Act Arise Bread Cheer Cheerful Eat Execute Exercise Glad Govern Heart I'll Jezebel Jez'ebel Jezreelite Jizreelite Joyful Kingdom Merry Naboth Reign Rise Rule Ruler Sovereignty Vine-garden Vineyard Wife
21:7 And Jezebel his wife said unto him, {c} Dost thou now govern the kingdom of Israel? arise, [and] eat bread, and let thine heart be merry: I will give thee the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite.
(c) As though she said, You do not know what it means to reign. Command and do not beg.
21:7 Dost thou govern - Art thou fit to be king, that hast not courage to use thy power.
21:5-16 When, instead of a help meet, a man has an agent for Satan, in the form of an artful, unprincipled, yet beloved wife, fatal effects may be expected. Never were more wicked orders given by any prince, than those Jezebel sent to the rulers of Jezreel. Naboth must be murdered under colour of religion. There is no wickedness so vile, so horrid, but religion has sometimes been made a cover for it. Also, it must be done under colour of justice, and with the formalities of legal process. Let us, from this sad story, be amazed at the wickedness of the wicked, and the power of Satan in the children of disobedience. Let us commit the keeping of our lives and comforts to God, for innocence will not always be our security; and let us rejoice in the knowledge that all will be set to rights in the great day.
Act Arise Bread Cheer Cheerful Eat Execute Exercise Food Glad Govern Heart I'll Israel Jezebel Jez'ebel Jezreelite Joyful Kingdom Merry Naboth Reign Rule Ruler Sovereignty Vine-Garden Vineyard Wife
Act Arise Bread Cheer Cheerful Eat Execute Exercise Food Glad Govern Heart I'll Israel Jezebel Jez'ebel Jezreelite Joyful Kingdom Merry Naboth Reign Rule Ruler Sovereignty Vine-Garden Vineyard Wife
