1 Kings 21:2 meaning and explanation
So Ahab said to Naboth, “Give me your vineyard to use as a vegetable garden, since it is next to my palace. I will give you a better vineyard in its place—or if you prefer, I will give you its value in silver.”
1 Kings 21:2, Berean Standard Bible
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Ahab, king of Israel, is speaking to Naboth, a private landowner in Jezreel, and his offer sounds fair: a better vineyard or the full price in silver. Yet the request treats ancestral land as ordinary property.
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