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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.
2And 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.
3And Naboth said to Ahab, The LORD forbid it me, that I should
give the inheritance of my fathers unto thee.
4And 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.
5But Jezebel his wife came to him, and said unto him, Why is
thy spirit so sad, that thou eatest no bread?
6And 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.
7And 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.
8So 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.
9And she wrote in the letters, saying, Proclaim a fast, and set
Naboth on high among the people:
10And 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.
11And 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.
12They proclaimed a fast, and set Naboth on high among the
people.
13And 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.
14Then they sent to Jezebel, saying, Naboth is stoned, and is
dead.
15And 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.
16And 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.
17And the word of the LORD came to Elijah the Tishbite,
saying,
18Arise, 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.
19And 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.
20And 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.
21Behold, 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,
22And 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.
23And of Jezebel also spake the LORD, saying, The dogs shall
eat Jezebel by the wall of Jezreel.
24Him 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.
25But 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.
26And 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.
27And 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.
28And the word of the LORD came to Elijah the Tishbite,
saying,
29Seest 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.
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