21:1 Now
Naboth
the
Jezreelite
had
a
vineyard
in
Jezreel,
beside
the
palace
of
Ahab
king
of
Samaria.
21:2 And
after
this
Ahab
said
to
Naboth,
"Give
me
your
vineyard,
that
I
may
have
it
for
a
vegetable
garden,
because
it
is
near
my
house,
and
I
will
give
you
a
better
vineyard
for
it;
or,
if
it
seems
good
to
you,
I
will
give
you
its
value
in
money."
21:3 But
Naboth
said
to
Ahab,
"The
LORD
forbid
that
I
should
give
you
the
inheritance
of
my
fathers."
21:4 And
Ahab
went
into
his
house
vexed
and
sullen
because
of
what
Naboth
the
Jezreelite
had
said
to
him,
for
he
had
said,
"I
will
not
give
you
the
inheritance
of
my
fathers."
And
he
lay
down
on
his
bed
and
turned
away
his
face
and
would
eat
no
food.
21:5 But
Jezebel
his
wife
came
to
him
and
said
to
him,
"Why
is
your
spirit
so
vexed
that
you
eat
no
food"
21:6 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.'"
21:7 And
Jezebel
his
wife
said
to
him,
"Do
you
now
govern
Israel
Arise
and
eat
bread
and
let
your
heart
be
cheerful;
I
will
give
you
the
vineyard
of
Naboth
the
Jezreelite."
21:8 So
she
wrote
letters
in
Ahab's
name
and
sealed
them
with
his
seal,
and
she
sent
the
letters
to
the
elders
and
the
leaders
who
lived
with
Naboth
in
his
city.
21:9 And
she
wrote
in
the
letters,
"Proclaim
a
fast,
and
set
Naboth
at
the
head
of
the
people.
21:10 And
set
two
worthless
men
opposite
him,
and
let
them
bring
a
charge
against
him,
saying,
'You
have
cursed
God
and
the
king.'
Then
take
him
out
and
stone
him
to
death."
21:11 And
the
men
of
his
city,
the
elders
and
the
leaders
who
lived
in
his
city,
did
as
Jezebel
had
sent
word
to
them.
As
it
was
written
in
the
letters
that
she
had
sent
to
them,
21:12 they
proclaimed
a
fast
and
set
Naboth
at
the
head
of
the
people.
21:13 And
the
two
worthless
men
came
in
and
sat
opposite
him.
And
the
worthless
men
brought
a
charge
against
Naboth
in
the
presence
of
the
people,
saying,
"Naboth
cursed
God
and
the
king."
So
they
took
him
outside
the
city
and
stoned
him
to
death
with
stones.
21:14 Then
they
sent
to
Jezebel,
saying,
"Naboth
has
been
stoned;
he
is
dead."
21:15 As
soon
as
Jezebel
heard
that
Naboth
had
been
stoned
and
was
dead,
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."
21:16 And
as
soon
as
Ahab
heard
that
Naboth
was
dead,
Ahab
arose
to
go
down
to
the
vineyard
of
Naboth
the
Jezreelite,
to
take
possession
of
it.
21:17 Then
the
word
of
the
LORD
came
to
Elijah
the
Tishbite,
saying,
21:18 "Arise,
go
down
to
meet
Ahab
king
of
Israel,
who
is
in
Samaria;
behold,
he
is
in
the
vineyard
of
Naboth,
where
he
has
gone
to
take
possession.
21:19 And
you
shall
say
to
him,
'Thus
says
the
LORD,
"Have
you
killed
and
also
taken
possession"'
And
you
shall
say
to
him,
'Thus
says
the
LORD:
"In
the
place
where
dogs
licked
up
the
blood
of
Naboth
shall
dogs
lick
your
own
blood."'"
21:20 Ahab
said
to
Elijah,
"Have
you
found
me,
O
my
enemy"
He
answered,
"I
have
found
you,
because
you
have
sold
yourself
to
do
what
is
evil
in
the
sight
of
the
LORD.
21:21 Behold,
I
will
bring
disaster
upon
you.
I
will
utterly
burn
you
up,
and
will
cut
off
from
Ahab
every
male,
bond
or
free,
in
Israel.
21:22 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
anger
to
which
you
have
provoked
me,
and
because
you
have
made
Israel
to
sin.
21:23 And
of
Jezebel
the
LORD
also
said,
'The
dogs
shall
eat
Jezebel
within
the
walls
of
Jezreel.'
21:24 Anyone
belonging
to
Ahab
who
dies
in
the
city
the
dogs
shall
eat,
and
anyone
of
his
who
dies
in
the
open
country
the
birds
of
the
heavens
shall
eat."
21:25 (There
was
none
who
sold
himself
to
do
what
was
evil
in
the
sight
of
the
LORD
like
Ahab,
whom
Jezebel
his
wife
incited.
21:26 He
acted
very
abominably
in
going
after
idols,
as
the
Amorites
had
done,
whom
the
LORD
cast
out
before
the
people
of
Israel.)
21:27 And
when
Ahab
heard
those
words,
he
tore
his
clothes
and
put
sackcloth
on
his
flesh
and
fasted
and
lay
in
sackcloth
and
went
about
dejectedly.
21:28 And
the
word
of
the
LORD
came
to
Elijah
the
Tishbite,
saying,
21:29 "Have
you
seen
how
Ahab
has
humbled
himself
before
me
Because
he
has
humbled
himself
before
me,
I
will
not
bring
the
disaster
in
his
days;
but
in
his
son's
days
I
will
bring
the
disaster
upon
his
house."