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And it happenedוַיְהִיafterאַחַרtheseהָאֵלֶּהthingsהַדְּבָרִיםthat Nabothלְנָבוֹתthe Jezreeliteהַיִּזְרְעֵאלִיhadהָיָהa vineyardכֶּרֶםthatאֲשֶׁרwas in Jezreel,בְּיִזְרְעֶאלbesideאֵצֶלthe palaceהֵיכַלof Ahabאַחְאָבkingמֶלֶךְof Samaria.שֹׁמְרוֹן
1 Kings 21:1
Study it in the app“And it happened after these things that Naboth the Jezreelite had a vineyard that was in Jezreel, beside the palace of Ahab king of Samaria.”
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Kings 21:1, word by word
- And it happenedיְהִיyehi
happen
For something to occur or take place; many stories open with this word.
Where else “yehi” appears- thingsדְּבָרִיםdevarim
thing
A matter, a thing; with "not", nothing.
Where else “devarim” appears- that Nabothנָבוֹתnavot
Naboth
Naboth: a name that, according to the lexicon, means "fruits." He is the man of Jezreel who would not give Ahab the inheritance of his fathers and was put to death by Jezebel's order (1 Kings 21).
Where else “navot” appears- the Jezreeliteיִּזְרְעֵאלִיyizreli
Jezreelite
Jezreelite: a native of Jezreel, a city in the plain of the same name, where the kings of Israel had a palace.
Where else “yizreli” appears- a vineyardכֶּרֶםkerem
vineyard
Vineyard.
Where else “kerem” appears- was in Jezreelיִזְרְעֶאלyizrel
Jezreel
See it on the mapWhere else “yizrel” appears- besideאֵצֶלetsel
beside
Beside, next to.
Where else “etsel” appears- the palaceהֵיכַלhechal
palace
A king's palace.
Where else “hechal” appears- of Ahabאַחְאָבachav
Ahab
Ahab: a name meaning "father's brother." It is the king of Israel, son of Omri, who married Jezebel and served Baal (1 Kings 16:29–22:40); a false prophet in Babylon also bears the name (Jeremiah 29:21).
Where else “achav” appears- kingמֶלֶךְmelech
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appears- of Samariaשֹׁמְרוֹןshomron
Samaria
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Places in this verse
1Jezreel
Today: Zir'in and the Jezreel Valley, Israel
A city and valley in northern Israel, between Galilee and Samaria.
There Ahab and Jezebel took Naboth's vineyard (1 Kgs 21:1-16), and Jezebel died there (2 Kgs 9:30-37).
2Samaria
Today: northern West Bank (Sebastia, Samaria hills)
A city and region in central Israel, between Judea and Galilee.
Omri founded the city as capital of the northern kingdom (1 Kgs 16:24); the Assyrians conquered it (2 Kgs 17:6). Jesus passed through the region, and Philip preached there (John 4:4; Acts 8:5).
The context
1 · This verse (above)
2Ahab spoke to Naboth, saying, “Give me your vineyard, so that it may be mine for a garden of vegetables, for it is near, beside my house; and I will give you in its place a vineyard better than it; or, if it is good in your eyes, I will give you silver, the price of it.”