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Понеделник Година II ПЪРВО ЧЕТИВО Навутей биде убит с камъни и умря. Четене из първата книга Царства 21,1-16 По онова време Изреелецът Навутей имаше в Изреел лозе до двореца на самарийския цар Ахав. Ахав каза на Навутей, думайки: "Дай ми лозето си; то ще ми бъде овощник, понеже е близо до моя дом, а вместо него ще ти дам лозе по-хубаво от това, или, ако обичаш, ще ти дам сребро, колкото то струва. "Ала Навутей отговори на Ахав: "Да ме пази Господ да ти дам наследството от бащите си". Ахав се върна у дома си развълнуван и огорчен от думите, що му бе казал Изреелецът Навутей, думайки: "Няма да ти дам наследството от бащите си". Духом смутен, легна на постелката, обърна си лицето и не яде хляб. При него влезе жена му Иезавел и му каза: "Защо си смутен духом и че и хляб не ядеш?" Той отговори: "Говорих с Изреелеца Навутей и му казах: Дай ми лозето си срещу сребро, или, ако обичаш, ще ти дам друго лозе вместо него; той ми отговори: "Не ти давам лозето си, наследството от бащите ми". Тогава жена му Иезавел му рече: "Какво царство ще бъде у Изреел, ако ти тъй постъпваш? Стани, яж хляб и бъди спокоен; аз ще ти доставя лозето на Изреелеца Навутей". И тя написа писма от името на Ахав, запечати ги с неговия печат и ги изпрати до старейшините и големците, които живееха с Навутей в града му. В писмата тя пишеше тъй: "Обявете пост и поставете Навутей на чело на народа; и срещу него турете двама негодници, които да свидетелствуват против него и да кажат: "Ти хули Бога и царя"; и след това изведете го и го бийте с камъни, та да умре". Тогава мъжете на неговия град, старейте и големците, които живееха в града му, направиха както им бе заповядала Иезавел и тъй както бе писано в писмата, що бе пратила до тях. Обявиха пост и поставиха Навутей на чело на народа; па се изстъпиха двама негодници, седнаха срещу него и свидетелствуваха против него пред народа и думаха: "Навутей хули Бога и царя". Затова го изведоха вън от града, убиха го с камъни и той умря. Пратиха да кажат на Иезавел: "Навутей биде убит с камъни и умря". Като чу, че Навутей бил бит с камъни и умрял, Иезавел рече на Ахав: "Стани и завладей лозето на Изреелеца Навутей, който не искаше да ти го даде за сребро, понеже Навутей го няма между живите, той умря". Като чу Ахав, че Навутей бил умрял, стана да отиде на лозето на Изреелеца Навутей и да го завладее. Това е Божие слово. ОТПЕВЕН ПСАЛОМ Пс 5,2-3.5-6.7. (О: 2в) Разумей моите вопли, Господи. Чуй, Господи, думите ми, разумей моите вопли. Вслушай се в гласа на моя зов, Царю мой и Боже мой. O Защото Ти си Бог, който не обича беззаконие; злият няма да се настани при Тебе, и нечестивите няма да пребъдват пред Твоите очи. O Ти ще погубиш онези, които говорят лъжа, Ти ненавиждаш всички, които вършат беззаконие; от кръвожаден и коварен човек Господ се гнуси. O АЛИЛУЯ Пс 118,105 O Алилуя. Твоето слово е светило за нозете ми, и светлина за пътеките ми. O Алилуя. ЕВАНГЕЛИЕ Аз ви казвам да се не противите на злото. Четене от светото Евангелие според Матей 5,38-42 В онова време: Исус каза на учениците си: "Слушали сте, че бе казано: "Око за око, и зъб за зъб." Аз пък ви казвам: Да се не противите на злото; но, ако някой ти удари плесница по дясната страна, обърни му и другата; и на тоя, който поиска да се съди с тебе и да ти вземе ризата, дай му и горната дреха; и който те принуди да вървиш с него една миля, върви с него две. На този, който проси от тебе, давай му, и не отвръщай оня, който ти иска на заем. Това е слово Господне.
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Other Searches * 'Number Delimiters' only apply to 'Paragraph Order' Blue Letter Bible offers several daily devotional readings in order to help you refocus on Christ and the Gospel of His peace and righteousness. Recognizing the value of consistent reflection upon the Word of God in order to refocus one’s mind and heart upon Christ and His Gospel of peace, we provide several reading plans designed to cover the entire Bible in a year. Naboth is murdered for his vineyard. (1Ki 21:1-3) Naboth refuses to give up his land. And it came to pass after these things that Naboth the Jezreelite had a vineyard which was in Jezreel, next to the palace of Ahab king of Samaria. So Ahab spoke to Naboth, saying, "Give me your vineyard, that I may have it for a vegetable garden, because it is near, next to my house; and for it I will give you a vineyard better than it. Or, if it seems good to you, I will give you its worth in money." But Naboth said to Ahab, "The LORD forbid that I should give the inheritance of my fathers to you!" Give me your vineyard: This account begins as a simple attempted real estate transaction. Ahab wanted the vineyard near his royal house in Jezreel that he might have it as a vegetable garden. He was willing to trade for the land or pay for it. The LORD forbid that I should give the inheritance of my fathers to you! Naboth's response was an emphatic "no." His rejection of the otherwise reasonable offer was rooted in the ancient Israelite idea of the land. They believed that the land was an inheritance from God, parceled out to individual tribes and families according to His will. Therefore land was never really sold, only leased-and that only under the most dire circumstances. Real Estate offices in ancient Israel didn't do very good business. "For God hath expressly, and for divers weighty reasons, forbidden the alienation of lands from the tribes and families to which they were allotted, Leviticus 25:15, 25:23, 25:25; Numbers 36:7; Ezekiel 46:18." (Poole) (1Ki 21:4-7) Ahab pouts before Jezebel. So Ahab went into his house sullen and displeased because of the word which Naboth the Jezreelite had spoken to him; for he had said, "I will not give you the inheritance of my fathers." And he lay down on his bed, and turned away his face, and would eat no food. But Jezebel his wife came to him, and said to him, "Why is your spirit so sullen that you eat no food?" He said to her, "Because I spoke to Naboth the Jezreelite, and said to him, 'Give me your vineyard for money; or else, if it pleases you, I will give you another vineyard for it.' And he answered, 'I will not give you my vineyard.'" Then Jezebel his wife said to him, "You now exercise authority over Israel! Arise, eat food, and let your heart be cheerful; I will give you the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite." Ahabe went into his house sullen and displeased: This seemed entirely characteristic of Ahab. He seemed to be a spineless, pouting man who reacted this way when he met any kind of adversity. "So the scene is a vivid picture of peevish Ahab turning his face to the wall and refusing to eat. He was like a sulking child who could not get his own way." (Dilday) "Poor soul! He was lord over ten-twelfths of the land, and became miserable because he could not get a poor man's vineyard added to all that he possessed!" (Clarke) You now exercise authority over Israel … I will give you the vineyard of Naboth: Jezebel's manner of speech revealed who really exercised authority in the palace of Israel. (1Ki 21:8-14) Jezebel plots and has Naboth murdered. And she wrote letters in Ahab's name, sealed them with his seal, and sent the letters to the elders and the nobles who were dwelling in the city with Naboth. She wrote in the letters, saying, Proclaim a fast, and seat Naboth with high honor among the people; and seat two men, scoundrels, before him to bear witness against him, saying, "You have blasphemed God and the king." Then take him out, and stone him, that he may die. So the men of his city, the elders and nobles who were inhabitants of his city, did as Jezebel had sent to them, as it was written in the letters which she had sent to them. They proclaimed a fast, and seated Naboth with high honor among the people. And two men, scoundrels, came in and sat before him; and the scoundrels witnessed against him, against Naboth, in the presence of the people, saying, "Naboth has blasphemed God and the king!" Then they took him outside the city and stoned him with stones, so that he died. Then they sent to Jezebel, saying, "Naboth has been stoned and is dead." She wrote letters in Ahab's name, sealed them with his seal, and sent the letters to the elders and the nobles: This shows that Ahab was in agreement with what Jezebel did and had to know something of her plot. "She involved Ahab by they use of his seal on the directives to the local magistrates. The use of the king's royal, dynastic, administrative or even personal seal to gain his authority would require Ahab's collusion." (Wiseman) Alexander Maclaren noted three types of dangerous characters in this chapter: (1) Ahab who was wicked and weak. (2) Jezebel who was wicked and strong. (3) The Elders of Jezreel, who were wicked and subservient. Proclaim a fast: The idea was that some evil or calamity came upon Israel, and a scapegoat had to be found for the evil. Jezebel intended that Naboth be revealed as the scapegoat. Seat Naboth with high honor among the people: This was a treacherous plan-first, to set Naboth in a high place of honor and then to destroy him with lies from the mouths of scoundrels. Naboth has blasphemed God and the king! Jesus was charged with similar crimes, accused of offending both God and Caesar. Naboth, just like Jesus, was completely innocent of such accusations and was murdered without cause. The stoning of Naboth over a piece of land for a vegetable garden shows the brutal and amoral character of Jezebel and Ahab. 2 Kings 9:26 indicates that the crime was even worse than this, connecting the murder of Naboth with the blood of his sons. It is likely that the entire family of Naboth was murdered, so no heirs were left to claim his property. (1Ki 21:15-16) Ahab takes possession of Naboth's land. And it came to pass, when Jezebel heard that Naboth had been stoned and was dead, that Jezebel said to Ahab, "Arise, take possession of the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite, which he refused to give you for money; for Naboth is not alive, but dead." So it was, when Ahab heard that Naboth was dead, that Ahab got up and went down to take possession of the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite. Ahab got up and went down to take possession of the vineyard of Naboth: This added evil to evil. Even with Naboth dead, the land did not belong to Ahab or the royal house of Israel. It belonged to the heirs or family of Naboth. Ahab probably claimed the land as a royal right because the crown seized the land of any executed criminal. Although, "Some say that Ahab was his next kinsman, his sons being dead; which they judge more likely, because his land was next to the king's." (Poole) "Hence some make Naboth to have been Ahab's uncle; but that is uncertain." (Trapp) Elijah confronts Ahab. (1Ki 21:17-24) God pronounces judgment upon Ahab. Then the word of the LORD came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying, "Arise, go down to meet Ahab king of Israel, who lives in Samaria. There he is, in the vineyard of Naboth, where he has gone down to take possession of it. You shall speak to him, saying, 'Thus says the LORD: "Have you murdered and also taken possession?" ' And you shall speak to him, saying, 'Thus says the LORD: "In the place where dogs licked the blood of Naboth, dogs shall lick your blood, even yours."' " So 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: 'Behold, I will bring calamity on you. I will take away your posterity, and will cut off from Ahab every male in Israel, both bond and free. I will make your house like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and like the house of Baasha the son of Ahijah, because of the provocation with which you have provoked Me to anger, and made Israel sin.' And concerning Jezebel the LORD also spoke, saying, 'The dogs shall eat Jezebel by the wall of Jezreel.' The dogs shall eat whoever belongs to Ahab and dies in the city, and the birds of the air shall eat whoever dies in the field." Arise, go down to meet Ahab: Ahab ran out to get his new toy-the land gained by betrayal, lies, and murder - and instead he ran into the prophet of God. Have you murdered and also taken possession? Elijah did what few other men had the courage to do-confront this wicked, brutal, and amoral king and queen of Israel. He pointedly charged them with the two crimes of both murder and theft of Naboth's land. We notice that Elijah confronted Ahab (you murdered) over the sin of Jezebel and her wicked associates. God clearly held Ahab responsible for this sin as husband, as king, and as beneficiary of this crime. "This is added to show that temptations to sin are no excuse to the sinner." (Poole) In the place where dogs licked the blood of Naboth, dogs shall lick your blood, even yours: This was a strong and startling prophecy. It was not fulfilled, because Ahab died in Samaria and the dogs licked his blood there (1 Kings 22:38), instead of in Jezreel where Naboth was murdered. This unfulfilled prophecy has needlessly troubled some. Various explanations have been made, including the ideas that Elijah meant a general area and not a specific place, or that there were pools or streams that carried the blood from Ahab's chariot to the waters of Jezreel, or that this was fulfilled in the blood that ran in the veins of Ahab's son Joram (2 Kings 9:25). A far better explanation is found in the fact that because of Ahab's sorrow and repentance at the end of the chapter, God relented from this judgment and instead brought it upon Ahab's son (in 2 Kings 9:24-26) as the LORD said He would in 1 Kings 21:29. "And see how literally the prediction concerning his son was fulfilled, see 2 Kings 9:25, where we find that the body of Jehoram his son, just then slain by an arrow that had passed through his heart, was thrown into the portion of the field of Naboth the Jezreelite; and there, doubtless, the dogs licked his blood, if they did not even devour his body." (Clarke) Have you found me, O my enemy? "Though the king knew it not, Elijah was his best friend; Jezebel his direst foe." (Meyer) "To the widow of Zarephath Elijah was an angel of light; whilst to Ahab he was an enemy … What you are, determines whether Elijah will be your friend or your enemy." (Meyer) You have sold yourself to do evil in the sight of the LORD: "See a similar form of speech, Romans 7:14. Thou hast totally abandoned thyself to the service of sin. Satan is become they absolute master, and thou his undivided slave." (Clarke) I will take away your posterity, and cut off from Ahab every male in Israel: This was a severe judgment against anyone, in particular against a king. A king's legacy was in his posterity succeeding him on the throne, and here God announced an end to the dynasty of Omri (Ahab's father). His dynasty would come to a dead end just like the dynasties of Jeroboam and Baasha. 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 … That which is gained by fraud is never possessed." (Morgan) The dogs shall eat Jezebel by the wall of Jezreel: Though the prophecy of judgment was focused against Ahab, it did not forget Jezebel. He end would be both horrible and disgraceful. (1Ki 21:25-26) Ahab's great wickedness. But there was no one like Ahab who sold himself to do wickedness in the sight of the LORD, because Jezebel his wife stirred him up. And he behaved very abominably in following idols, according to all that the Amorites had done, whom the LORD had cast out before the children of Israel. There was no one like Ahab who sold himself to do wickedness in the sight of the LORD, because Jezebel his wife stirred him up: Ahab's sin was multiplied not only because of the sin itself, but because by his permission, his wife stirred him up to do it. This reminds us of what God said to Adam in pronouncing the curse after the sin in the Garden of Eden: Because you have heeded the voice of your wife (Genesis 3:17). Apparently, God hold husbands who follow their wife into sin to a special accountability. According to all that the Amorites had done, whom the LORD had cast out: In likening the sin of Ahab to the sin of the Amorites, God prepared the ground for the future eviction of Israel from the Promised Land. As the Amorites were cast out of Canaan for their continued idolatry and rejection of God, so would the northern kingdom of Israel. (1Ki 21:27-29) Ahab humbles himself and God relents from judgment in his life. So it was, when Ahab heard those words, that he tore his clothes and put sackcloth on his body, and fasted and lay in sackcloth, and went about mourning. And the word of the LORD came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying, "See how Ahab has humbled himself before Me? Because he has humbled himself before Me, I will not bring the calamity in his days. In the days of his son I will bring the calamity on his house." When Ahab heard those words, that he tore his clothes and put sackcloth on his body: For all his wickedness, Ahab received this prophecy of judgment exactly as he should have. He understood that the prophecy of judgment was in fact an invitation to repent, humble one's self, and to seek God for mercy. "But this humiliation or repentance of Ahab's was only external and superficial, arising from the terror of God's judgments; and not sincere and serious, proceeding from the love of God, or a true sense of his sin, or a solemn purpose of amendment of his life, as appears, because all the particulars of his repentance here, are external and ritual only; nor is there the least intimation of any one sign or fruit of his true repentance, as that he restored Naboth's land, or reproved his infamous wife; but in the very next chapter you find him returning to his former vomit." (Poole) Three years later, Ahab was dead under God's judgment. "I will recompense his temporary repentance with a temporary deliverance." (Trapp) Because he has humbled himself before Me, I will not bring the calamity in his days: God honored Ahab's initiative. This shows the power of both prayer and humble repentance. If Ahab did not humble himself in this way, then the judgment would have come in his own day. This shows that God gave the prophecy of judgment as an invitation to repentance, and God opened to the door of mercy when Ahab properly responded to that invitation. There is no record of Jezebel's humility or repentance. Therefore we can expect that God's judgment will come upon her exactly as He first announced. "The penitent heart ever meets the merciful eye of God; repentance is highly esteemed by the Father of compassion, even where it is comparatively shallow and short-lived." (Clarke) iii. This shows us the character of God's mercy: it is given to the undeserving. By nature, the innocent do not need mercy. 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