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1 Kings 21
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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.
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- 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.
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- And Naboth said to Ahab, The LORD forbid it me, that I
should give the inheritance of my fathers unto thee.
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- 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.
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- But Jezebel his wife came to him, and said unto him, Why
is thy spirit so sad, that thou eatest no bread?
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- 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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- And she wrote in the letters, saying, Proclaim a fast,
and set Naboth on high among the people:
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- They proclaimed a fast, and set Naboth on high among the
people.
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- 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.
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- Then they sent to Jezebel, saying, Naboth is stoned, and
is dead.
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- And the word of the LORD came to Elijah the Tishbite,
saying,
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- 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.
- 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.
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- 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
- 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,
- 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.
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- And of Jezebel also spake the LORD, saying, The dogs
shall eat Jezebel by the wall of Jezreel.
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- 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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- And the word of the LORD came to Elijah the Tishbite,
saying,
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- 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.
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