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1 Kings 21:18

Arise, go down to meet Ahab king of Israel, which is in Samaria: behold, he is in the vineyard of Naboth, whither he is gone down to possess it.

KJV

Surge, et descende in occursum Achab regis Israël, qui est in Samaria : ecce ad vineam Naboth descendit, ut possideat eam.

Vulgate

εἰπεῖν αὐτοῖς, εἰς εἰρήνην, οὐ γὰρ ἐκπορεύονται, συλλαβεῖν αὐτοὺς ζῶντας· καὶ εἰς πόλεμον, ζῶντας συλλαβεῖν αὐτούς·

LXX

Arise, go down to meet Ahab king of Israel, who dwelleth in Samaria: behold, he is in the vineyard of Naboth, whither he is gone down to take possession of it.

ASV

ק֣וּם רֵ֗ד לִ/קְרַ֛את אַחְאָ֥ב מֶֽלֶךְ יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל אֲשֶׁ֣ר בְּ/שֹׁמְר֑וֹן הִנֵּה֙ בְּ/כֶ֣רֶם נָב֔וֹת אֲשֶׁר יָ֥רַד שָׁ֖ם לְ/רִשְׁתּֽ/וֹ

Hebrew

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People Ahab

In the original Hebrew

13 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֲשֶׁר
'shr
particle · 5461×
אַחְאָ֖ב
'ch'b
proper_noun · 93×
ה
h
adverb · 827×
הִנֵּ֥ה
hnh
pronoun · 838×
הּ
h
verb · 232×
וֹ
v
verb · 100×
י
y
noun · 92×
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל
yshr'l
proper_noun · 2486×
יָרְד֥וּ
yrdv
verb · 377×
יָּ֣קָם
yqm
verb · 626×
מֶֽלֶךְ
mlk
noun · 2518×
נָב֖וֹת
nbvt
proper_noun · 22×
שֹׁמְרֽוֹן
shmrvn
proper_noun · 108×

Historic Christian voices

3 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

  • Hos 5:1 — Hear ye this, O priests; and hearken, ye house of Israel; and give ye ear, O house of the king; for judgment is toward you, because ye have been a snare on Mizpah, and a net spread upon Tabor.
  • Jer 28:8 — The prophets that have been before me and before thee of old prophesied both against many countries, and against great kingdoms, of war, and of evil, and of pestilence.