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* And it came to pass after these things , that Naboth the Jezreelite Yizr @#e #liy # had a vineyard , which was in Jezreel Yizr @#e #l #, hard by the palace of Ahab #Ach #ab # king of Samaria . * And Ahab #Ach #ab # spake unto Naboth , saying , Give me thy vineyard , that I may have it for a garden of herbs , because it is near unto my house : and I will give thee for it a better vineyard than it ; or , if it seem good to thee , I will give thee the worth of it in money . * And Naboth said to Ahab #Ach #ab #, The LORD forbid it me , that I should give the inheritance of my fathers unto thee . * And Ahab #Ach #ab # came into his house heavy and displeased because of the word which Naboth the Jezreelite Yizr @#e #liy # had spoken to him : for he had said , I will not give thee the inheritance of my fathers . And he laid him down upon his bed , and turned away his face , and would eat no bread . * But Jezebel his wife came to him , and said unto him , Why is thy spirit so sad , that thou eatest no bread ? * And he said unto her , Because I spake unto Naboth the Jezreelite Yizr @#e #liy #, 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 Yisra #el #? arise , and eat bread , and let thine heart be merry : I will give thee the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite Yizr @#e #liy #. * So she wrote letters in Ahabs #Ach #ab # 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 on high among the people : * And set two men , sons of Belial b @liya #al #, 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 on high among the people . * And there came in two men , children of Belial b @liya #al #, and sat before him : and the men of Belial witnessed against him , even against Naboth , in the presence of the people , saying , Naboth did blaspheme 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 is stoned , and is dead . * And it came to pass , when Jezebel heard that Naboth was stoned , and was dead , that Jezebel said to Ahab #Ach #ab #, Arise , take possession of the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite Yizr @#e #liy #, which he refused to give thee for money : for Naboth is not alive , but dead . * And it came to pass , when Ahab #Ach #ab # heard that Naboth was dead , that Ahab #Ach #ab # rose up to go down to the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite Yizr @#e #liy #, to take possession of it . * And the word of the LORD came to Elijah the Tishbite , saying , * Arise , go down to meet Ahab #Ach #ab # king of Israel Yisra #el #, which is in Samaria : behold , he is in the vineyard of Naboth , whither he is gone down to possess it . * And thou shalt speak unto him , saying , Thus saith the LORD , Hast thou killed , and also taken possession ? And thou shalt speak unto him , saying , Thus saith the LORD , In the place where dogs licked the blood of Naboth shall dogs lick thy blood , even thine . * And Ahab #Ach #ab # said to Elijah , Hast thou found me , O mine enemy ? And he answered , I have found thee : because thou hast sold thyself to work evil in the sight of the LORD . * Behold , I will bring evil upon thee , and will take away thy posterity , and will cut off from Ahab #Ach #ab # him that pisseth against the wall , and him that is shut up and left in Israel Yisra #el #, * And will make thine house like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat , and like the house of Baasha the son of Ahijah , for the provocation wherewith thou hast provoked me to anger , and made Israel to sin . * And of Jezebel also spake the LORD , saying , The dogs shall eat Jezebel by the wall of Jezreel Yizr @#e #l #. * Him that dieth of Ahab #Ach #ab # in the city the dogs shall eat ; and him that dieth in the field shall the fowls of the air eat . * But there was none like unto Ahab #Ach #ab #, which did sell himself to work wickedness in the sight of the LORD , whom Jezebel his wife stirred up . * And he did very abominably in following idols , according to all things as did the Amorites , whom the LORD cast out before the children of Israel Yisra #el #. * And it came to pass , when Ahab #Ach #ab # heard those words , that he rent his clothes , and put sackcloth upon his flesh , and fasted , and lay in sackcloth , and went softly . * And the word of the LORD came to Elijah the Tishbite , saying , * Seest thou how Ahab #Ach #ab # humbleth himself before me ? because he humbleth himself before me , I will not bring the evil in his days : but in his sons days will I bring the evil upon his house .

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