ASV_Strong : 1 Kings 21
1. And it came to pass after[H310] these things[H1697], that Naboth[H5022] the Jezreelite[H3158] had a vineyard[H3754], which was in Jezreel[H3157], hard by[H681] the palace[H1964] of Ahab[H256] king[H4428] of Samaria[H8111].
2. And Ahab[H256] spake[H1696] unto Naboth[H5022], saying[H559], Give[H5414] me thy vineyard[H3754], that I may have it for a garden[H1588] of herbs[H3419], because it is near[H7138] unto[H681] my house[H1004]; and I will give[H5414] thee for it a better[H2896] vineyard[H3754] than it[H2896]: or, if it seem good to thee[H5869], I will give[H5414] thee the worth[H4242] of it in money[H3701].
3. And Naboth[H5022] said[H559] to Ahab[H256], Jehovah[H3068] forbid[H2486] it me[H5414], that I should give the inheritance[H5159] of my fathers unto thee[H1].
4. And Ahab[H256] came[H935] into his house[H1004] heavy[H5620] and displeased[H2198] because of the word[H1697] which Naboth[H5022] the Jezreelite[H3158] had spoken[H1696] to him[H559]; for he had said, I will not give[H5414] thee the inheritance[H5159] of my fathers[H1]. And he laid him down[H7901] upon his bed[H4296], and turned away[H5437] his face[H6440], and would eat[H398] no bread[H3899].
5. But Jezebel[H348] his wife[H802] came[H935] to him[H1696], and said unto him[H7307], Why is thy spirit so sad[H5620], that thou eatest[H398] no bread[H3899]?
6. And he said[H1696] unto her[H1696], Because I spake unto Naboth[H5022] the Jezreelite[H3158], and said[H559] unto him[H5414], Give me thy vineyard[H3754] for money[H3701]; or else[H2655], if it please thee[H5414], I will give thee another vineyard[H3754] for it[H559]: and he answered, I will not give[H5414] thee my vineyard[H3754].
7. And Jezebel[H348] his wife[H802] said[H559] unto him[H6213], Dost thou now govern the kingdom[H4410] of Israel[H3478]? arise[H6965], and eat[H398] bread[H3899], and let thy heart[H3820] be merry[H3190]: I will give[H5414] thee the vineyard[H3754] of Naboth[H5022] the Jezreelite[H3158].
8. So she wrote[H3789] letters[H5612] in Ahab[H256]'s name[H8034], and sealed[H2856] them with his seal[H2368], and sent[H7971] the letters[H5612] unto the elders[H2205] and to the nobles[H2715] that were in his city[H5892], and that dwelt[H3427] with Naboth[H5022].
9. And she wrote[H3789] in the letters[H5612], saying[H559], Proclaim[H7121] a fast[H6685], and set[H3427] Naboth[H5022] on high[H7218] among the people[H5971]:
10. and set[H3427] two[H8147] men[H582], base[H1100] fellows[H1121], before him[H5749], and let them bear witness against him[H559], saying, Thou didst curse[H1288] God[H430] and the king[H4428]. And then carry him out[H3318], and stone[H5619] him to death[H4191].
11. And the men[H582] of his city[H5892], even the elders[H2205] and the nobles[H2715] who dwelt[H3427] in his city[H5892], did[H6213] as Jezebel[H348] had sent[H7971] unto them[H3789], according as it was written in the letters[H5612] which she had sent unto them[H7971].
12. They proclaimed[H7121] a fast[H6685], and set[H3427] Naboth[H5022] on high[H7218] among the people[H5971].
13. And the two[H8147] men[H582], the base[H1100] fellows[H1121], came[H935] in and sat[H3427] before him[H1100]: and the base fellows[H582] bare witness[H5749] against him[H5022], even against Naboth, in the presence of the people[H5971], saying[H559], Naboth[H5022] did curse[H1288] God[H430] and the king[H4428]. Then they carried him forth[H3318] out[H2351] of the city[H5892], and stoned[H5619] him to death[H4191] with stones[H68].
14. Then they sent[H7971] to Jezebel[H348], saying[H559], Naboth[H5022] is stoned[H5619], and is dead[H4191].
15. And it came to pass[H348], when Jezebel heard[H8085] that Naboth[H5022] was stoned[H5619], and was dead[H4191], that Jezebel[H348] said[H559] to Ahab[H256], Arise[H6965], take possession[H3423] of the vineyard[H3754] of Naboth[H5022] the Jezreelite[H3158], which he refused[H3985] to give[H5414] thee for money[H3701]; for Naboth[H5022] is not alive[H2416], but dead[H4191].
16. And it came to pass[H256], when Ahab heard[H8085] that Naboth[H5022] was dead[H4191], that Ahab[H256] rose up[H6965] to go down[H3381] to the vineyard[H3754] of Naboth[H5022] the Jezreelite[H3158], to take possession of it[H3423].
17. And the word[H1697] of Jehovah[H3068] came to Elijah[H452] the Tishbite[H8664], saying[H559],
18. Arise[H6965], go down[H3381] to meet[H7125] Ahab[H256] king[H4428] of Israel[H3478], who dwelleth in Samaria[H8111]: behold[H3754], he is in the vineyard of Naboth[H5022], whither he is gone down[H3381] to take possession of it[H3423].
19. And thou shalt speak[H1696] unto him[H559], saying, Thus saith[H559] Jehovah[H3068], Hast thou killed[H7523] and also taken possession[H3423]? And thou shalt speak[H1696] unto him[H559], saying, Thus saith[H559] Jehovah[H3068], In the place[H4725] where dogs[H3611] licked[H3952] the blood[H1818] of Naboth[H5022] shall dogs[H3611] lick[H3952] thy blood[H1818], even thine.
20. And Ahab[H256] said[H559] to Elijah[H452], Hast thou found[H4672] me[H341], O mine enemy? And he answered[H559], I have found[H4672] thee[H4376], because thou hast sold thyself to do[H6213] that which is evil[H7451] in the sight[H5869] of Jehovah[H3068].
21. Behold[H935], I will bring evil[H7451] upon thee[H310], and will utterly sweep thee away[H1197] and will cut off[H3772] from Ahab[H256] every man-child[H8366], [H7023] and him that is shut up[H6113] and him that is left[H5800] at large in Israel[H3478]:
22. and I will make[H5414] thy house[H1004] like the house[H1004] of Jeroboam[H3379] the son[H1121] of Nebat[H5028], and like the house[H1004] of Baasha[H1201] the son[H1121] of Ahijah[H281] for the provocation[H3708] wherewith thou hast provoked me to anger[H3707], and hast made Israel[H3478] to sin[H2398].
23. And of Jezebel[H348] also spake[H1696] Jehovah[H3068], saying[H559], The dogs[H3611] shall eat[H398] Jezebel[H348] by the rampart[H2426] of Jezreel[H3157].
24. Him that dieth[H4191] of Ahab[H256] in the city[H5892] the dogs[H3611] shall eat[H398]; and him that dieth[H4191] in the field[H7704] shall the birds[H5775] of the heavens[H8064] eat[H398].
25. (But there was none like unto Ahab[H256], who did sell[H4376] himself to do[H6213] that which was evil[H7451] in the sight[H5869] of Jehovah[H3068], whom Jezebel[H348] his wife[H802] stirred up[H5496].
26. And he did very[H3966] abominably[H8581] in following[H3212] idols[H1544], according to all that the Amorites[H567] did[H6213], whom Jehovah[H3068] cast out[H3423] before[H6440] the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478].)
27. And it came to pass[H256], when Ahab heard[H8085] those words[H1697], that he rent[H7167] his clothes[H899], and put[H7760] sackcloth[H8242] upon his flesh[H1320], and fasted[H6684], and lay[H7901] in sackcloth[H8242], and went[H1980] softly[H328].
28. And the word[H1697] of Jehovah[H3068] came to Elijah[H452] the Tishbite[H8664], saying[H559],
29. Seest[H7200] thou how Ahab[H256] humbleth[H3665] himself before[H6440] me[H3282]? because he humbleth[H3665] himself before[H6440] me[H935], I will not bring the evil[H7451] in his days[H3117]; but in his son[H1121]'s days[H3117] will I bring[H935] the evil[H7451] upon his house[H1004].
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