1 Raja-raja 18:45

18:45 Meanwhile the sky was covered with dark clouds, the wind blew, and there was a heavy rainstorm. Ahab rode toward ¹  Jezreel.

1 Raja-raja 21:1

Ahab Murders Naboth

21:1 After this the following episode took place. ²  Naboth the Jezreelite owned a vineyard in Jezreel adjacent to the palace of King Ahab of Samaria. ³ 

1 Raja-raja 21:23

21:23 The Lord says this about Jezebel, ‘Dogs will devour Jezebel by the outer wall ⁴  of Jezreel.’

[18:45]  ¹ tn Heb “rode and went to.”

[21:1]  ² tn Heb “after these things.” The words “the following episode took place” are added for stylistic reasons.

[21:1]  ³ sn King Ahab of Samaria. Samaria, as the capital of the northern kingdom, here stands for the nation of Israel.

[21:1]  map For location see Map2 B1; Map4 D3; Map5 E2; Map6 A4; Map7 C1.

[21:23]  ⁴ tc A few Hebrew mss and some ancient versions agree with 2 Kgs 9:10, 36, which reads, “the plot [of ground] at Jezreel.” The Hebrew words translated “outer wall” (חֵל, khel, defectively written here!) and “plot [of ground]” (חֵלֶק, kheleq) are spelled similarly.