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}

And Ahab{H256} spake{H1696} unto 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 for it a better{H2896} vineyard{H3754} than it: or, if it seem good{H2896} to thee,{H5869} I will give{H5414} thee the worth{H4242} of it in money.{H3701}

And Naboth{H5022} said{H559} to Ahab,{H256} Jehovah{H3068} forbid{H2486} it me, that I should give{H5414} the inheritance{H5159} of my fathers{H1} unto thee.

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}

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}

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}

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 thy heart{H3820} be merry:{H3190} I will give{H5414} thee the vineyard{H3754} of Naboth{H5022} the Jezreelite.{H3158}

So she wrote{H3789} letters{H5612} in Ahab's{H256} 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} [and] that dwelt{H3427} with Naboth.{H5022}

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}

and set{H3427} two{H8147} men,{H582} base{H1100} fellows,{H1121} before him, and let them bear witness{H5749} against him, saying,{H559} Thou didst curse{H1288} God{H430} and the king.{H4428} And then carry him out,{H3318} and stone{H5619} him to death.{H4191}

And the men{H582} of his city,{H5892} even the elders{H2205} and the nobles{H2715} who dwelt{H3427} in his city,{H5892} did{H6213} as Jezebel{H348} had sent{H7971} unto them, according as it was written{H3789} in the letters{H5612} which she had sent{H7971} unto them.

They proclaimed{H7121} a fast,{H6685} and set{H3427} Naboth{H5022} on high{H7218} among the people.{H5971}

And the two{H8147} men,{H582} the base{H1100} fellows,{H1121} came{H935} in and sat{H3427} before him: and the base{H1100} fellows{H582} bare witness{H5749} against him, even against Naboth,{H5022} in the presence of the people,{H5971} saying,{H559} Naboth{H5022} did curse{H1288} God{H430} and the king.{H4428} Then they carried him forth{H3318} out{H2351} of the city,{H5892} and stoned{H5619} him to death{H4191} with stones.{H68}

Then they sent{H7971} to Jezebel,{H348} saying,{H559} Naboth{H5022} is stoned,{H5619} and is dead.{H4191}

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}

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.

And the word{H1697} of Jehovah{H3068} came to Elijah{H452} the Tishbite,{H8664} saying,{H559}

Arise,{H6965} go down{H3381} to meet{H7125} Ahab{H256} king{H4428} of Israel,{H3478} who dwelleth in Samaria:{H8111} behold, he is in the vineyard{H3754} of Naboth,{H5022} whither he is gone down{H3381} to take possession{H3423} of it.

And thou shalt speak{H1696} unto him, saying,{H559} Thus saith{H559} Jehovah,{H3068} Hast thou killed{H7523} and also taken possession?{H3423} And thou shalt speak{H1696} unto him, saying,{H559} Thus saith{H559} Jehovah,{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.

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 do{H6213} that which is evil{H7451} in the sight{H5869} of Jehovah.{H3068}

Behold, I will bring{H935} evil{H7451} upon thee, and will utterly{H310} sweep thee away{H1197} and will cut off{H3772} from Ahab{H256} every man-child,{H8366} {H7023} and him that is shut up{H6113} and him that is left{H5800} at large in Israel:{H3478}

and I will make{H5414} thy 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 hast made Israel{H3478} to sin.{H2398}

And of Jezebel{H348} also spake{H1696} Jehovah,{H3068} saying,{H559} The dogs{H3611} shall eat{H398} Jezebel{H348} by the rampart{H2426} of Jezreel.{H3157}

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 birds{H5775} of the heavens{H8064} eat.{H398}

(But there was none like unto Ahab,{H256} who did sell{H4376} himself to do{H6213} that which was evil{H7451} in the sight{H5869} of Jehovah,{H3068} whom Jezebel{H348} his wife{H802} stirred up.{H5496}

And he did very{H3966} abominably{H8581} in following{H3212} idols,{H1544} according to all that the Amorites{H567} did,{H6213} whom Jehovah{H3068} cast out{H3423} before{H6440} the children{H1121} of Israel.){H3478}

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}

And the word{H1697} of Jehovah{H3068} came to Elijah{H452} the Tishbite,{H8664} saying,{H559}

Seest{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{H1121} days{H3117} will I bring{H935} the evil{H7451} upon his house.{H1004}