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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.

KJV

Post verba autem hæc, tempore illo vinea erat Naboth Jezrahelitæ, quæ erat in Jezrahel, juxta palatium Achab regis Samariæ.

Vulgate

Καὶ συνήθροισεν υἱὸς Ἁδὲρ πᾶσαν τὴν δύναμιν αὐτοῦ καὶ ἀνέβη καὶ περιεκάθισεν ἐπὶ Σαμάρειαν, καὶ τριάκοντα καὶ δύο βασιλεῖς μετ’ αὐτοῦ, καὶ πᾶς ἵππος καὶ ἅρμα· καὶ ἀνέβησαν καὶ περιεκάθισαν ἐπὶ Σαμάρειαν, καὶ ἐπολέμησαν ἐπ’ αὐτήν.

LXX

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.

ASV

וַ/יְהִ֗י אַחַר֙ הַ/דְּבָרִ֣ים הָ/אֵ֔לֶּה כֶּ֧רֶם הָיָ֛ה לְ/נָב֥וֹת הַ/יִּזְרְעֵאלִ֖י אֲשֶׁ֣ר בְּ/יִזְרְעֶ֑אל אֵ֚צֶל הֵיכַ֣ל אַחְאָ֔ב מֶ֖לֶךְ שֹׁמְרֽוֹן

Hebrew

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In this verse

People Ahab
Places Jezreel

In the original Hebrew

14 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֲשֶׁר
'shr
particle · 5461×
אֵ֖לֶּה
'lh
pronoun · 744×
אֵ֣צֶל
'tsl
preposition · 60×
אַחְאָ֖ב
'ch'b
proper_noun · 93×
דְבַר
dbr
noun · 1449×
הֵיכַ֣ל
hykl
noun · 79×
ו
v
noun · 717×
י
y
noun · 92×
יְהִי֙
yhy
verb · 3549×
יִזְרְעֶֽאל
yzr''l
proper_noun · 35×
יִּזְרְעֵאלִ֖י
yzr''ly
noun · 8×
מֶֽלֶךְ
mlk
noun · 2518×
נָב֖וֹת
nbvt
proper_noun · 22×
שֹׁמְרֽוֹן
shmrvn
proper_noun · 108×

Historic Christian voices

6 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

§2538The tenth commandment requires that envy be banished from the human heart. When the prophet Nathan wanted to spur King David to repentance, he told him the story about the poor man who had only one ewe lamb that he treated like his own daughter and the rich man who, despite the great number of his flocks, envied the poor man and ended by stealing his lamb.322 Envy can lead to t…
Covers Solomon's accession, the building of the First Temple, the visit of the Queen of Sheba, Solomon's apostasy, the division of the kingdom under Rehoboam and Jeroboam, and the early kings of Israel and Judah through Ahab and Elijah. Josephus's description of Solomon's Temple supplements the biblical account with Hellenistic architectural parallels.

Cross-references

  • 1Kgs 18:45 — And it came to pass in the mean while, that the heaven was black with clouds and wind, and there was a great rain. And Ahab rode, and went to Jezreel.
  • 1Sam 29:1 — Now the Philistines gathered together all their armies to Aphek: and the Israelites pitched by a fountain which is in Jezreel.
  • 2Chr 28:22 — And in the time of his distress did he trespass yet more against the LORD: this is that king Ahaz.
  • 2Kgs 9:21 — And Joram said, Make ready. And his chariot was made ready. And Joram king of Israel and Ahaziah king of Judah went out, each in his chariot, and they went out against Jehu, and met him in the portion
  • Deut 5:21 — Neither shalt thou desire thy neighbour’s wife, neither shalt thou covet thy neighbour’s house, his field, or his manservant, or his maidservant, his ox, or his ass, or any thing that is thy neighbour
  • Josh 7:21 — When I saw among the spoils a goodly Babylonish garment, and two hundred shekels of silver, and a wedge of gold of fifty shekels weight, then I coveted them, and took them; and, behold, they are hid i
  • Josh 19:18 — And their border was toward Jezreel, and Chesulloth, and Shunem,
  • Judg 6:33 — Then all the Midianites and the Amalekites and the children of the east were gathered together, and went over, and pitched in the valley of Jezreel.