1 Kings
21:1-21
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- Reading the Text:
- NRSV (with link to Anglicized NRSV) at Oremus Bible Browser.
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- The Blue Letter Bible. KJV, alternate versions, Hebrew text with concordance, commentaries.
- The World Wide Study Bible includes commentary, exposition and sermons.
- Historical References, Commentary and
Comparative Texts:
- Chapter VI, On Modesty, Tertullian (c. 217)
- Rashi's Commentary, c. 1075. chabad.org.
- From the Geneva Notes.
- "This example of monstrous cruelty the Holy Spirit leaves to us, to the intent that we should abhor all tyranny, and especially in those whom nature and kind should move to be pitiful and inclined to mercy."
- From
Matthew Henry's
Commentary.
- "It is a sin that is its own parent; it arises not from the condition, but from the mind: as we find Paul contented in a prison, so Ahab was discontented in a palace."
- From
Wesley's Notes.
- "For God had expressly, and for divers weighty reasons forbidden the alienation of lands from the tribes and families to which they were allotted. And although these might have been alienated 'till the jubilee, yet he durst not sell it to the king for that time; because he supposed, if once it came into the king's hand, neither he, nor his posterity, could ever recover it; and so he should both offend God, and wrong his posterity."
- From the Commentary on the Whole Bible (Jamieson, Fausset and Brown, 1871).
- Contemporary Commentary, Studies, and Exegesis:
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- "The story of Naboth's vineyard, a tale of a wealthy and powerful person (Ahab) who oppresses (to the point of death) a less wealthy and powerful person (Naboth) who is simply seeking to do the right, is rich in lessons for our world today."
- "Choose Justice," commentary by Kate Huey at SAMUEL, i.ucc.org: Sermon Seeds, lectionary citations, weekly theme, lectionary texts, bulletin back page, 2010.
- Courageous Compassion, commentary by Kate Huey at SAMUEL, i.ucc.org: Sermon Seeds, lectionary citations, weekly theme, lectionary texts, bulletin back page.
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- "Missed Opportunity: 'The Enduring Cost of Truth'," The Wandering Shepherd, 2008.
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- "It is only the word of the Lord that is both the last word, and is the word that lasts forever."
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- "Wherein have we fallen short and made things increasingly worse?"
- "David
and Ahab, Clinton and Nixon: Contemporary Lessons From Two Biblical
Stories," John R. Vile. Leadership U.
- "Although both Biblical stories indicate that God's judgments on the unjust and their sins are sure and His mercy to those who seek his pardon is abundant beyond human understanding, there is no sure word from the Lord as to what our role in extending such punishment or mercy may be in the case of an elected president."
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- Articles & Background:
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Recommended articles
from ATLAS, an online collection of religion and theology journals, are
linked below.
ATLAS Access options are available for academic institutions, alumni of
selected theological schools, and clergy/church offices.
- Andersen, Francis I.,
"The Socio-Juridical Background of the Naboth Incident," Journal of
Biblical Literature, 1966.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Brodie, Thomas Louis,
O.P., "The Accusing and Stoning of Naboth (1 Kings 21:8-13) as One Component of
the Stephen Text (Acts 6:9-14; 7:58a)," The Catholic Biblical
Quarterly, 1983.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - DiVito, Robert A., "Old Testament Anthropology and the Construction of Personal Identity,"
The Catholic Biblical Quarterly, 1999.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Margalith, Othniel, "The
KELABIM of Ahab," Vetus Testamentum, 1984.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Miller, J.M., "The Fall of the House of Ahab,"
Vetus Testamentum, 1967.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Na'aman, Naday, "Nabaoth's Vineyard and the
Foundation of Jezreel," Journal for the Study of the Old Testament,
2008.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Rofé, Alexander, "The Vineyard of Naboth: The Origin and Message of the Story,"
Vetus
Testamentum, 1988.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Schniedewind, William
M., "History and Interpretation: The Religion of Ahab and Manasseh in the Book
of Kings," The Catholic Biblical Quarterly, 1993.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Trible, Phyllis, "Exegesis for Storytellers and Other Strangers,"
Journal of Biblical
Literature, 1995.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Walsh, Jerome T.,
"Methods and Meanings: Multiple Studies of 1 Kings 21,"
Journal of
Biblical Literature, 1992.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - White, Marsha,
"Naboth's Vineyard and Jehu's Coup: The Legitimation of a Dynastic
Extermination," Vetus Testamentum, 1994.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials
- Andersen, Francis I.,
"The Socio-Juridical Background of the Naboth Incident," Journal of
Biblical Literature, 1966.
- Reviews:
- Sermons:
- "Another Name for Evil," Dr. Eugene Winkler, 30 Good Minutes, Chicago Sunday Evening Club, 1998.
- With Children:
- "Elijah Leaves Footsteps for Jesus to Follow," Sunday School Lessons: Family Bible Study, art projects, music, stories, etc.
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"Naboth's Vineyard - Getting One's Own Way,"
"Selfishness,"
- Drama:
- "Hezekiah's Illness," Michael English, Milton Parish Church Drama Resources.
- Graphics & Bulletin Materials:
- Hymns and Music:
- Hymnary.org, hymns, scores, media, information.
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- Study Links and Resources for the Book of 1 Kings
