The First Book of the Kings, Commonly Called the Third Book of the Kings 21

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¹ 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 ⚑

² 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 ⚑

³ And Naboth said to Ahab The LORD forbid it me that I should give the inheritance of my fathers unto thee ⚑

⁴ 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 ⚑

⁵ But Jezebel his wife came to him and said unto him Why is thy spirit so sad that thou eatest no bread ⚑

⁶ 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 ⚑

⁷ 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 ⚑

⁸ 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 ⚑

¹⁰ 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 ⚑

¹¹ 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 ⚑

¹³ 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 ⚑

¹⁵ 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 ⚑

¹⁶ 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 ⚑

¹⁷ And the word of the LORD came to Elijah the Tishbite saying ⚑

¹⁸ 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 ⚑

²⁰ 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 ⚑

²⁴ 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 ⚑

²⁵ 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 ⚑

²⁶ 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 ⚑

²⁷ 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 ⚑

²⁸ And the word of the LORD came to Elijah the Tishbite saying ⚑

²⁹ 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 ⚑

King James Version (1769) with Apocrypha · Crosswire Bible Society / eBible.org (standard text of 1769) · Public Domain

Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · public domain