1Kings:21:2-16

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* And Ahab spoke to Naboth , saying , Give me your vineyard so that I may have it for a garden of herbs , because it [is ] near my house . And I will give you a better vineyard than it . Or , if [it seems ] good to you , I will give you the worth of it in silver . * And Naboth said to Ahab , Far be it from me , by Jehovah , that I should give the inheritance of my fathers to you . * And Ahab came to 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 you the inheritance of my fathers . And he lay on his bed and turned away his face , and would not eat food . * And his wife Jezebel came to him and said to him , Why is your spirit so sad that you are not eating food ? * And he said to her , Because I spoke to Naboth of Jezreel and said to him , Give me your vineyard for silver . Or else , if it pleases you , I will give you [another ] vineyard for it . And he answered , I will not give you my vineyard . * And his wife Jezebel said to him , Do you now rule over Israel ? Rise up , eat food , and let your heart be good . I will give you the vineyard of Naboth of Jezreel . * And she wrote letters in Ahab 's name , and sealed [them ] with his seal , and sent the letters to the elders and to the nobles in his city , dwelling with Naboth . * And she wrote in the letter , saying , Proclaim a fast and set Naboth on high among the people . * And set two men , sons of Belial , before him to bear witness against him , saying , You blasphemed God and the king . And carry him out and stone him so that he may die . * And the men of his city , the elders and the nobles who lived in his city did as Jezebel had sent to them , as it [was ] written in the letters which she had sent to them . * They proclaimed a fast and set Naboth on high among the people . * And there came in two men , sons of Belial , and sat before him . And the men of Belial witnessed against him , against Naboth , in the presence of the people , saying , Naboth blasphemed God and the king . And they carried him out of the city and stoned him with stones so that he died . * And they sent to Jezebel , saying , Naboth is stoned and is dead . * And it happened when Jezebel heard that Naboth was stoned and was dead , Jezebel said to Ahab , Arise , take possession of the vineyard of Naboth of Jezreel , which he refused to give you for silver . For Naboth is not alive , but dead . * And it happened when Ahab heard that Naboth was dead , Ahab rose up to go down to the vineyard of Naboth of Jezreel , to take possession of it .

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