John Gill's Bible Commentary Ver. 6. And he said, because I spake unto Naboth the Jezreelite, and said unto him, give me thy vineyard for money , etc.] Sell it him at his own price: or else, if it please thee ; if he liked it better: I will give thee another vineyard for it; as good, or better; and he answered, I will not give thee my vineyard ; he represents this answer as surly and ill natured, and as the effect of obstinacy, concealing the reason Naboth alleged for his denial.
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 וידבר1696 אליה413 כי3588 אדבר1696 אל413 נבות5022 היזרעאלי3158 ואמר559 לו תנה5414 לי את853 כרמך3754 בכסף3701 או176 אם518 חפץ2655 אתה859 אתנה5414 לך כרם3754 תחתיו8478 ויאמר559 לא3808 אתן5414 לך את853 כרמי׃3754
