9<\/strong>. Proclaim a fast<\/em> ] Let a day of humiliation be appointed, for it must be represented that a great wrong has been committed both against God and the king. Cf. 1Sa 7:6<\/span> where the people gathered at Mizpeh fasted, saying, ‘We have sinned against the Lord’. The command of God (Joe 2:12<\/span>) by His prophet is, ‘Turn ye to me with all your heart, and with fasting and with weeping’. Hence the action is to express the popular sorrow for some wrong done, by which the whole city is contaminated.<\/p>\n and set Naboth on high among the people<\/em> ] Lit. ‘at the head of the people’. The LXX. has . He was to be put in a prominent place, as one who had hitherto held an honourable position. Josephus speaks of him as ‘of a family of note’. By thus, at the beginning of the process, treating Naboth with honour they would seem to make it plain that, but for the evidence against him, they would have been glad to think him innocent.<\/p>\n The object of this fast was at once to raise a prejudice against Naboth, who was assumed by the elders to have disgraced the town; and at the same time to give an air of religion to the proceedings, which might blind persons to their real injustice.<\/P> Set Naboth on high among his people – <\/B>This was not an order to do Naboth any, even apparent, honor; but simply a command to bring him forward before a court or assembly, where he might be seen by all, tried, and condemned.<\/P><\/p>\n Verse 9<\/span>. Proclaim a fast<\/B><\/I>] Intimate that there is some great calamity coming upon the nation, because of some evil tolerated in it.<\/P> <\/P> Set Naboth on high<\/B><\/I>] Bring him to a public trial.<\/P> <\/p>\n Proclaim a fast, <\/B>to remove all suspicion of hatred or evil design in Ahab, and to beget a good opinion of him amongst his people, as if his afflictions had done him good, and as if he were grown zealous for Gods honour, and careful of his peoples welfare, and therefore desirous to prevent the further displeasure of God against his city and kingdom; and in order thereunto, to inquire into all those sins which provoked God against them, and effectually to purge them out. <\/P> Set Naboth on high; <\/B>in a scaffold, or some other high place, where malefactors were usually and fitly placed, that they might be seen, and their defence heard by all the people. <\/P> <\/p>\n 9. Proclaim a fast,<\/B> c.Thoseobsequious and unprincipled magistrates did according to orders.Pretending that a heavy guilt lay on one, or some unknown party, whowas charged with blaspheming God and the king and that Ahab wasthreatening vengeance on the whole city unless the culprit werediscovered and punished, they assembled the people to observe asolemn fast. Fasts were commanded on extraordinary occasionsaffecting the public interests of the state (2Ch 20:3<\/span>Ezr 8:21<\/span>; Joe 1:14<\/span>;Joe 2:15<\/span>; Jon 3:5<\/span>).The wicked authorities of Jezreel, by proclaiming the fast, wished togive an external appearance of justice to their proceedings andconvey an impression among the people that Naboth’s crime amounted totreason against the king’s life. <\/P> set Naboth on high<\/B>Duringa trial the panel, or accused person, was placed on a high seat, inthe presence of all the court; but as the guilty person was supposedto be unknown, the setting of Naboth on high among the people musthave been owing to his being among the distinguished men of theplace.<\/P><\/p>\n And she wrote in the letters, saying, proclaim a fast<\/strong>,…. Pretending fears of some dreadful calamity coming upon the nation, and therefore fasting and humiliation were necessary to avert it, and it would be right to inquire what crimes were committed by men among them, and punish them for them; and intimated to them that Naboth should be chosen as the great offender, and be accused, condemned, and put to death, R. Joseph Kimchi a thinks the phrase signifies “call an assembly or congregation”; convene a court of judicature, from the use of the word in the Talmudic language b; and so it is thought it is used in Jer 36:6<\/span> and indeed it can hardly be thought that Jezebel should have much notion of fasting; and besides, if it was a public fast, why should it be proclaimed only in Jezreel, and not throughout the kingdom?<\/p>\n and set Naboth on high among the people;<\/strong> the court being set, bring him to the bar and arraign him; perhaps in their courts of judicature there was a high place above the heads of the people, where criminals accused used to stand when they took their trials, that they might be seen and heard by all in court.<\/p>\n a Apud David. Kimchium in loc. b Vid. Buxtorf. Talmud. Lexic. in rad <\/p>\n (9) Proclaim a fast.<\/strong>This might be only to cover all that was to be so foully done with a cloak of religious observance, or, perhaps more probably, to imply that some secret sin had been committed, which would draw down vengeance on the whole city, and so to prepare for the false accusation. There is a like ambiguity as to the explanation of the command, set Naboth on high, as either an exaltation of pretended honour, or the lifting up his head (Gen. 40:20<\/span>) for accusation. It may be noted that the whole scheme implies a return of the people to at least the outward observance of the Law of the Lord.<\/p>\n 9<\/strong>. <\/strong> Proclaim a fast <\/strong> Not merely to furnish an opportunity to proceed with charges against Naboth, but to show that the city was under condemnation because of guilt, and should do some kind of penance. Fasts were proclaimed to show humiliation after defeat in battle, (Jdg 20:26<\/span>; 1Sa 31:13<\/span>,) or in case of threatened calamities, (2Ch 20:2-4<\/span>; Joe 1:14<\/span>; Joe 2:12<\/span>; Joe 2:15<\/span>,) or as an acknowledgment of great sins. 1Sa 7:6<\/span>; Jon 3:5<\/span>. Jezebel would make the people believe that she piously humbled herself in view of the great crime of blasphemy with which Naboth was charged, and from which the whole city might suffer if no such repentance were manifest. <\/p>\n Set Naboth on high <\/strong> In a conspicuous place, where the proceedings against him might have the utmost publicity and the proper semblance of religion and justice. If his guilt should be shown by a sufficient number of witnesses, this publicity of his trial would expose him all the more to popular indignation and fury.<\/p>\n 1Ki 21:9<\/span><\/em><\/strong>. <\/strong>Proclaim a fast<\/em><\/strong><\/strong> It was always usual; upon the approach of any great calamity, or the apprehension of any national judgment, to proclaim a fast. <\/em>Jeze<\/em>bel orders such a fast to be observed, the better to conceal her design against Naboth: for by this means she intimated to the people, that they had some accursed thing among them, which was ready to bring down the vengeance of God upon their city; and that therefore it was their business to enquire into all those sins which provoked God to anger against them, and to purge them out effectually. As, therefore, these days of fasting were employed in punishing offenders, doing justice, and imploring God’s pardon, the elders of the city had now an occasion to convene an assembly, and the false witnesses a fair opportunity to accuse Naboth before them. The phrase, set Naboth on high, <\/em>seems to be similar to that of lifting up the<\/em> head; <\/em>Gen 13:18<\/span> and signifies to bring a person to a public trial. Others however think, that as Naboth was a man of consequence, it implies the setting him in an honourable place among the elders of the city. See Le Clerc, and Pilkington’s Remarks. <\/p>\n 1Ki 21:9 And she wrote in the letters, saying, Proclaim a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people:<\/p>\n Ver. 9. Proclaim a fast.<\/strong> ] On fast days they were wont to execute heinous offenders, and thereby to get reconciliation with God. Num 25:7-8 <\/em> Psa 106:30 But what damnable dissimulation was it in this devilish creature to do her feats under pretext of a fast! This was like that Italian new device of a pocket stone bow which, held under a cloak, shooteth needles with such force to pierce a man’s body, yet leaveth a wound scarce discernible: or, rather, that other, more detestable, of a pocket church book with a pistol hid in the binding, which turning to such a page dischargeth, – a plot to entrap him you hate, whilst you are at your devotions together, when there is less suspicion. a<\/em> If Jezebel proclaim a fast, let Naboth look to his life. If Herod, “that fox,” pretend to worship Christ, there is mischief towards. The Jesuits enjoined a fast, and set forth a sevenfold psalmody for the good success of the gunpowder plot: wherein, Rabshakeh-like, they would persuade the world that they came not up against us without the Lord. <\/p>\n <\/p>\n And set Naboth on high.<\/strong> ] Bring him before the judges. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n a<\/em> Il. Merc. Italico,<\/em> introduc.<\/p>\n on high: i.e. in a conspicuous place; or, perhaps, before the bar of justice. <\/p>\n Proclaim a fast: Gen 34:13-17, Isa 58:4, Mat 2:8, Mat 23:14, Luk 20:47, Joh 18:28 <\/p>\n on high among: Heb. in the top of <\/p>\n Reciprocal: Gen 34:14 – uncircumcised Gen 39:17 – General Exo 32:5 – made proclamation 2Sa 14:30 – And Absalom’s 2Sa 15:12 – while he offered Pro 7:14 – this Pro 18:5 – to overthrow Pro 24:28 – not Ecc 3:16 – General Joe 2:15 – sanctify Mic 7:3 – the great Mar 14:64 – General<\/p>\n 1Ki 21:9. She wrote in the letters, saying, Proclaim a fast As if there had been some grievous crime committed, or some great calamity had befallen them, which all the people were to bewail, and purge themselves from, lest they should become guilty; and consequently they were to see the crime punished very severely; for such days of fasting were spent in punishing offenders, doing justice, and praying to God for pardon. She intended also, by taking this step, to remove all suspicion of evil design in Ahab, and to beget a good opinion of him among his people, as if he were grown zealous for Gods honour, and careful of his peoples welfare, and therefore was desirous to inquire into all those sins which provoked God against them. And set Naboth on high On a scaffold, or high place, where he might be seen and heard by the people; for persons accused and arraigned were wont so to appear before the judges, that all the people might see them, and hear what was alleged against them, and the proofs of it, and their defence.<\/p>\n 21:9 And she wrote in the letters, saying, Proclaim a {d} fast, and set Naboth on high among the people:<\/p>\n (d) For then they used to enquire of men’s faults: for no one could truly fast if he was a notorious sinner.<\/p>\n And she wrote in the letters, saying, Proclaim a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people: 9. Proclaim a fast ] Let a day of humiliation be appointed, for it must be represented that a great wrong has been committed both against God and the king. 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