1 Kings 21
21:1And it came to pass after these words, that there was one vineyard to Naboth the Jezreelite, by the house of Ahab king of Samaria.
21:2And Ahab spoke to Naboth, saying, Give to me your vineyard! and it will be to me for a garden of vegetables, for this is near my house! And I will give to you in place of it another good vineyard for it, but if not pleasing before you, I will give to you money in barter for this your vineyard.
21:3And Naboth said to Ahab, May it not be to me from the lord to give the inheritance of my fathers to you.
21:4And Ahab went to his house being in a tumult and loosened over the word which Naboth the Jezreelite spoke to him, as he said, I will not give to you the inheritance of my fathers to you. And the spirit of Ahab became disturbed, and he went to sleep upon his bed, and covered up his face, and did not eat bread.
21:5And Jezebel his wife entered to him, and she said to him, Why is your spirit disturbed, and you are not eating bread?
21:6And he said to her, For I spoke to Naboth the Jezreelite, saying, Give to me your vineyard for money! but if you do not want, I will give to you a vineyard in place of it. And he said, I will not give to you the inheritance of my fathers.
21:7And Jezebel his wife said to him, Do you now so act as king over Israel? Rise up, and eat bread, and be yourself! and I will give to you the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite.
21:8And she wrote upon a scroll the name of Ahab, and set seal with his seal, and sent the scroll to the elders and to the free men of the ones dwelling with Naboth.
21:9And she wrote in the scroll, saying, Fast a fast, and set Naboth at the head place of the people!
21:10And set two men, sons of lawbreakers, right opposite him! And let them bear witness against him! saying, You raved against God and king. And let them lead him out and stone him, and let him die!
21:11And they did (the men of his city, the elders, and the free men dwelling in his city) as Jezebel sent to them, and as was written in the scrolls which she sent to them.
21:12And they called a fast, and they sat Naboth at the head of the people.
21:13And two men entered, sons of lawbreakers, and they sat right opposite him, and bore witness against him, saying, He raved against God and king. And they led him outside the city, and they stoned him with stones, and he died.
21:14And they sent to Jezebel, saying, Naboth has been stoned and died.
21:15And it came to pass, as Jezebel heard the ones saying, Naboth has been stoned, and has died; Jezebel said to Ahab, Rise up, inherit the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite! for he did not give it to you for money, for Naboth is not living, but has died.
21:16And it came to pass as Ahab heard that Naboth has died, Ahab rose and went down into the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite to inherit it.
21:17And the lord said to Elijah the Tishbite, saying,
21:18Rise up and go down for a meeting with Ahab king of Israel, the one in Samaria! Behold, he is in the vineyard of Naboth, for he went down there to inherit it.
21:19And you shall speak to him, saying, Thus says the lord, You murdered and inherited. Therefore thus says the lord, In the place where the dogs licked the blood of Naboth, there the dogs shall lick your blood.
21:20And Ahab said to Elijah, Have you found me, O my enemy? And he said, I have found you, for you sell yourself in folly to act wickedly before the lord, to provoke him to anger.
21:21Thus says the lord, Behold, I bring upon you evils. And I shall burn away after you, and I shall utterly destroy of Ahab the one urinating against the wall, and the one being constrained, and the one being left in Israel.
21:22And I will appoint your house as the house of Jeroboam son of Nebat, and as the house of Baasha son of Ahijah, on account of the provocations which you provoke to anger, and led Israel into sin.
21:23And to Jezebel the lord spoke, saying, The dogs shall eat her in the area around the wall of Jezreel.
21:24The one having died of Ahab in the city, the dogs will eat; and the one having died of his in the plain, the birds of the heaven will eat.
21:25Furthermore there was not one as Ahab, who sold himself to do the wicked thing before the lord, as Jezebel his wife altered him.
21:26And he acted exceedingly abhorrent to go after the abominations, according to all as many things which the Amorite made, whom the lord utterly destroyed from the face of the sons of Israel.
21:27And it came to pass as Ahab heard these words, he tore his inner-garment, and he wore sackcloth upon his body, and he fasted, and he laid in sackcloth, and he went having downcast eyes.
21:28And came to pass the word of the lord to Elijah the Tishbite, and he said,
21:29Have you seen that Ahab was vexed in front of me? Because he was vexed in front of me, I shall not bring the evil in his days, but only in the days of his son will I bring the evil upon his house.