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 stood at  the  window  of  her  palace. Jehu seeing  her  at  the window, ordered  her  servants  to  cast  her  down. They did  so, and the  walls  were  sprinkled  with  her  blood,  and  the  hoofs  of  the horses trod  upon  her,  and  the  dogs  came  and  ate  her  flesh, so that  only  her  skull,  feet  and  hands  remained  for  burial.

The Omniscience  of  God.  God  knew  and  revealed  to  Elias  that Naboth was  innocent,  and  that  Achab  had  seized  his  vineyard  by unjust  means.

The Justice  of  God. Achab  and  his  wicked  wife  were  not  able to enjoy  for  long  their  ill-gotten  possession. The measure  of  their sins was  full,  and  God  punished  them  by  a terrible  and  unexpected death. Jezabel’s body  was  trampled  on  by  horses  and  devoured  by dogs  in  Jezrahel,  where  she  had  murdered  Naboth. Such was  the terrible end  of  this  imperious  and  arrogant  woman  l “Treasures  of wickedness  shall  profit  nothing”  (Prov.  10,  2).

The Faithfulness  of  God.  The  punishment  with  which  Almighty God threatened  Achab  and  Jezabel  came  to  pass. When Achab  went out to  fight  against  the  Syrians,  he  disguised  himself  so  that  he  might not be  recognised  as  king  and  attacked. But “a  certain  man  (of  the Syrians)  bent  his  bow,  shooting  at  a venture,  and  chanced  to  strike the king  of  Israel  between  the  lungs  and  the  stomach. And the  blood ran out  of  the  wound  in  the  midst  of  the  chariot,  and  he  died  in  the evening. And they  washed  his  chariot  in  the  pool  of  Samaria,  and the dogs  licked  up  his  blood”  (3  Kings  22,  34  &amp;c.). Now was  it  by chance  that  the  arrow  hit  the  disguised  king? that his  blood  flowed into the  chariot? and that  the  dogs  licked  it  up? No, all  this  occurred under the  Providence  of  the  just  and  true  God,  who  moulded  circumstances so  as  to  bring  that  to  pass  which  He  had  threatened.

The eighth  Commandment.  The  witnesses  against  Naboth  sinned grievously; for  they  bore  false  witness  in  a court  of  justice,  as  to  a serious  matter  that  involved  life  and  death. They were  rightly  called children of  the  devil,  because  it  requires  a devilish  malice  to  commit such a sin.

The tenth  Commandment.  Achab  sinned  grievously  against  this  Commandment by  coveting  the  inheritance  of  Naboth.

The seventh  Commandment.  He  also  sinned  grievously  against  this Commandment by  taking  for  himself  the  property  of  the  murdered  man.

Sharing in  the  guilt  of  others.  The  prophet  said  to  Achab:  “Thou hast slain  &amp;c.”  But  how  could  Achab  be  Naboth’s  murderer? He had