And thou shalt speak unto him, saying, thus saith the
Lord,
hast thou killed, and also taken possession?
&c.] Killed in order to possess, and now taken possession
upon the murder; some versions, as the Vulgate Latin and Arabic,
read without an interrogation, "thou hast killed and hath taken
possession", so Joseph Kimchi and Ben Melech; charging him with
the murder of Naboth, and the unjust possession of his vineyard;
the murder is ascribed to him, because his covetousness was the
cause of it; and it was done by the contrivance of his wife; and
it is highly probable Ahab knew more of it, and connived at it,
and consented to it, than what is recorded, and however, by
taking possession upon it, he abetted the fact:
and thou shalt speak unto him, saying, in the place where
dogs licked
the blood of Naboth shall dogs lick thy blood, even
thine;
which was fulfilled in his sons, who were his flesh and blood, (
2 Kings
9:26 ) , for the punishment was respited in his days, and
transferred to his sons, see ( 1 Kings
21:29 ) , though dogs did lick his blood, even his blood
also, according to this prophecy, though not in the same place,
see ( 1 Kings
22:38 ) , wherefore some take these words not to be
expressive of the place where, but of the cause or reason for
which this should be done, and read the words, "inasmuch", or
"because dogs have licked" F8