Passage Research
1 Kings 21 — Sermon Preparation
Ahab covets Naboth's vineyard; Jezebel arranges Naboth's murder to get it, and Elijah pronounces a devastating judgment on Ahab's entire dynasty. Below is a research summary for 1 Kings 21, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
- 29
- verses
- 480 / 150
- Hebrew words / lemmas
- 9
- classic sermon excerpts
- 3
- preachers & commentators
1 Kings 21 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| נָבוֹת | Nâbôwth | H5022 | 19 | Naboth |
| אַחְאָב | ʼAchʼâb | H256 | 15 | Achab |
| אִיזֶבֶל | ʼÎyzebel | H348 | 9 | Izebel |
| כֶּרֶם | kerem | H3754 | 10 | garden, vineyard |
| יִזְרְעֵאלִי | Yizrᵉʻêʼlîy | H3158 | 6 | Jizreelite |
| נָתַן | nâthan | H5414 | 11 | give, put |
| מוּת | mûwth | H4191 | 8 | die, kill |
How preachers through history handled this text
9 public-domain excerpts on 1 Kings 21, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“Blessed Paul complains that he was sold under sin, Ro 7:14, as a poor captive against his will; but Ahab was willing, he sold himself to sin; of choice, and as his own act and deed, he loved the dominion of sin. Jezebel his wife stirred him up to do wickedly. Ahab is reproved, and his sin set before his eyes, by Elijah. That man's condition is very miserable, who has made the word of God his enemy; and very desperate, who reckons the ministers of that word his enemies, because they tell him the truth. …”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise), on 1 Kings 21:17–30 (Public Domain)
Places in the text
Based on ancient-geography data
- Jezreel 2— 1 Kgs 21:1
- Samaria 1— 1 Kgs 21:1
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