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The Vineyard Stolen
1 Kings 21
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This song belongs to the 1 Kings collection. 8 recordings are available to play here, with the complete lyrics below.
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Named in this songNabothAhabJezebelElijah
About the passage
1 Kings 21: A vineyard acquired through a false judgment
The conflict begins with a perfectly ordinary royal desire for nearby land and becomes a demonstration of how public institutions can be bent toward a private seizure. Ahab offers money or another vineyard, but Naboth refuses because the ground is his fathers’ inheritance. Ahab goes home heavy and displeased. Jezebel answers by writing in his name, using his seal, summoning local elders, proclaiming a fast, and arranging two false witnesses. Naboth is executed through the forms of public justice, and Ahab goes down to take possession. Elijah meets him in the vineyard that the divine word still calls Naboth’s. The charge joins what the scheme tried to distribute among different hands: killing and taking possession. Severe judgment follows against Ahab, Jezebel, and the royal house. Yet when Ahab humbles himself with sackcloth and fasting, the LORD explicitly notices it and delays the household judgment until his son’s days.
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