1Kings:21:2-16
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And after this Ahab said to Naboth , "
Give me your vineyard ,
that I may have it for a vegetable garden ,
because it is near my house ;
and I will give you a better vineyard for it ;
or ,
if it seems good to you ,
I will give you its value in money ."
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But Naboth said to Ahab , "
The LORD forbid that I should give you the inheritance of my fathers ."
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And Ahab went into his house vexed and sullen because of what Naboth the Jezreelite had said 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 Jez '
ebel his wife came to him ,
and said to him , "
Why is your spirit so vexed that you eat no food ?"
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And 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 please you ,
I will give you another vineyard for it ';
and he answered , `
I will not give you my vineyard .'"
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And Jez '
ebel his wife said to him , "
Do you now govern Israel ?
Arise ,
and eat bread ,
and let your heart be cheerful ;
I will give you the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite ."
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So she wrote letters in Ahab '
s name and sealed them with his seal ,
and she sent the letters to the elders and the nobles who dwelt with Naboth in his city .
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And she wrote in the letters , "
Proclaim a fast ,
and set Naboth on high among the people ;
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and set two base fellows opposite him ,
and let them bring a charge against him ,
saying , `
You have cursed God and the king .'
Then take him out ,
and stone him to death ."
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And the men of his city ,
the elders and the nobles who dwelt in his city ,
did as Jez '
ebel had sent word to them .
As it was written in the letters which she had sent to them ,
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they proclaimed a fast ,
and set Naboth on high among the people .
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And the two base fellows came in and sat opposite him ;
and the base fellows brought a charge against Naboth ,
in the presence of the people ,
saying , "
Naboth cursed God and the king ."
So they took him outside the city ,
and stoned him to death with stones .
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Then they sent to Jez '
ebel ,
saying , "
Naboth has been stoned ;
he is dead ."
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As soon as Jez '
ebel heard that Naboth had been stoned and was dead ,
Jez '
ebel 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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And as soon as Ahab heard that Naboth was dead ,
Ahab arose to go down to the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite ,
to take possession of it .
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