C. F. Keil and Franz Delitzsch on 1 Kings 21:3
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1 Kings21:3
1Ki 21:3
Naboth refused to part with the vineyard, because it was the inheritance of his fathers, that is to say, on religious grounds (חלילה כּי מיהוה), because the sale of a paternal inheritance was forbidden in the law (Lev 25:23-28; Num 36:7.). He was therefore not merely at liberty as a personal right to refuse the king’s proposal, but bound by the commandment of God.
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