Study it in the app“‘Surely the blood of Naboth and the blood of his sons I saw yesterday, declares YHWH, and I will repay you in this plot, declares YHWH.’ So now pick him up and throw him into the plot, according to the word of YHWH.””
‘Surelyאִם לֹאthe bloodאֶת דְּמֵיof Nabothנָבוֹתand the bloodוְאֶת דְּמֵיof his sonsבָנָיוI sawרָאִיתִיyesterday,אֶמֶשׁdeclaresנְאֻםYHWH,יְהוָהand I will repayוְשִׁלַּמְתִּיyouלְךָin thisבַּ הַזֹּאתplot,חֶלְקָהdeclaresנְאֻםYHWH.’יְהוָהSo nowוְעַתָּהpick him upשָׂאand throw himהַשְׁלִכֵהוּinto the plot,בַּחֶלְקָהaccording to the wordכִּדְבַרof YHWH.”יְהוָה
bloodguilt
A murder, and the guilt it leaves on the killer.
Where else “deme” appearsNaboth
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” appearsson
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “vanay” appearssee
To see with one's eyes.
Where else “raiti” appearslast night
Last night; yesterday.
Where else “emesh” appearsdeclaration
Solemn words God himself speaks: "oracle of YHWH".
Where else “neum” appearsYHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appearsrepay
To settle a debt, give back; keep a vow.
Where else “shilamti” appearsplot
A plot of land belonging to someone.
Where else “chelka” appearslift up
To direct the eyes upward, make the voice loud, or put up the hand.
Where else “sa” appearsthrow
To throw something with force, far off or down.
Where else “hashliche” appearsword
What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.
Where else “devar” appearsThe account in 1 Kings 21 does not mention Naboth’s sons; here it is said that their blood was also shed.
Other books that tell the same thing or quote these words.
The death of Ahaziah
An account told more fully or more briefly in one of the books.
2 Kings 9:14-29
14Jehu son of Jehoshaphat, son of Nimshi, conspired against Joram. Now Joram had been guarding Ramoth Gilead, he and all Israel, against Hazael king of Aram; 15but King Joram had returned to be healed in Jezreel from the wounds that the Arameans had inflicted on him when he fought against Hazael king of Aram. And Jehu said, “If this is your will, let no survivor get out of the city to go and tell it in Jezreel.” 16Jehu mounted his chariot and went to Jezreel, for Joram was lying there; and Ahaziah king of Judah had come down to see Joram. 17The watchman was standing on the tower in Jezreel, and he saw the company of Jehu as he came, and said, “I see a company.” Joram said, “Take a horseman and send him to meet them, and let him say, ‘Is there peace?’” 18The rider on horseback went to meet him and said, “Thus says the king, ‘Is there peace?’” Jehu said, “What have you to do with peace? Turn behind me.” The watchman reported, saying, “The messenger came to them, but he has not come back.” 19He sent a second rider on horseback, and he came to them and said, “Thus says the king, ‘Peace?’” Jehu said, “What have you to do with peace? Turn behind me.” 20The watchman reported, saying, “He came to them, but he has not come back. And the driving is like the driving of Jehu son of Nimshi, for he drives like a madman.” 21Joram said, “Hitch up.” And his chariot was hitched up, and Joram king of Israel and Ahaziah king of Judah went out, each in his chariot, and they went out to meet Jehu, and they found him at the plot of Naboth the Jezreelite. 22And it happened, when Joram saw Jehu, that he said, “Is there peace, Jehu?” He said, “What peace, as long as the prostitutions of Jezebel your mother and her many sorceries go on?” 23Joram turned his hands and fled and said to Ahaziah, “Treachery, Ahaziah!” 24Jehu filled his hand with the bow and struck Joram between his arms, and the arrow came out from his heart, and he sank down in his chariot. 25He said to Bidkar his captain, “Pick him up, throw him into the plot of the field of Naboth the Jezreelite; for remember how I and you were riding side by side behind Ahab his father, when YHWH lifted up against him this oracle: 26‘Surely the blood of Naboth and the blood of his sons I saw yesterday, declares YHWH, and I will repay you in this plot, declares YHWH.’ So now pick him up and throw him into the plot, according to the word of YHWH.” 27Ahaziah king of Judah saw this and fled by the way of Beth-haggan. Jehu pursued him and said, “Him too! Strike him!” And they struck him in the chariot at the ascent of Gur, which is by Ibleam. And he fled to Megiddo and died there. 28His servants carried him in a chariot to Jerusalem and buried him in his tomb with his fathers in the city of David. 29In year eleven of Joram son of Ahab, Ahaziah had begun to reign over Judah.
7The ruin of Ahaziah was from Elohim, by coming to Joram; for when he came, he went out with Joram against Jehu son of Nimshi, whom YHWH had anointed to cut off the house of Ahab. 8And it happened, when Jehu was executing judgment on the house of Ahab, that he found the officials of Judah and the sons of the brothers of Ahaziah, ministering to Ahaziah, and he killed them. 9He sought Ahaziah, and they captured him —he was hiding in Samaria— and brought him to Jehu, and put him to death; and they buried him, for they said, “He is the son of Jehoshaphat, who sought YHWH with all his heart.” And there was no one in the house of Ahaziah to retain strength for the kingdom.
25He said to Bidkar his captain, “Pick him up, throw him into the plot of the field of Naboth the Jezreelite; for remember how I and you were riding side by side behind Ahab his father, when YHWH lifted up against him this oracle:
26 · This verse (above)
27Ahaziah king of Judah saw this and fled by the way of Beth-haggan. Jehu pursued him and said, “Him too! Strike him!” And they struck him in the chariot at the ascent of Gur, which is by Ibleam. And he fled to Megiddo and died there.
