3 Kingdoms 20

1But Jezebel his wife came to him and said to him, 'Why is your spirit disturbed, and you are not eating any food?'

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2He said to her, 'Because I spoke to Naboth the Jezreelite and said to him, 'Give me your vineyard for money. Otherwise, if you like, I will give you another vineyard for it.' And he answered, 'I will not give you the inheritance of my fathers.' '

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3Then Jezebel his wife said to him, 'Do you not now exercise authority over Israel? Arise, eat some food, and be yourself. I will give you the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite.'

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4So she wrote a letter in Ahab's name, sealed it with his seal, and sent the letter to the elders and the nobles dwelling in the city with Naboth.

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5She wrote in the letters, saying, 'Proclaim a fast, and seat Naboth with high honor among the people;

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6and seat two men before him, scoundrels, to bear witness against him, saying, 'He cursed God and the king.' Then take him out and stone him, that he dies.'

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7Thus the men of his city, the elders and nobles, inhabitants of his city, did as Jezebel requested them, as it was written in the letters she sent to them.

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8They proclaimed a fast and seated Naboth with high honor among the people.

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9Two men, scoundrels, also came in and sat before him. The scoundrels witnessed against him, against Naboth, and in the presence of the people, saying, 'Naboth cursed God and the king.' So they took him outside the city and stoned him with stones, that he might die.

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10Then they sent to Jezebel, saying, 'Naboth has been stoned and is dead.'

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11When Jezebel heard it, she said to Ahab, 'Arise and take possession of the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite, which he did not give you for money; for Naboth is not alive, but dead.'

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12When Ahab heard that Naboth the Jezreelite was dead, he tore his clothes and put on sackcloth. After that, Ahab arose and went down to take possession of the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite.

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13Then the Lord said to Elijah the Tishbite,

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14'Arise, go down to meet Ahab king of Israel, who lives in Samaria. He is there in the vineyard of Naboth, for he went there to take possession of it.

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15You shall speak this to him, saying, 'Thus says the Lord, 'As you were involved in murder, and took possession,' therefore, Thus says the Lord: 'In every place where the swine and dogs licked the blood of Naboth, in the same place shall the dogs lick your blood; and in your blood the prostitutes shall bathe themselves.' ' '

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16So Ahab said to Elijah, 'My enemy, you have surely found me.' Elijah replied, 'I have found you because you sold yourself to do evil in the sight of the Lord, to provoke Him to anger.

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17Thus says the Lord, 'Behold, I shall bring evils upon you, and before you, fires kindle. I will utterly destroy the males of Ahab, and him who is shut up and left in Israel.

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18I will make your house like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and like the house of Baasha the son of Ahijah, because of the way you provoked Me to anger and made Israel sin.'

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19The Lord spoke of Jezebel, saying, 'The dogs shall devour her by the outer wall of Jezreel.'

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20The dogs shall devour the one of Ahab who dies in the city, and the one of Ahab who dies in the field, the birds of the sky shall devour.'

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21Nevertheless, Ahab sold himself to vainly do what is evil in the sight of the Lord, because his wife Jezebel led him astray.

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22He behaved abominably in following after idols, just as all the Amorites had done, whom the Lord utterly cast out before the sons of Israel.

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23But as a result of the word, Ahab became deeply troubled before the Lord. He fasted, he ripped his shirt, and put sackcloth on his body. He also put on sackcloth the day he killed Naboth the Jezreelite.

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24Concerning Ahab, the word of the Lord came by the hand of His servant Elijah the Tishbite. The Lord said,

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25'Did you see how Ahab humbled himself before Me? I will not bring the evil in his days. But in the days of his son, I will bring evil upon his house.'

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