Lièwángjìshang 21:2

2 Yà hā duì ná bǎi shuō , nǐ jiāng nǐde pútaóyuán gĕi wǒ zuò caì yuán , yīnwei shì kàojìn wǒde gōng . wǒ jiù bǎ gèng hǎo de pútaóyuán huàn gĕi nǐ , huò shì nǐ yào yínzi , wǒ jiù àn zhe jiàzhí gĕi nǐ .

Lièwángjìshang 21:2 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 21:2

And Ahab spake unto Naboth, saying, give me thy vineyard,
that I may have it for a garden of herbs
For a kitchen garden to produce eatables of the vegetable kind for his household, or for a flower garden; and perhaps for both, as Kimchi observes, it being customary to have such in court yards, or behind the house; perhaps he might take his notion of an herb garden from his neighbours the Syrians, who were very diligent and laborious in cultivating their gardens, as Pliny ^F26; hence

``multa Syrorum olera'',

the many herbs of the Syrians, became a proverb with the Greeks:

because it is near unto mine house;
lay very convenient for him:

and I will give thee for it a better vineyard than it; or, if it
seemeth good unto thee, I will give thee the worth of it in money;
which seems very well spoken, that he would either give him a better in exchange, or purchase it at its full value; he did not pretend to take it by usurpation, by force, against his will, as it was represented by Samuel kings would do, ( 1 Samuel 8:14 ) as yet such oppression and tyranny was not exercised.

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FOOTNOTES:

F26 Nat Hist. l. 20. c. 5.

Lièwángjìshang 21:2 In-Context

1 Zhè shì yǐhòu , yòu yǒu yī shì . yé sī liè rén ná bǎi zaì yé sī liè yǒu zhǐ gè pútaóyuán , kàojìn sǎ Mǎlìyà wáng yà hā de gōng .

2 Yà hā duì ná bǎi shuō , nǐ jiāng nǐde pútaóyuán gĕi wǒ zuò caì yuán , yīnwei shì kàojìn wǒde gōng . wǒ jiù bǎ gèng hǎo de pútaóyuán huàn gĕi nǐ , huò shì nǐ yào yínzi , wǒ jiù àn zhe jiàzhí gĕi nǐ .

3 Ná bǎi duì yà hā shuō , wǒ jìngwèi Yēhéhuá , wàn bù gǎn jiāng wǒ xiān rén liú xià de chǎnyè gĕi nǐ .

4 Yà hā yīn yé sī liè rén ná bǎi/bó shuō wǒ bù gǎn jiāng wǒ xiān rén liú xià de chǎnyè gĕi nǐ , jiù mēn mēn bù lè dì huí gōng , tǎng zaì chuáng shàng , zhuǎn liǎn xiàng neì , yĕ bù chī fàn .

5 Wáng hòu yé xǐ bié lái wèn tā shuō , nǐ wèishénme xīnli zhèyàng yōu mēn , bù chī fàn ne .