God has rebuked him, but instead of repenting, Ahab takes it out on Naboth.
Naboth has a vineyard that Ahab wants for a vegetable garden. It takes years for a vineyard to come to maturity. But Ahab doesn’t care. He wants a vegetable garden.
There is only one other place where this phrase “vegetable garden” occurs: In Deuteronomy 11:10 God had told his people that the Promised Land was a land flowing with milk and honey– not like the land of Egypt...where you sowed your seed and watered it by foot, like a garden of vegetables,,
The Promised Land is a land that the LORD your God cares for.
In order to understand what is going on here we need to understand both Ahab’s request and Naboth’s response.
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