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Commentary Index | Return to PrayerRequest.comFausset Bible Dictionary: Naboth
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"fruit" (Gesenius); "preeminence" (Furst). 1 Kings 21; -26. (See AHAB; ELIJAH.) Septuagint () omit "which was in Jezreel," and read instead of "the palace" "the threshing floor of Ahab king of Samaria." This locates Naboth's vineyard on the hill of Samaria, close by the threshing floor, hard by the gate of the city; but Hebrew text is probably right. David's offer to Araunah (-24) and Omri's purchase from Shemer illustrate Ahab's offer to Naboth. Naboth was "set on high," i.e. seated on a conspicuous place before all the people. Ahab's blood in retribution was washed from the chariot in the pool of Samaria, where harlots were bathing (so translated instead of "and they washed the armour"), while dogs licked up the rest of the blood (); the further retribution was on his seed Joram (2 Kings 9).