself before me? Because he humbles himself before me, I will not bring the evil in his days; but I will bring the evil on his house in his son’s day.”
- 1KI 21:27–29, engwebp
- 1 Kings 22:34–37 says that a certain man drew his bow at random and struck the king of Israel between the joints of the armor, and that the king died at evening, and was brought to Samaria, and they buried the king in Samaria; and 22:38 says, “They washed the chariot by the pool of Samaria; and the dogs licked up his blood where the prostitutes washed themselves, according to the LORD’s word which he spoke.”
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- 1KI 22:29–38, engwebp
29So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah went up to Ramoth Gilead.
30The king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “I will disguise myself and go into the battle, but you put on your robes.” The king of Israel disguised himself and went into the battle.
31Now the king of Syria had commanded the thirty-two captains of his chariots, saying, “Don’t fight with small nor great, except only with the king of Israel.”
32When the captains of the chariots saw Jehoshaphat, they said, “Surely that is the king of Israel!” and they came over to fight against him. Jehoshaphat cried out.
33When the captains of the chariots saw that it was not the king of Israel, they turned back from pursuing him.
34A certain man drew his bow at random, and struck the king of Israel between the joints of the armor. Therefore he said to the driver of his chariot, “Turn around, and carry me out of the battle, for I am severely wounded.”
35The battle increased that day. The king was propped up in his chariot facing the Syrians, and died at evening. The blood ran out of the wound into the bottom of the chariot.
36A cry went throughout the army about the going down of the sun, saying, “Every man to his city, and every man to his country!”
37So the king died, and was brought to Samaria; and they buried the king in Samaria.
38They washed the chariot by the pool of Samaria; and the dogs licked up his blood where the prostitutes washed themselves, according to the LORD’s word which he spoke.
- 1KI 22:29–38, engwebp
- 2 Kings 9:21 says that Joram king of Israel and Ahaziah king of Judah went out to meet Jehu, “and found him on Naboth the Jezreelite’s land.” At 9:24–26, after Jehu struck Joram between his arms, Jehu said to Bidkar his captain, “Pick him up, and throw him in the plot of the field of Naboth the Jezreelite; for remember how, when you and I rode together after Ahab his father, the LORD laid this burden on him: ‘Surely I have seen yesterday the blood of Naboth, and the blood of his sons,’ says the LORD; ‘and I will repay you in this plot of ground,’ says the LORD. Now therefore take and cast him onto the plot of ground, according to the LORD’s word.”
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- 2KI 9:21–26, engwebp
21Joram said, “Get ready!” They got his chariot ready. Then Joram king of Israel and Ahaziah king of Judah went out, each in his chariot; and they went out to meet Jehu, and found him on Naboth the Jezreelite’s land.
22When Joram saw Jehu, he said, “Is it peace, Jehu?” He answered, “What peace, so long as the prostitution of your mother Jezebel and her witchcraft abound?”
23Joram turned his hands and fled, and said to Ahaziah, “This is treason, Ahaziah!”
24Jehu drew his bow with his full strength, and struck Joram between his arms; and the arrow went out at his heart, and he sunk down in his chariot.
25Then Jehu said to Bidkar his captain, “Pick him up, and throw him in the plot of the field of Naboth the Jezreelite; for remember how, when you and I rode together after Ahab his father, the LORD laid this burden on him:
26‘Surely I have seen yesterday the blood of Naboth, and the blood of his sons,’ says the LORD; ‘and I will repay you in this plot of ground,’ says the LORD. Now therefore take and cast him onto the plot of ground, according to the LORD’s word.”
- 2KI 9:21–26, engwebp
1 Kings 21:19 says that the LORD told Elijah to say to Ahab, “The LORD says, ‘In the place where dogs licked the blood of Naboth, dogs will lick your blood, even yours’”, and 21:29 that the LORD said, “Because he humbles himself before me, I will not bring the evil in his days; but I will bring the evil on his house in his son’s day.” 22:38 says, “They washed the chariot by the pool of Samaria; and the dogs licked up his blood where the prostitutes washed themselves, according to the LORD’s word which he spoke.” 2 Kings 9:25–26 gives, in Jehu’s mouth, a word of the LORD, “‘Surely I have seen yesterday the blood of Naboth, and the blood of his sons,’ says the LORD; ‘and I will repay you in this plot of ground,’ says the LORD”, and has Jehu tell Bidkar his captain to throw Joram, the son of Ahab, in the plot of the field of Naboth the Jezreelite. The text does not say where the dogs licked the blood of Naboth, whether the pool of Samaria is the place 21:19 speaks of, which word of the LORD 22:38 means, or how 22:38 stands with 21:29; nor does it say how the word of 2 Kings 9:25–26 stands with 21:19, 21:29 and 22:38. This collection records what each of the four passages says and does not decide these things.
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Took part in (2) — Ahab asks Naboth for his vineyard, and comes into his house sullen and angry, By the letters written in Ahab’s name Naboth is stoned to death, and Ahab goes down to take possession of the vineyard
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After these things, Naboth the Jezreelite had a vineyard which was in Jezreel, next to the palace of Ahab king of Samaria.
Ahab spoke to Naboth, saying, “Give me your vineyard, that I may have it for a garden of herbs, because it is near my house; and I will give you for it a better vineyard than it. Or, if it seems good to you, I will give you its worth in money.”
Naboth said to Ahab, “May the LORD forbid me, that I should give the inheritance of my fathers to you!”
Ahab came into his house sullen and angry because of the word which Naboth the Jezreelite had spoken to him, for he had said, “I will not give you the inheritance of my fathers.” He laid himself down on his bed, and turned away his face, and would eat no bread.
He said to her, “Because I spoke to Naboth the Jezreelite, and said to him, ‘Give me your vineyard for money; or else, if it pleases you, I will give you another vineyard for it.’ He answered, ‘I will not give you my vineyard.’”
Jezebel his wife said to him, “Do you now govern the kingdom of Israel? Arise, and eat bread, and let your heart be merry. I will give you the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite.”
So she wrote letters in Ahab’s name and sealed them with his seal, and sent the letters to the elders and to the nobles who were in his city, who lived with Naboth.
She wrote in the letters, saying, “Proclaim a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people.
They proclaimed a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people.
The two men, the wicked fellows, came in and sat before him. The wicked fellows testified against him, even against Naboth, in the presence of the people, saying, “Naboth cursed God and the king!” Then they carried him out of the city and stoned him to death with stones.
Then they sent to Jezebel, saying, “Naboth has been stoned and is dead.”
When Jezebel heard that Naboth had been stoned and was dead, Jezebel said to Ahab, “Arise, take possession of the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite, which he refused to give you for money; for Naboth is not alive, but dead.”
When Ahab heard that Naboth was dead, Ahab rose up to go down to the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite, to take possession of it.
“Arise, go down to meet Ahab king of Israel, who dwells in Samaria. Behold, he is in the vineyard of Naboth, where he has gone down to take possession of it.
You shall speak to him, saying, ‘The LORD says, “Have you killed and also taken possession?”’ You shall speak to him, saying, ‘The LORD says, “In the place where dogs licked the blood of Naboth, dogs will lick your blood, even yours.”’”
Joram said, “Get ready!” They got his chariot ready. Then Joram king of Israel and Ahaziah king of Judah went out, each in his chariot; and they went out to meet Jehu, and found him on Naboth the Jezreelite’s land.
Then Jehu said to Bidkar his captain, “Pick him up, and throw him in the plot of the field of Naboth the Jezreelite; for remember how, when you and I rode together after Ahab his father, the LORD laid this burden on him:
‘Surely I have seen yesterday the blood of Naboth, and the blood of his sons,’ says the LORD; ‘and I will repay you in this plot of ground,’ says the LORD. Now therefore take and cast him onto the plot of ground, according to the LORD’s word.”
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[Bibliadatum entry report] Entry: Naboth (person-naboth) Address: https://bibliadatum.org/en/wiki/person/naboth Current wording: Named at 1 Kings 21:1: “Naboth the Jezreelite had a vineyard which was in Jezreel, next to the palace of Ahab king of Samaria.” At 21:2–3 Ahab says to Naboth, “Give me your vineyard, that I may have it for a garden of herbs, because it is near my house”, and Naboth says to Ahab, “May the LORD forbid me, that I should give the inheritance of my fathers to you!” At 21:8–13 letters written in Ahab’s name are sent to the elders and to the nobles who lived with Naboth; they proclaim a fast and set Naboth on high among the people; the two wicked fellows testify against him, even against Naboth, in the presence of the people, saying, “Naboth cursed God and the king!”; and they carry him out of the city and stone him to death with stones. At 21:19 the words the LORD gives Elijah to speak to Ahab speak of “the place where dogs licked the blood of Naboth”. Cited evidence: 1KI 21:1–4, engwebp / 1KI 21:5–7, engwebp / 1KI 21:8–16, engwebp / 1KI 21:17–19, engwebp / 2KI 9:21–26, engwebp Review state: ai-assisted / human-review-pending What looks wrong: (not written yet) --- This collection records what the text says and does not settle interpretation. A report about a reading that divides opinion may be registered as an unresolved issue rather than corrected.