The First Book of Kings (WEB)
21: 1It happened after these things, that Naboth the Jezreelite had a vineyard, which was in
Jezreel, hard by the palace of Ahab king of Samaria. 21:2Ahab spoke to Naboth, saying, Give me
your vineyard, that I may have it for a garden of herbs, because it is near to my house; and I will
give you for it a better vineyard than it: or, if it seem good to you, I will give you the worth of it in
money. 21:3Naboth said to Ahab, Yahweh forbid it me, that I should give the inheritance of my
fathers to you. 21:4Ahab 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 you the inheritance of my
fathers. He laid him down on his bed, and turned away his face, and would eat no bread. 21:5But
Jezebel his wife came to him, and said to him, Why is your spirit so sad, that you eat no bread?
21:6He said to her, Because I spoke to Naboth the Jezreelite, and said to him, Give me your
vineyard for money; or else, if it please you, I will give you another vineyard for it: and he
answered, I will not give you my vineyard. 21:7Jezebel his wife said to him, Do you now govern the
kingdom of Israel? arise, and eat bread, and let your heart be merry: I will give you the vineyard of
Naboth the Jezreelite. 21:8So she wrote letters in Ahab's name, and sealed them with his seal, and
sent the letters to the elders and to the nobles who were in his city, and who lived with Naboth.
21:9She wrote in the letters, saying, Proclaim a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people:
21:10and set two men, base fellows, before him, and let them testify against him, saying, You did
curse God and the king. Then carry him out, and stone him to death. 21:11The men of his city, even
the elders and the nobles who lived in his city, did as Jezebel had sent to them, according as it was
written in the letters which she had sent to them. 21:12They proclaimed a fast, and set Naboth on
high among the people. 21:13The two men, the base fellows, came in and sat before him: and the
base fellows bore witness against him, even against Naboth, in the presence of the people, saying,
Naboth did curse God and the king. Then they carried him forth out of the city, and stoned him to
death with stones. 21:14Then they sent to Jezebel, saying, Naboth is stoned, and is dead. 21:15It
happened, 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 you for
money; for Naboth is not alive, but dead. 21:16It happened, 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.
21:17The word of Yahweh came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying, 21:18Arise, go down to meet Ahab king
of Israel, who dwells in Samaria: behold, he is in the vineyard of Naboth, where he is gone down
to take possession of it. 21:19You shall speak to him, saying, Thus says Yahweh, Have you killed
and also taken possession? You shall speak to him, saying, Thus says Yahweh, In the place where
dogs licked the blood of Naboth shall dogs lick your blood, even your. 21:20Ahab said to Elijah,
Have you found me, my enemy? He answered, I have found you, because you have sold yourself
to do that which is evil in the sight of Yahweh. 21:21Behold, I will bring evil on you, and will utterly
sweep you away and will cut off from Ahab every man-child, and him who is shut up and him
who is left at large in Israel: 21:22and I will make your house like the house of Jeroboam the son of
Nebat, and like the house of Baasha the son of Ahijah for the provocation with which you have
provoked me to anger, and have made Israel to sin. 21:23Of Jezebel also spoke Yahweh, saying, The
dogs shall eat Jezebel by the rampart of Jezreel. 21:24Him who dies of Ahab in the city the dogs
shall eat; and him who dies in the field shall the birds of the sky eat. 21:25(But there was none like
Ahab, who did sell himself to do that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh, whom Jezebel his
wife stirred up. 21:26He did very abominably in following idols, according to all that the Amorites
did, whom Yahweh cast out before the children of Israel.) 21:27It happened, when Ahab heard those
words, that he tore his clothes, and put sackcloth on his flesh, and fasted, and lay in sackcloth, and
went softly. 21:28The word of Yahweh came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying, 21:29See you how Ahab
humbles himself before me? because he humbles himself before me, I will not bring the evil in his
days; but in his son's days will I bring the evil on his house.
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