You shall speak to him, saying, ‘The LORD says, “Have you killed and also taken possession?”’ You shall speak to him, saying, ‘The LORD says, “In the place where dogs licked the blood of Naboth, dogs will lick your blood, even yours.”’”
ExplanationCommentary
Verse 19. Possession, by desire; though he was yet only on the road. Menochius.—Perhaps he had sent his servants before. Bible.—Place, not precisely, as Achab was slain in Samaria. Menochius.—But Naboth’s vineyard, perhaps, was not far distant from the pool, where dogs licked the blood of the king. Bible.—On account of Achab’s repentance, the sentence was (verse 29. Calmet.) rather changed, and his son Joram was substituted in his stead. 4 Kennicott. 9:25. Jehu, and his captain, Badacer, were present, when Elias denounced this sentence upon the family of Achab; and they concluded that the prediction regarded Joram. He had, perhaps, taken part with his impious parents, and promoted the same crimes. Bible.