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And it came to pass after[H310] these things[H1697], that Naboth[H5022] the Jezreelite[H3158] had a vineyard[H3754], which was in Jezreel[H3157], hard by[H681] the palace[H1964] of Ahab[H256]king[H4428] of Samaria[H8111].
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And Ahab[H256]spake[H1696]unto[H681]Naboth[H5022], saying[H559], Give[H5414] me thy vineyard[H3754], that I may have it for a garden[H1588] of herbs[H3419], because it is near[H7138]unto[H681] my house[H1004]: and I will give[H5414]thee[H5869] for it a better[H2896]vineyard[H3754] than it; or, if it seem good[H2896] to thee[H5869], I will give[H5414]thee[H5869] the worth[H4242] of it in money[H3701].
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And Naboth[H5022]said[H559] to Ahab[H256], The LORD[H3068]forbid[H2486] it me, that I should give[H5414] the inheritance[H5159] of my fathers[H1] unto thee.
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And Ahab[H256]came[H935] into his house[H1004]heavy[H5620] and displeased[H2198] because of the word[H1697] which Naboth[H5022] the Jezreelite[H3158] had spoken[H1696] to him: for he had said[H559], I will not give[H5414] thee the inheritance[H5159] of my fathers[H1]. And he laid him down[H7901] upon his bed[H4296], and turned away[H5437] his face[H6440], and would eat[H398] no bread[H3899].
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But Jezebel[H348] his wife[H802]came[H935] to him, and said[H1696] unto him, Why is thy spirit[H7307] so sad[H5620], that thou eatest[H398] no bread?[H3899]
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And he said[H1696] unto her, Because I spake[H1696] unto Naboth[H5022] the Jezreelite[H3158], and said[H559] unto him, Give[H5414] me thy vineyard[H3754] for money[H3701]; or else, if it please[H2655] thee, I will give[H5414] thee another vineyard[H3754] for it: and he answered[H559], I will not give[H5414] thee my vineyard[H3754].
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And Jezebel[H348] his wife[H802]said[H559] unto him, Dost thou now govern[H6213] the kingdom[H4410] of Israel?[H3478]arise[H6965], and eat[H398]bread[H3899], and let thine heart[H3820] be merry[H3190]: I will give[H5414] thee the vineyard[H3754] of Naboth[H5022] the Jezreelite[H3158].
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So she wrote[H3789]letters[H5612] in Ahab's name[H8034], and sealed[H2856] them with his seal[H2368], and sent[H7971] the letters[H5612] unto the elders[H2205] and to the nobles[H2715] that were in his city[H5892], dwelling[H3427] with Naboth[H5022].
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And she wrote[H3789] in the letters[H5612], saying[H559], Proclaim[H7121] a fast[H6685], and set[H3427]Naboth[H5022] on high[H7218] among the people[H5971]:
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And set[H3427]two[H8147]men[H582], sons[H1121] of Belial[H1100], before him, to bear witness[H5749] against him, saying[H559], Thou didst blaspheme[H1288]God[H430] and the king[H4428]. And then carry him out[H3318], and stone[H5619] him, that he may die[H4191].
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And the men[H582] of his city[H5892], even the elders[H2205] and the nobles[H2715] who were the inhabitants[H3427] in his city[H5892], did[H6213] as Jezebel[H348] had sent[H7971] unto them, and as it was written[H3789] in the letters[H5612] which she had sent[H7971] unto them.
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They proclaimed[H7121] a fast[H6685], and set[H3427]Naboth[H5022] on high[H7218] among the people[H5971].
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And there came[H935] in two[H8147]men[H582], children[H1121] of Belial[H1100], and sat[H3427] before him: and the men[H582] of Belial[H1100]witnessed[H5749] against him, even against Naboth[H5022], in the presence of the people[H5971], saying[H559], Naboth[H5022] did blaspheme[H1288]God[H430] and the king[H4428]. Then they carried him forth[H3318]out[H2351] of the city[H5892], and stoned[H5619] him with stones[H68], that he died[H4191].
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Then they sent[H7971] to Jezebel[H348], saying[H559], Naboth[H5022] is stoned[H5619], and is dead[H4191].
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And it came to pass, when Jezebel[H348]heard[H8085] that Naboth[H5022] was stoned[H5619], and was dead[H4191], that Jezebel[H348]said[H559] to Ahab[H256], Arise[H6965], take possession[H3423] of the vineyard[H3754] of Naboth[H5022] the Jezreelite[H3158], which he refused[H3985] to give[H5414] thee for money[H3701]: for Naboth[H5022] is not alive[H2416], but dead[H4191].
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And it came to pass, when Ahab[H256]heard[H8085] that Naboth[H5022] was dead[H4191], that Ahab[H256] rose up[H6965] to go down[H3381] to the vineyard[H3754] of Naboth[H5022] the Jezreelite[H3158], to take possession[H3423] of it.
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And the word[H1697] of the LORD[H3068] came to Elijah[H452] the Tishbite[H8664], saying[H559],
18Arise[H6965], go down[H3381] to meet[H7125]Ahab[H256]king[H4428] of Israel[H3478], which is in Samaria[H8111]: behold, he is in the vineyard[H3754] of Naboth[H5022], whither he is gone down[H3381] to possess[H3423] it.
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And thou shalt speak[H1696] unto him, saying[H559], Thus saith[H559] the LORD[H3068], Hast thou killed[H7523], and also taken possession?[H3423] And thou shalt speak[H1696] unto him, saying[H559], Thus saith[H559] the LORD[H3068], In the place[H4725] where dogs[H3611]licked[H3952] the blood[H1818] of Naboth[H5022] shall dogs[H3611]lick[H3952] thy blood[H1818], even thine.
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And Ahab[H256]said[H559] to Elijah[H452], Hast thou found[H4672] me, O mine enemy?[H341] And he answered[H559], I have found[H4672] thee: because thou hast sold[H4376] thyself to work[H6213]evil[H7451] in the sight[H5869] of the LORD[H3068].
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Behold, I will bring[H935]evil[H7451] upon thee, and will take away[H1197] thy posterity[H310], and will cut off[H3772] from Ahab[H256] him that pisseth[H8366] against the wall[H7023], and him that is shut up[H6113] and left[H5800] in Israel[H3478],
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And will make[H5414] thine house[H1004] like the house[H1004] of Jeroboam[H3379] the son[H1121] of Nebat[H5028], and like the house[H1004] of Baasha[H1201] the son[H1121] of Ahijah[H281], for the provocation[H3708] wherewith thou hast provoked me to anger[H3707], and made Israel[H3478] to sin[H2398].
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And of Jezebel[H348] also spake[H1696] the LORD[H3068], saying[H559], The dogs[H3611] shall eat[H398]Jezebel[H348] by the wall[H2426] of Jezreel[H3157].
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Him that dieth[H4191] of Ahab[H256] in the city[H5892] the dogs[H3611] shall eat[H398]; and him that dieth[H4191] in the field[H7704] shall the fowls[H5775] of the air[H8064]eat[H398].
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But there was none like unto Ahab[H256], which did sell[H4376] himself to work[H6213]wickedness[H7451] in the sight[H5869] of the LORD[H3068], whom Jezebel[H348] his wife[H802] stirred up[H5496].
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And he did[H6213]very[H3966]abominably[H8581] in following[H3212]idols[H1544], according to all things as did[H6213] the Amorites[H567], whom the LORD[H3068] cast out[H3423]before[H6440] the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478].
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And it came to pass, when Ahab[H256]heard[H8085] those words[H1697], that he rent[H7167] his clothes[H899], and put[H7760]sackcloth[H8242] upon his flesh[H1320], and fasted[H6684], and lay[H7901] in sackcloth[H8242], and went[H1980]softly[H328].
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And the word[H1697] of the LORD[H3068] came to Elijah[H452] the Tishbite[H8664], saying[H559],
29Seest[H7200] thou how Ahab[H256]humbleth[H3665] himself before[H6440] me? because[H3282] he humbleth[H3665] himself before[H6440] me, I will not bring[H935] the evil[H7451] in his days[H3117]: but in his son's days[H3117] will I bring[H935] the evil[H7451] upon his house[H1004].