1Ki 21 | ABEn | STEP | And it came to pass after these words, that [ 3 vineyard 2 one 1 there was] to Naboth the Jezreelite, by the house of Ahab king of Samaria.

1 Kings 21

CHAPTER 21 Naboth's Vineyard

1 And it came to pass after these words, that [³vineyard ²one ¹there was] to Naboth the Jezreelite, by the house of Ahab king of Samaria. 2 And 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 [³vineyard ¹another ²good] for it, but if not pleasing before you, I will give to you money in barter for [²vineyard ¹this your]. 3 And Naboth said to Ahab, May it not be to me from the lord to give the inheritance of my fathers to you. 4 And Ahab went to his house being in a tumult and loosened over the word which [⁴spoke ⁵to ⁶him ¹Naboth ²the ³Jezreelite], as he said, I will not give to you the inheritance of my fathers to you. And [⁴became ¹the ²spirit ³of Ahab] disturbed, and he went to sleep upon his bed, and covered up his face, and did not eat bread. 5 And [³entered ¹Jezebel ²his wife] to him, and she said to him, Why is your spirit disturbed, and [²are not ¹you] eating bread? 6 And 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. 7 And [³said ⁴to ⁵him ¹Jezebel ²his wife], Do you now so act as king over Israel? Rise up, and eat bread, and [²yourself ¹be]! and I will give to you the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite. 8 And 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. 9 And she wrote in the scroll, saying, Fast a fast, and set Naboth at the head place of the people! 10 And 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! 11 And they did (the men of his city, the elders, and the free men dwelling in his city) as [²sent ³to ⁴them ¹Jezebel], and as was written in the scrolls which she sent to them. 12 And they called a fast, and they sat Naboth at the head of the people. 13 And [³entered ¹two ²men], 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. 14 And they sent to Jezebel, saying, Naboth has been stoned and died. 15 And 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 [²is not ¹Naboth] living, but has died. 16 And 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. 17 And the lord said to Elijah the Tishbite, saying, 18 Rise 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.

Elijah Speaks Judgment to Ahab

19 And you shall speak to him, saying, Thus says the lord, You murdered and inherited. Therefore thus says the lord, In the place where [³licked ¹the ²dogs] the blood of Naboth, there [³shall lick ¹the ²dogs] your blood. 20 And 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 Thus 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. 22 And 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. 23 And to Jezebel the lord spoke, saying, The dogs shall eat her in the area around the wall of Jezreel. 24 The one having died of Ahab in the city, [³will eat ¹the ²dogs]; and the one having died of his in the plain, [⁵will eat ¹the ²birds ³of the ⁴heaven]. 25 Furthermore [²not one ¹there was] as Ahab, who sold himself to do the wicked thing before the lord, as [³altered ⁴him ¹Jezebel ²his wife]. 26 And he acted [²abhorrent ¹exceedingly] to go after the abominations, according to all as many things which [³made ¹the ²Amorite], whom the lord utterly destroyed from the face of the sons of Israel. 27 And 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. 28 And came to pass the word of the lord to Elijah the Tishbite, and he said, 29 Have 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.