1 Reis 21

1 Reis 21

Morgan - Hast thou killed, and also taken possession ?—1 Kings 21.19 Ahab had allowed the selfish and corrupt coveting of his evil heart to drive him to the murder of Naboth, in order to gain his vineyard. And now he had gone into the vineyard to take possession of it. But men do not so easily possess the things which they obtain by unrighteous methods. Right there, in the midst of the coveted garden, with startling abruptness, Elijah, the rough prophet of Horeb, stood before him. Thus God perpetually confronts the evil-doer, and spoils for him the gain of his wrong-doing. One can easily imagine the mixture of terror and of anger in the voice of the king as he exclaimed: "Hast thou found me, 0 mine enemy?" Elijah rose to the full dignity of the prophetic office. There was neither fear nor faltering in the awful message which he delivered. Men may outwit their fellowmen, may deceive and wrong them, may even murder them to rob them, The last word is always with God. He cannot be outwitted or deceived. This question which the prophet asked rings with holy satire. There is a taking possession which never results in possessing. Ahab never possessed the vineyard of Naboth. He held it, but that very fact became to him a torment. However fine the vintage, for him the grapes were acrid, poisonous. Nothing is ever possessed by any man, save that which is his by righteousness and truth and as the gift of God. Not the overlords of injustice, but the meek, inherit the earth. That which is gained by fraud is never possessed. 1 Kings 21:20 Ahab said to Elijah, “Have you found me, O my enemy?” And he answered, “I have found you, because you have sold yourself to do evil in the sight of the LORD. KJV 1 Kings 21:20 And Ahab said to Elijah, Hast thou found me, O mine enemy? And he answered, I have found thee: because thou hast sold thyself to work evil in the sight of the LORD. BGT 1 Kings 20:20 καὶ εἶπεν Αχααβ πρὸς Ηλιου εἰ εὕρηκάς με ὁ ἐχθρός μου καὶ εἶπεν εὕρηκα διότι μάτην πέπρασαι ποιῆσαι τὸ πονηρὸν ἐνώπιον κυρίου παροργίσαι αὐτόν LXE 1 Kings 21:20 And Achaab said to Eliu, Hast thou found me, mine enemy? and he said, I have found thee: because thou hast wickedly sold thyself to work evil in the sight of the Lord, to provoke him to anger; NET 1 Kings 21:20 When Elijah arrived, Ahab said to him, "So, you have found me, my enemy!" Elijah replied, "I have found you, because you are committed to doing evil in the sight of the LORD. CSB 1 Kings 21:20 Ahab said to Elijah, "So, you have caught me, my enemy." He replied, "I have caught you because you devoted yourself to do what is evil in the LORD's sight. ESV 1 Kings 21:20 Ahab said to Elijah, "Have you found me, O my enemy?" He answered, "I have found you, because you have sold yourself to do what is evil in the sight of the LORD. NIV 1 Kings 21:20 Ahab said to Elijah, "So you have found me, my enemy!" "I have found you," he answered, "because you have sold yourself to do evil in the eyes of the LORD. NLT 1 Kings 21:20 "So, my enemy, you have found me!" Ahab exclaimed to Elijah."Yes," Elijah answered, "I have come because you have sold yourself to what is evil in the LORD's sight. CEB 1 Kings 21:20 Ahab said to Elijah, “So you’ve found me, my old enemy!” “I found you,” Elijah said, “because you’ve enslaved yourself by doing evil in the Lord’s eyes. Have you found me: 1Ki 18:17 22:8 2Ch 18:7,17 Am 5:10 Mk 12:12 Ga 4:16 Rev 11:10 Am 5:10 Mk 12:12 Ga 4:16 Rev 11:10 you have sold yourself 1Ki 21:25 2Ki 17:17 Isa 50:1 Isa 52:3 Ro 7:14 to do evil 1Ki 16:30 2Ki 21:2 2Ch 33:6 Eph 4:19 1 Kings 21 Resources - Multiple Sermons and Commentaries Related Passages: 1 Kings 21:25 Surely there was no one like Ahab who sold himself to do evil in the sight of the LORD, because Jezebel his wife incited him. 2 Kings 17:17 Then they made their sons and their daughters pass through the fire, and practiced divination and enchantments, and sold themselves to do evil in the sight of the LORD, provoking Him. Romans 7:14+ For we know that the Law is spiritual, but I am of flesh, SOLD (piprasko -perfect tense = past completed action with lasting effect) into bondage to sin. 1 Kings 16:30+ Ahab the son of Omri did evil in the sight of the LORD more than all who were before him. Ephesians 4:19+ and they, having become callous, have given themselves over to sensuality for the practice of every kind of impurity with greediness. THE PROPHET'S REBUKE THE KINGS GUILT Ahab said to Elijah, “Have you found me, O my enemy?” - Ahab thought he had gotten away with the murder of Naboth and theft of his vineyard. He clearly did not know Nu 32:23+ "behold, you have sinned against the LORD, and be sure your sin will find you out." Ahab had called Elijah "troubler of Israel" (1Ki 18:17) but now gets personal calling him my enemy! Ahab is so blind that he mistakes his friends for foes and foes for friends, thinking Elijah was his enemy and Jezebel his friend! You can mark it down that the person who leads you to sin is not your friend! If we had any doubts about the Spirit enabled boldness of Elijah, passages like this should put a stop to such thinking! The worst enemy of the sinful heart is the voice that either tempts it into sin, or lulls it into self-complacency, Alexander