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| 21:1 | And it came to pass after these things, that Naboth
the Jezreelite had a vineyard, which was in Jezreel, hard
by the palace of Ahab king of Samaria. |
| 21:2 | And Ahab spake unto Naboth, saying, Give me thy
vineyard, that I may have it for a garden of herbs,
because it is near unto my house: and I will give thee
for it a better vineyard than it; or, if it seem good to
thee, I will give thee the worth of it in money. |
| 21:3 | And Naboth said to Ahab, The LORD forbid it me, that
I should give the inheritance of my fathers unto thee. |
| 21:4 | And Ahab came into his house heavy and displeased
because of the word which Naboth the Jezreelite had
spoken to him: for he had said, I will not give thee the
inheritance of my fathers. And he laid him down upon his
bed, and turned away his face, and would eat no bread. |
| 21:5 | But Jezebel his wife came to him, and said unto him,
Why is thy spirit so sad, that thou eatest no bread? |
| 21:6 | And he said unto her, Because I spake unto Naboth the
Jezreelite, and said unto him, Give me thy vineyard for
money; or else, if it please thee, I will give thee
another vineyard for it: and he answered, I will not give
thee my vineyard. |
| 21:7 | And Jezebel his wife said unto him, Dost thou now
govern the kingdom of Israel? arise, and eat bread, and
let thine heart be merry: I will give thee the vineyard
of Naboth the Jezreelite. |
| 21:8 | So she wrote letters in Ahab's name, and sealed them
with his seal, and sent the letters unto the elders and
to the nobles that were in his city, dwelling with Naboth.
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| 21:9 | And she wrote in the letters, saying, Proclaim a
fast, and set Naboth on high among the people: |
| 21:10 | And set two men, sons of Belial, before him, to bear
witness against him, saying, Thou didst blaspheme God and
the king. And then carry him out, and stone him, that he
may die. |
| 21:11 | And the men of his city, even the elders and the
nobles who were the inhabitants in his city, did as
Jezebel had sent unto them, and as it was written in the
letters which she had sent unto them. |
| 21:12 | They proclaimed a fast, and set Naboth on high among
the people. |
| 21:13 | And there came in two men, children of Belial, and
sat before him: and the men of Belial witnessed against
him, even against Naboth, in the presence of the people,
saying, Naboth did blaspheme God and the king. Then they
carried him forth out of the city, and stoned him with
stones, that he died. |
| 21:14 | Then they sent to Jezebel, saying, Naboth is stoned,
and is dead. |
| 21:15 | And it came to pass, when Jezebel heard that Naboth
was stoned, and was dead, that Jezebel said to Ahab,
Arise, take possession of the vineyard of Naboth the
Jezreelite, which he refused to give thee for money: for
Naboth is not alive, but dead. |
| 21:16 | And it came to pass, when Ahab heard that Naboth was
dead, that Ahab rose up to go down to the vineyard of
Naboth the Jezreelite, to take possession of it. |
| 21:17 | And the word of the LORD came to Elijah the Tishbite,
saying, |
| 21:18 | Arise, go down to meet Ahab king of Israel, which is
in Samaria: behold, he is in the vineyard of Naboth,
whither he is gone down to possess it. |
| 21:19 | And thou shalt speak unto him, saying, Thus saith the
LORD, Hast thou killed, and also taken possession? And
thou shalt speak unto him, saying, Thus saith the LORD,
In the place where dogs licked the blood of Naboth shall
dogs lick thy blood, even thine. |
| 21:20 | And Ahab said to Elijah, Hast thou found me, O mine
enemy? And he answered, I have found thee: because thou
hast sold thyself to work evil in the sight of the LORD. |
| 21:21 | Behold, I will bring evil upon thee, and will take
away thy posterity, and will cut off from Ahab him that
pisseth against the wall, and him that is shut up and
left in Israel, |
| 21:22 | And will make thine house like the house of Jeroboam
the son of Nebat, and like the house of Baasha the son of
Ahijah, for the provocation wherewith thou hast provoked
me to anger, and made Israel to sin. |
| 21:23 | And of Jezebel also spake the LORD, saying, The dogs
shall eat Jezebel by the wall of Jezreel. |
| 21:24 | Him that dieth of Ahab in the city the dogs shall
eat; and him that dieth in the field shall the fowls of
the air eat. |
| 21:25 | But there was none like unto Ahab, which did sell
himself to work wickedness in the sight of the LORD, whom
Jezebel his wife stirred up. |
| 21:26 | And he did very abominably in following idols,
according to all things as did the Amorites, whom the
LORD cast out before the children of Israel. |
| 21:27 | And it came to pass, when Ahab heard those words,
that he rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his
flesh, and fasted, and lay in sackcloth, and went softly.
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| 21:28 | And the word of the LORD came to Elijah the Tishbite,
saying, |
| 21:29 | Seest thou how Ahab humbleth himself before me?
because he humbleth himself before me, I will not bring
the evil in his days: but in his son's days will I bring
the evil upon his house. |