1Ki 21:7-16 | TNotes | STEP | 21:7 I’ll get you Naboth’s vineyard! With her ruthless disposition and actions, Jezebel displayed her cultural upbringing; Canaanite kings did as they pleased (21:8-10 , 15 , 25 ; see 19:1-2 ; 2 Kgs 9:30-31 ).

21:7 ^a I’ll get you Naboth’s vineyard! With her ruthless disposition and actions, Jezebel displayed her cultural upbringing; Canaanite kings did as they pleased (21:8-10 ^b, 15 ^c, 25 ^d; see 19:1-2 ^e; 2 Kgs 9:30-31 ^f).
Summary for 1Kgs 21:8-9: 21:8-9 ^g Call the citizens together: This kind of assembly would normally address sin that could bring divine judgment against the people (see Deut 21:1-9 ^h; Josh 7:10-12 ⁱ; 1 Sam 7:1-6 ^j). Jezebel convened it to bring false charges against an innocent person.
21:10 ^k scoundrels (literally sons of Belial): The Hebrew expression refers to totally evil reprobates (Deut 13:13 ^l; Judg 19:22 ^m; 1 Sam 10:27 ⁿ; Prov 6:12 ^o). Later Jewish writings attributed the name Belial to Satan, a use reflected by Paul in the New Testament (2 Cor 6:15 ^p).

• Legally, two witnesses were needed to establish a charge against a person (Deut 19:15 ^q; Matt 18:16 ^r). The twofold charge of Naboth’s blasphemy against God and against the king carried a penalty of death by stoning outside the city (Deut 17:5-6 ^s; 22:24 ^t). Naboth was apparently put to death on his own land (see 2 Kgs 9:21-26 ^u).
Summary for 1Kgs 21:13-14: 21:13-14 ^v As with Achan (Josh 7:24-26 ^w), Naboth’s sons were killed at the same time (see 2 Kgs 9:26 ^x), in this case to prevent the property from passing on to them. Because the charge carried the penalty of state execution (Deut 13:10-11 ^y; 17:5 ^z) and because Naboth no longer had male heirs, Ahab exercised the royal prerogative of confiscating the property (see 1 Sam 8:14 ^aa).