1 Kings 21:3

“And Naboth said to Ahab, the Lord forbid it me that I should give the inheritance of my fathers unto thee.] The inheritances of families were not to be alienated to another family, or tribe, nor even to be sold, unless in extreme poverty, and then to return at the year of jubilee, (<032523>Leviticus 25:23,28). Now Naboth was a man in good circumstances, and under no necessity of selling his vineyard; and, if he sold it, he might reasonably conclude, it becoming a part of the royal demesnes, would never revert to his family; and therefore, both out of regard to the law of God, and the good of his family, would not part with it at any rate: this shows that he was a conscientious man, and…”

“The Lord forbid it me - Or, “Yahweh forbid it me.” Naboth, as a worshipper of Yahweh, not of Baal, considers it would be wrong for him to comply with the king’s request, as contrary to the Law (margin). His was not a mere refusal arising out of a spirit of sturdy independence, or one based upon the sentiment which attaches men to ancestral estates. return to 'Top of Page'”

“The Lord forbid - For God had expressly, and for divers weighty reasons forbidden the alienation of lands from the tribes and families to which they were allotted. And although these might have been alienated 'till the jubilee, yet he durst not sell it to the king for that time; because he supposed, if once it came into the king's hand, neither he, nor his posterity, could ever recover it; and so he should both offend God, and wrong his posterity. 3 Kings (1 Kings) 21:7”

“The Lord: Gen 44:7, Gen 44:17; Jos 22:29, Jos 24:16; Sa1 12:23, Sa1 24:6, Sa1 26:9-11; Ch1 11:19; Job 27:5; Rom 3:4, Rom 3:6, Rom 3:31, Rom 6:2, Rom 6:15, Rom 7:7, Rom 7:13; Co1 6:15; Gal 6:14 I should give: Lev 25:23; Num 36:7; Eze 46:18 3 Kings (1 Kings) 21:4”