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21Now Naboth the Jezreelite had a vineyard in Jezreel, beside the palace of Ahab king of Samaria.H310H1697H5022H3158H3754H3157H681H1964H256H4428H81112And 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."H256H1696H5022H559H5414H3754H1588H3419H7138H681H1004H5414H2896H3754H2896H5869H5414H4242H37013But Naboth said to Ahab, "The LORD forbid that I should give you the inheritance of my fathers."H5022H559H256H3068H2486H5414H5159H14And 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.H256H935H1004H5620H2198H1697H5022H3158H1696H559H5414H5159H1H7901H4296H5437H6440H398H38995But Jezebel his wife came to him and said to him, "Why is your spirit so vexed that you eat no food?"H348H802H935H1696H7307H5620H398H38996And 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.'"H1696H1696H5022H3158H559H5414H3754H3701H2655H5414H3754H559H5414H37547And 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."H348H802H559H6213H4410H3478H6965H398H3899H3820H3190H5414H3754H5022H31588So 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.H3789H5612H256H8034H2856H2368H7971H5612H2205H2715H5892H3427H50229And she wrote in the letters, "Proclaim a fast, and set Naboth at the head of the people.H3789H5612H559H7121H6685H3427H5022H7218H597110And 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."H3427H8147H582H1121H1100H5749H559H1288H430H4428H3318H5619H419111And 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,H582H5892H2205H2715H3427H5892H6213H348H7971H3789H5612H797112they proclaimed a fast and set Naboth at the head of the people.H7121H6685H3427H5022H7218H597113And 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.H935H8147H582H1121H1100H3427H582H1100H5749H5022H5971H559H5022H1288H430H4428H3318H2351H5892H5619H68H419114Then they sent to Jezebel, saying, "Naboth has been stoned; he is dead."H7971H348H559H5022H5619H419115As 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."H348H8085H5022H5619H4191H348H559H256H6965H3423H3754H5022H3158H3985H5414H3701H5022H2416H419116And 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.H256H8085H5022H4191H256H6965H3381H3754H5022H3158H342317Then the word of the LORD came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying,H1697H3068H452H8664H55918"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.H6965H3381H7125H256H4428H3478H8111H3754H5022H3381H342319And 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."'"H1696H559H559H3068H7523H3423H1696H559H559H3068H4725H3611H3952H1818H5022H3611H3952H181820Ahab 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.H256H559H452H4672H341H559H4672H4376H6213H7451H5869H306821Behold, 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.H935H7451H1197H310H3772H256H8366H7023H6113H5800H347822And 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.H5414H1004H1004H3379H1121H5028H1004H1201H1121H281H3708H3707H3478H239823And of Jezebel the LORD also said, 'The dogs shall eat Jezebel within the walls of Jezreel.'H348H1696H3068H559H3611H398H348H2426H315724Anyone 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."H4191H256H5892H3611H398H4191H7704H5775H8064H39825(There was none who sold himself to do what was evil in the sight of the LORD like Ahab, whom Jezebel his wife incited.H256H4376H6213H7451H5869H3068H348H802H549626He acted very abominably in going after idols, as the Amorites had done, whom the LORD cast out before the people of Israel.)H3966H8581H3212H310H1544H6213H567H3068H3423H6440H1121H347827And 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.H256H8085H1697H7167H899H7760H8242H1320H6684H7901H8242H1980H32828And the word of the LORD came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying,H1697H3068H452H8664H55929"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."H7200H256H3665H6440H3282H3665H6440H935H7451H3117H1121H3117H935H7451H1004