|Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary| 21:1-4 Naboth, perhaps, had
been pleased that he had a vineyard situated so near the palace,
but the situation proved fatal to him; many a man's possessions
have been his snare, and his neighbourhood to greatness, of bad
consequence. Discontent is a sin that is its own punishment, and
makes men torment themselves. It is a sin that is its own
parent; it arises not from the condition, but from the mind: as
we find Paul contented in a prison, so Ahab was discontented in
a palace. He had all the delights of Canaan, that pleasant land,
at command; the wealth of a kingdom, the pleasures of a court,
and the honours and powers of a throne; yet all avails him
nothing without Naboth's vineyard. Wrong desires expose men to
continual vexations, and those that are disposed to fret,
however well off, may always find something or other to fret at.
Verse 1. - And it came to pass after these things [These words
are omitted in the Vat. LXX., which, as before remarked,
transposes chs. 20. an