1 Kings 21

1And it came to pass after these things, Naboth the Jezreelite had a vineyard, which in Jezreel, hard by the palace of Ahab king of Samaria. 2And Ahab spake unto Naboth, saying, Give me your vineyard, that I may have it for a garden of herbs, because it near unto my house: and I will give you for it a better vineyard than it; , if it seem good to you, I will give you the worth of it in money. 3And Naboth said to Ahab, The Yahuah forbid it me, that I should give the inheritance of my fathers unto you. 4And Ahab came into 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 laid him down upon his bed, and turned away his face, and would eat no bread. 5But Jezebel his wife came to him, and said unto him, Why is your spirit so sad, that you eatest no bread? 6And he said unto her, Because I spake unto Naboth the Jezreelite, and said unto him, Give me your vineyard for money; or else, if it please you, I will give you vineyard for it: and he answered, I will not give you my vineyard. 7And Jezebel his wife said unto him, Dost you now govern the kingdom of Israel? arise, eat bread, and let your heart be merry: I will give you the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite. 8So she wrote letters in Ahab's name, and sealed with his seal, and sent the letters unto the elders and to the nobles that in his city, dwelling with Naboth. 9And she wrote in the letters, saying, Proclaim a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people: 10And set two men, sons of Belial, before him, to bear witness against him, saying, you didst blaspheme Elohim and the king. And carry him out, and stone him, that he may die. 11And the men of his city, the elders and the nobles who were the inhabitants in his city, did as Jezebel had sent unto them, as it written in the letters which she had sent unto them. 12They proclaimed a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people. 13And there came in two men, children of Belial, and sat before him: and the men of Belial witnessed against him, against Naboth, in the presence of the people, saying, Naboth did blaspheme Elohim and the king. Then they carried him forth out of the city, and stoned him with stones, that he died. 14Then they sent to Jezebel, saying, Naboth is stoned, and is dead. 15And it came to pass, when Jezebel heard that Naboth was 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. 16And it came to pass, when Ahab heard that Naboth was dead, that Ahab rose up to go down to the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite, to take possession of it. 17And the word of the Yahuah came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying, 18Arise, go down to meet Ahab king of Israel, which in Samaria: behold, in the vineyard of Naboth, where he is gone down to possess it. 19And you shall speak unto him, saying, Thus says the Yahuah, Hast you killed, and also taken possession? And you shall speak unto him, saying, Thus says the Yahuah, In the place where dogs licked the blood of Naboth shall dogs lick your blood, even your. 20And Ahab said to Elijah, Hast you found me, O mine enemy? And he answered, I have found : because you hast sold thyself to work evil in the sight of the Yahuah. 21Behold, I will bring evil upon you, and will take away your posterity, and will cut off from Ahab him that pisseth against the wall, and him that is shut up and left in Israel, 22And will make your house like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and like the house of Baasha the son of Ahijah, for the provocation wherewith you hast provoked to anger, and made Israel to sin. 23And of Jezebel also spake the Yahuah, saying, The dogs shall eat Jezebel by the wall of Jezreel. 24Him that dieth of Ahab in the city the dogs shall eat; and him that dieth in the field shall the fowls of the air eat. 25But there was none like unto Ahab, which did sell himself to work wickedness in the sight of the Yahuah, whom Jezebel his wife stirred up. 26And he did very abominably in following idols, according to all as did the Amorites, whom the Yahuah cast out before the children of Israel. 27And it came to pass, when Ahab heard those words, that he rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his flesh, and fasted, and lay in sackcloth, and went softly. 28And the word of the Yahuah came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying, 29Seest you how Ahab humbleth himself before me? because he humbleth himself before me, I will not bring the evil in his days: in his son's days will I bring the evil upon his house.