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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 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.
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And Naboth said to Ahab, YHWH forbid it me, that I should give the inheritance of
my fathers to you.
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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 you 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 to him, Why is your spirit so sad, that
you eat no bread?
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And he 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.
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And Jezebel 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.
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So she wrote letters in Ahab`s name, and sealed them with his seal, and sent the letters
to the elders and to the nobles that were in his city, [and] that dwelt 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, base fellows, before him, and let them bear witness against him,
saying, You did curse God and the king. And then carry him out, and stone him to death.
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And the men of his city, even the elders and the nobles who dwelt in his city, did
as Jezebel had sent to them, according as it was written in the letters which she
had sent to them.
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They proclaimed a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people.
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And the two men, the base fellows, came in and sat before him: and the base fellows
bare 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.
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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 you 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 YHWH came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying,
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Arise, 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.
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And you shall speak to him, saying, Thus says YHWH, Have you killed and also taken
possession? And you shall speak to him, saying, Thus says YHWH, In the place where
dogs licked the blood of Naboth shall dogs lick your blood, even yours.
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And Ahab said to Elijah, Have you found me, O mine enemy? And he answered, I have
found you, because you have sold yourself to do that which is evil in the sight of
YHWH.
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Behold, I will bring evil upon you, and will utterly sweep you away and will cut off
from Ahab every man-child, and him whom is shut up and him whom is left at large in
Israel:
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and 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 wherewith you have provoked
me to anger, and have made Israel to sin.
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And of Jezebel also spoke YHWH, saying, The dogs shall eat Jezebel by the rampart
of Jezreel.
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Him whom dies of Ahab in the city the dogs shall eat; and him whom dies in the field
shall the birds of the heavens eat.
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(But there was none like to Ahab, who did sell himself to do that which was evil in
the sight of YHWH, whom Jezebel his wife stirred up.
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And he did very abominably in following idols, according to all that the Amorites
did, whom YHWH 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 YHWH came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying,
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See 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
upon his house.