SEV Biblia, Chapter 21:13
Vinieron entonces dos hombres perversos, y se sentaron delante de él; y aquellos hombres de Belial atestiguaron contra Nabot delante del pueblo, diciendo: Nabot ha blasfemado a Dios y al rey. Y lo sacaron fuera de la ciudad, y lo apedrearon con piedras, y murió.
Clarke's Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 21:13
Verse 13. And stoned him with stones] As they pretended to find him guilty of treason against God and the king, it is likely they destroyed the whole of his family; and then the king seized on his grounds as confiscated, or as escheated to the king, without any heir at law. That his family was destroyed appears strongly intimated, 2 Kings ix. 26; Surely I have seen yesterday the blood of Naboth, AND THE BLOOD OF HIS SONS, saith the Lord.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 13. And there came in two men, children of Belial, and sat before him , etc.] Which position showed that they were his accusers, and had a charge against him; it being usual for the accusers and accused to be set face to face, as it was the manner of the Romans in later times, ( Acts 25:16). Josephus says there were “three” men to accuse him; but the Targum, and all the ancient versions, have only “two”: and the men of Belial witnessed against him, [even] against Naboth, in the presence of the people ; both before the judges of the court, and before all the people that filled it, who came to hear the trial; so bold and impudent were they: saying, Naboth did blaspheme God and the king ; or “bless”, an euphemism; the phrase of cursing God being shocking to the ear, and therefore such a word is used to express it, (see Job 1:5 2:9), then they carried him forth out of the city ; without any further process of examining witnesses, and of hearing what the accused had to say in his defence; but immediately they carried him out of court, and out of the city, to put him to death, malefactors being executed always without the city: and stoned him with stones, that he died ; which was the death blasphemers were put to, ( Leviticus 24:14,23), of the manner of which, (see Gill on “ Acts 7:58”), it seems from ( 2 Kings 9:26), that his sons were stoned with him. Ver. 14 . Then they sent to Jezebel, saying, Naboth is stoned, and is dead .] Not only stoned, but stoned to death. This message was sent to her from the magistrates of Jezreel; for though the letters came in Ahab’s name, they might be privately informed that this was a scheme of Jezebel’s; besides, they knew she had the sway at court, and especially that the news of this man’s death would be acceptable to her, and the more if he was of the 7000 that would not bow the knee to Baal.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 5-16 - When, instead of a help meet, a man has an agent for Satan, in the for of an artful, unprincipled, yet beloved wife, fatal effects may be expected. Never were more wicked orders given by any prince, than thos Jezebel sent to the rulers of Jezreel. Naboth must be murdered unde colour of religion. There is no wickedness so vile, so horrid, but religion has sometimes been made a cover for it. Also, it must be don under colour of justice, and with the formalities of legal process. Le us, from this sad story, be amazed at the wickedness of the wicked, an the power of Satan in the children of disobedience. Let us commit the keeping of our lives and comforts to God, for innocence will not alway be our security; and let us rejoice in the knowledge that all will be set to rights in the great day.
Original Hebrew
ויבאו 935 שׁני 8147 האנשׁים 376 בני 1121 בליעל 1100 וישׁבו 3427 נגדו 5048 ויעדהו 5749 אנשׁי 376 הבליעל 1100 את 853 נבות 5022 נגד 5048 העם 5971 לאמר 559 ברך 1288 נבות 5022 אלהים 430 ומלך 4428 ויצאהו 3318 מחוץ 2351 לעיר 5892 ויסקלהו 5619 באבנים 68 וימת׃ 4191
