1 Reis 21
Warren Wiersbe · Citado em PreceptAustin
1 Reis 21
Wiersbe has a great comment - Ben-hadad as the man Ahab should have killed, but he set him free; and Naboth was the man Ahab should have protected, but Ahab killed him! When you sell yourself to do evil, you call evil good and good evil, light darkness and darkness light (Isa. 5:20). Norman Geisler - 1 KINGS 21:19—How could the prophecy of this verse claim to be fulfilled in the events recorded in 1 Kings 22:37–38? PROBLEM: God told Elijah to prophesy to Ahab that his blood would be licked by the dogs in the same place where dogs had licked the blood of Naboth. According to 1 Kings 22:37–38, when the chariot of King Ahab was washed in a pool in Samaria, the dogs licked the blood according to the word of the Lord. However, if Naboth was executed outside the city of Jezreel, and since Ahab’s chariot was washed in a pool in Samaria which was over 20 miles away, how can the one be the fulfillment of the other? SOLUTION: Nowhere in the Bible do we find a specific statement about where the dogs licked the blood of Naboth. First Kings 21:13 states that Naboth was taken outside the city of Jezreel and stoned to death. However, there is no statement about the dogs licking the blood of Naboth. Although it may seem likely that the licking of Naboth’s blood took place in the same place where he was stoned, this is only an assumption. It is possible that those who killed Naboth transported his body to Samaria, perhaps for verification by Jezebel, in which case the washing of Naboth’s chariot, and the licking of Ahab’s blood would have taken place in the same spot. G Campbell
1 Reis 21
Wiersbe adds "Later events proved that Ahab’s repentance was short-lived, but the Lord at least gave him another opportunity to turn from sin and obey the Word. How much more evidence did Ahab need? But the influence of his wife couldn’t easily be broken, for when Ahab married her, he sold himself into sin." (Bible Exposition Commentary) Rod Mattoon says "He repents but it is not very deep. He feared judgment more than having a hatred for his sin." Herbert Lockyer - " Ahab rent his clothes, but not his heart (I Kings 21:27). His eye was watery, but his heart was like flint! How many there are who are made sensible of their sin and who shed copious tears, but who, after the tempest of conscience is past, have dry eyes! Walter Scott, in Rob Roy has the line, "But with morning cool repentance came." (All the Doctrines of the Bible) Matthew