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So Ahab spoke to Naboth ,
saying , "
Give me your vineyard ,
that I may have it for a vegetable garden ,
because it is near ,
next to my house ;
and for it I will give you a vineyard better than it .
Or ,
if it seems good to you ,
I will give you its worth in money ."
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But Naboth said to Ahab , "
The LORD forbid that I should give the inheritance of my fathers to you !"
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So Ahab went into his house sullen 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 down on his bed ,
and turned away his face ,
and would eat no food .
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But Jezebel his wife came to him ,
and said to him , "
Why is your spirit so sullen that you eat no food ?"
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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 pleases you ,
I will give you another vineyard for it .'
And he answered , "
I will not give you my vineyard ."'
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Then Jezebel his wife said to him , "
You now exercise authority over Israel !
Arise ,
eat food ,
and let your heart be cheerful ;
I will give you the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite ."
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And she wrote letters in Ahab '
s name ,
sealed them with his seal ,
and sent the letters to the elders and the nobles who were dwelling in the city with Naboth .
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She wrote in the letters ,
saying ,
4 Proclaim a fast ,
and seat Naboth with high honor among the people ;
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and seat two men ,
scoundrels ,
before him to bear witness against him ,
saying ,
You have blasphemed God and the king .
Then take him out ,
and stone him ,
that he may die .
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So the men of his city ,
the elders and nobles who were inhabitants of his city ,
did as Jezebel had sent to them ,
as it was written in the letters which she had sent to them .
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They proclaimed a fast ,
and seated Naboth with high honor among the people .
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And two men ,
scoundrels ,
came in and sat before him ;
and the scoundrels witnessed against him ,
against Naboth ,
in the presence of the people ,
saying , "
Naboth has blasphemed God and the king !"
Then they took him outside the city and stoned him with stones ,
so that he died .
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Then they sent to Jezebel ,
saying , "
Naboth has been stoned and is dead ."
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And it came to pass ,
when Jezebel heard that Naboth had been stoned and was dead ,
that 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 ."
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So it was ,
when Ahab heard that Naboth was dead ,
that Ahab got up and went down to take possession of the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite .