Naboth also claims that God's law is on his side. And he's right. Numbers and other passages tell us that land in Israel was to be regarded as a patrimony assigned by God and was not to be sold except under dire circumstances. Ahab is deeply disappointed, and Jezebel, his wife, finds him sulking and depressed on his bed. Asked what's wrong, Ahab tells her all about the vineyard and Naboth's response. Interestingly, Ahab doesn't tell Jezebel Naboth's reason for refusing to sellnot that it would have made any more difference to her than it evidently did to him.
Jezebel upbraids her husband: "Is this any way for a king to act? Let me go after this, and I'll show you how to get things done. Instead she sets up an elaborate scheme to entrap Naboth. She arranges for two lackeys to falsely and publically accuse Naboth of cursing God and the king. And Naboth is taken out and stoned. As soon as Naboth is dead, Jezebel tells her husband to get out and take the vineyard.
Raw royal power squashes any opposition. Except that in Israel there was another power at work to hold the king in check. It had no basis in law; its power was that of God's Word.
We have seen it before, with Nathan challenging David on his murder of Uriah the Hittite and his marriage to Bathsheba. Trackbacks 5 Comments 0. No comments yet.
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