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* And it came to pass , after these things , that Naboth the Jezreelite had , a vineyard , which was in Jezreel , hard by the palace of Ahab , king of Samaria . * Ahab , therefore , spake unto Naboth , saying Come ! give me thy vineyard , that I may have it for a garden of herbs , for , the same , is near by my house , and let me give thee , instead thereof , a vineyard better than it , if it be good in thine eyes , I will give thee silver to the value of this . * And Naboth said unto Ahab , Far be it from me , of Yahweh ! that I should give up the inheritance of my fathers , unto thee ! * So Ahab came into his house , sullen and disturbed , because of the word which Naboth the Jezreelite had spoken unto him , that he should have said , I will not give thee the inheritance of my fathers . So he laid him down upon his bed , and turned away his face , and did eat no food . * Then came unto him Jezebel his wife , and said unto him Why is it , that thy spirit is sullen , that thou art , not eating food ? * And he said unto her Because I spake unto Naboth , the Jezreelite , and said unto him Come ! give me thy vineyard for silver , or , if thou wouldst prefer , I will give thee a vineyard , in its stead ; and he said I will not give thee my vineyard . * Then Jezebel his wife said unto him : Art , thou , still , going to carry on the kingdom over Israel ? Rise ! eat food , and let thy heart be merry , I , will give thee the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite ! * So she wrote letters , in the name of Ahab , and sealed them with his signet-ring , and sent the letters unto the elders , and unto the nobles who were in his city , dwelling with Naboth . * Now she wrote in the letters , saying , Proclaim ye a fast , and cause Naboth to sit at the head of the people ; * then let two reckless men take their seats before him , that they may bear witness against him , saying , Thou hast reviled God and king ! then shall ye carry him forth and stone him , that he die . * So the men of his city , the elders and the nobles who dwelt in his city , did just as Jezebel had sent unto them , as it was written in the letters which she had sent unto them : * they proclaimed a fast , and caused Naboth to sit at the head of the people . * Then came in the two reckless men , and sat before him , and the men bare witness against him , even against Naboth , before the people , saying , Naboth hath reviled God and king ! So they carried him forth , outside the city , and stoned him with stones , that he died . * Then sent they unto Jezebel , saying , Naboth is stoned and is dead . * And it came to pass , when Jezebel heard that Naboth was stoned and was dead , that Jezebel said unto Ahab Rise ! take possession of the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite , which he refused to give thee for silver , for Naboth is not alive , but dead ! * And it came to pass , when Ahab heard that Naboth was dead , that Ahab arose , to go down unto the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite , to take possession thereof . * Then came the word of Yahweh unto Elijah the Tishbite , saying : * Arise ! go down to meet Ahab king of Israel , who is in Samaria , lo ! he is in the vineyard of Naboth , whither he hath gone down , to take possession thereof . * Then shalt thou speak unto him , saying Thus , saith Yahweh , Hast thou committed murder , and also taken possession ? Then shalt thou speak unto him , saying : Thus , saith Yahweh , In the place where the dogs have lapped up the blood of Naboth , shall the dogs lap up thy blood , even thine . * Then said Ahab unto Elijah , Hast thou found me , O mine enemy ? And he said : I have found ! Because thou hast sold thyself to do the thing that is wicked in the eyes of Yahweh , * Behold me ! bringing in upon thee , calamity , and I will consume after thee , and cut off of Ahab , even the meanest , whether shut up or left at large in Israel ; * and will deliver up thy house Like the house of Jeroboam son of Nebat , and like the house of Baasha son of Ahijah , for the provocation wherewith thou hast provoked , and caused , Israel , to sin . * Moreover also , concerning Jezebel , hath Yahweh spoken , saying , The dogs , shall eat Jezebel , in the town-land of Jezreel : * Him that dieth , of Ahab , in the city , shall , the dogs , eat , and , him that dieth in the field , shall , the birds of heaven , eat . * But indeed , there was none like Ahab , who sold himself to do the thing that was wicked in the eyes of Yahweh , whom Jezebel his wife goaded on ; * so that he did very abominably , in going after the manufactured gods , according to all which the Amorites had done , whom Yahweh dispossessed from before the sons of Israel . * And it came to pass , when Ahab heard these words , that he rent his clothes , and put sackcloth upon his flesh , and fasted , and lay in sackcloth , and went softly . * Then came the word of Yahweh unto Elijah the Tishbite , saying : * Hast thou seen that Allah hath humbled himself , before me ? Because he hath humbled himself before me , I will not bring in the calamity in his days , In the days of his son , will I bring in the calamity upon his house .

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