AHAB AND NABOTH source: The Holy Bible

Literal Comprehension: 

 "Ahab and Naboth" is an expert taken out for m the holy Bible. This story deals about the unkind action that occurred in Samaria during the tenure of Ahab, the king of Samaria. 

One day Ahab went to Naboth to ask his vineyard which was near his palace. So, Ahab requested him to give his vineyard as he was interested to make a garden of herds. The king was ready to exchange another better vineyard for it or he was ready to pay the worth of it in the way Naboth likes. However, Naboth rejected his proposal saying that he wouldn't give the inheritance of his father. Being heavy and displeased with the word of Naboth, the king returned to his house and slept on the bed without eating any bread. Having seen Ahab's sadness, Jaz'eble  his wife tried to console the king. She assured him that she would provide him the vineyard of Naboth. Then Jaz'ebel wrote a fake letter in Ahab's name and sealed and sent them to the elders and nobles of Naboth's city. In the letters , she had ordered them to go on fasting and set Naboth on high among them. She also ordered them to carry him out of the city and stone him to death for blaspheming the god and the king. They did so and the message was sent to her about Naboth's death. After the Jaz'eble said to Ahab ot take the vineyard of Naboth as his possession because he wasn't alive but dead. However, the god knew everything about the crime of the king displeased the Lord. So, the lord, sent Elijah as a message to threaten and curse the king, Ahab.

Interpretation:

This story may be trying to tell us that powerful rulers are wicked and cruel. But the gods are more powerful than them. As a result, even the powerful rulers can't escape from the god's punishment and supreme judges who can easily recognize the sin and virtue. Here, in the story, the powerful queen misuses her power to kill Naboth. However at the end, her husband can't escape from the curse to the god. In this way, this biblical story tells us something about human weakness. 

Critical Thinking:

After reading this story  I learned that powerful people often go beyond their duty and responsibility. However some of the ideas of the story are not agreeable to me. Do the modern people believe on the existence of god? If the gods are omnipotent why does the god curse Ahab rather than his wife? Can't the god know the real sinner? So, I don't totally agree with the idea of story. 

Assimilation: 

After reading this story , I remembered another story king. Here in this story the vineyard in the source of attraction for the king. So, untimely he gets success to make it his possession at the end of the story.