15 ¶ And when Jezebel heard that Naboth was stoned and was dead, Jezebel said to Ahab, [a]Up, and take possession of the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite, which he refused to give thee for money: for Naboth is not alive, but is dead.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 21:15 This example of monstrous cruelty the holy Ghost leaveth to us, to the intent that we should abhor all tyranny, and specially in them whom nature and kind should move to be pitiful and inclined to mercy.

25 (But there was none like Ahab, who did [a]sell himself to work wickedness, in the sight of the Lord, whom Jezebel his wife provoked.

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  1. 1 Kings 21:25 By the wicked counsel of his wife he became a vile idolater, and cruel murderer, as one that gave himself wholly to serve sin.

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