1 Kings 21:16
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.
KJV
Quod cum audisset Achab, mortuum videlicet Naboth, surrexit, et descendebat in vineam Naboth Jezrahelitæ, ut possideret eam.
Vulgate
καὶ ἐξῆλθεν μεσημβρίας· καὶ υἱὸς Ἁδὲρ πίνων μεθύων ἐν Σοκχὼθ αὐτὸς καὶ οἱ βασιλεῖς, τριάκοντα καὶ δύο, βασιλεῖς συνβοηθοὶ μετ’ αὐτοῦ.
LXX
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.
ASV
וַ/יְהִ֛י כִּ/שְׁמֹ֥עַ אַחְאָ֖ב כִּ֣י מֵ֣ת נָב֑וֹת וַ/יָּ֣קָם אַחְאָ֗ב לָ/רֶ֛דֶת אֶל כֶּ֛רֶם נָב֥וֹת הַ/יִּזְרְעֵאלִ֖י לְ/רִשְׁתּֽ/וֹ
Hebrew
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4 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…
Cross-references
- 2Kgs 5:24 — And when he came to the tower, he took them from their hand, and bestowed them in the house: and he let the men go, and they departed.
- Isa 5:8 — Woe unto them that join house to house, that lay field to field, till there be no place, that they may be placed alone in the midst of the earth!