Seizure of Naboth’s vineyard

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The Seizure of Naboth’s vineyard is a biblical episode in which King Ahab, spurred on by Queen Jezebel, unjustly takes a commoner’s vineyard, prompting the prophet Elijah’s fierce condemnation and symbolizing royal injustice and divine judgment.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Old Testament narrative ⓘ
biblical episode ⓘ
biblical story of injustice ⓘ
hasCause Ahab’s desire to acquire Naboth’s vineyard ⓘ
hasCulturalRole biblical example used in social justice preaching ⓘ
paradigm of corrupt kingship ⓘ
hasInstigator Queen Jezebel ⓘ
linked to: Jezebel
hasLegalContext Israelite inheritance law ⓘ
hasLocation Jezreel ⓘ
linked to: Jezreel Valley
hasMainHumanCharacter King Ahab ⓘ
Naboth the Jezreelite ⓘ
Queen Jezebel ⓘ
linked to: Jezebel

the prophet Elijah ⓘ
linked to: Elijah
hasMoralEvaluation condemned by God ⓘ
unjust ⓘ
hasNarrativeFunction critique of monarchy in the Deuteronomistic history ⓘ
hasOutcome Ahab takes possession of the vineyard ⓘ
Elijah pronounces judgment on Ahab’s house ⓘ
Naboth is executed ⓘ
Naboth is falsely accused of blasphemy ⓘ
doom is foretold for Jezebel ⓘ
hasOwnerBeforeSeizure Naboth the Jezreelite ⓘ
hasPropheticOpponent Elijah ⓘ
hasScripturalBook 1 Kings ⓘ
hasScripturalChapter 1 Kings 21 ⓘ
linked to: 1 Kings
hasSeizer King Ahab ⓘ
hasTheme abuse of power ⓘ
covetousness ⓘ
divine judgment ⓘ
false accusation ⓘ
judicial murder ⓘ
property rights ⓘ
prophetic justice ⓘ
royal injustice ⓘ
isReferencedAs Naboth’s vineyard incident ⓘ
the story of Naboth the Jezreelite ⓘ
precedes Elijah’s prophecy of violent deaths for Ahab’s line ⓘ
symbolizes God’s concern for the oppressed ⓘ
inevitability of divine retribution ⓘ
limits on royal authority in Israel ⓘ

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Ahab → notableEvent → Seizure of Naboth’s vineyard ⓘ
1 Kings → containsEvent → Naboth’s vineyard incident ⓘ
linked to: Seizure of Naboth’s vineyard
Jezebel → associatedWithEvent → Naboth's vineyard incident ⓘ
linked to: Seizure of Naboth’s vineyard
King Ahab → notableEvent → Seizure of Naboth’s vineyard ⓘ