1883 Haydock Douay Rheims Bible

Presents commentary in a tabular format for ease of reading.Click to learn more.





I Kings 21:1 And *after these things, Naboth the Jezrahelite, who was in Jezrahel, had at that time a vineyard, near the palace of Achab, king of Samaria.

Year of the World 3105, Year before Christ 899. Who was. Hebrew, Chaldean, etc., place this after vineyard, and read which, referring it to the ground; which we might naturally suppose would be the place of Naboth's nativity, as it was his paternal estate, 4 Kings 9:21. Josephus calls the place Azari, and says it was a field contiguous to the king's palace. Septuagint alo, "threshing-floor."