1Kings:21:2-16

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* And Ahab spoke unto Naboth , saying , Give me thy vineyard that I may have it for a garden of herbs because it [is ] next to my house , and I will give thee for it a better vineyard than it ; [or ] if it seems good unto thee , I will give thee the worth of it in money . * And Naboth replied unto Ahab , The LORD keep me from giving thee the inheritance of my fathers . * And Ahab came into his house , sad and angry , because of the word which Naboth of Jezreel had spoken to him , for he had said , I will not give thee the inheritance of my fathers . And he lay down upon his bed and turned away his face and would eat no bread . * And Jezebel , his wife , came to him and said unto him , Why is thy spirit so sad that thou dost eat no bread ? * And he said unto her , Because I spoke with Naboth of Jezreel 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 . * And Jezebel , his wife , said unto him , Dost thou now govern the kingdom of Israel ? Arise [and ] eat bread and let thy heart be merry ; I will give thee the vineyard of Naboth of Jezreel . * 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 . * And she wrote in the letters , saying , Proclaim a fast and set Naboth at the head of the people * 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 . * 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 . * They proclaimed a fast and set Naboth at the head of the people . * Then the two men , sons of Belial , came in and sat before him ; and those men of Belial witnessed against Naboth , in the presence of the people , saying , Naboth blasphemed God and the king . Then they carried him forth out of the city , and stoned him with stones that he died . * Then they sent to Jezebel , saying , Naboth has been stoned and is dead . * And it came to pass when Jezebel heard that Naboth had been stoned and was dead that she said to Ahab , Arise , take possession of the vineyard of Naboth of Jezreel which he refused to give thee for money , for Naboth is not alive , but dead . * And it came to pass when Ahab heard that Naboth was dead , that Ahab rose up to go down to the vineyard of Naboth of Jezreel , to take possession of it .

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