Kings I 21:14

14 And Anchus said to his servants, Lo! ye see the man mad: why have ye brought him in to me?

Kings I 21:14 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 21:14

Then they sent to Jezebel, saying, Naboth is stoned, and is
dead.
] Not only stoned, but stoned to death. This message was sent to her from the magistrates of Jezreel; for though the letters came in Ahab's name, they might be privately informed that this was a scheme of Jezebel's; besides, they knew she had the sway at court, and especially that the news of this man's death would be acceptable to her, and the more if he was of the 7000 that would not bow the knee to Baal.

Kings I 21:14 In-Context

12 And David laid up the words in his heart, and was greatly afraid of Anchus king of Geth.

13 And he changed his appearance before him, and feigned himself a false character in that day; and drummed upon the doors of the city, and used extravagant gestures with his hands, and fell against the doors of the gate, and his spittle ran down upon his beard.

14 And Anchus said to his servants, Lo! ye see the man mad: why have ye brought him in to me?

15 I in want of madmen, that ye have brought him in to me to play the madman? He shall not come into the house.

Footnotes

• [a]. or man epileptic.