I Kings Chapter 21

I Kings Chapter 21
1 After these things Naboth the Jezreelite
had a vineyard in Jezreel, hard by the
palace of Ahab King of Samaria.
2 And Ahab spake unto Naboth, saying,
Give me thy vineyard, that I may make
me a garden of herbs thereof, because it
is near by mine house: and I will give
thee for it a better vineyard than it is: or
if it please thee, I will give thee the
worth of it in money.
3 And Naboth said to Ahab, The Lord
keep me from giving the inheritance of
my fathers unto thee.
4 Then Ahab came into his house heavy
and in displeasure, because of the word
which Naboth the Jezreelite had spoken
unto him. for he had said, I will not give
thee the inheritance of my fathers, and he
lay upon his bed, and turned his face and
would eat no bread.
5 Then Jezebel his wife came to him and
said unto him, Why is thy spirit so sad
that thou eatest no bread?
6 And he said unto her, Because I spake
unto Naboth the Jezreelite, and said unto
him, Give me thy vineyard for money, or
if it please thee, I will give thee another
vineyard for it: but he answered, I will
not give thee my vineyard. 7 Then
Jezebel his wife said unto him, Dost thou
now govern the kingdom of Israel? Up,
eat bread, and be of good cheer, I will
give thee the vineyard of Naboth the
Jezreelite.
8 So she wrote letters in Ahab’s name,
and sealed them with his seal, and sent
the letters unto the elders, and to the
nobles that were in his city dwelling
with Naboth.
9 And she wrote in the letters, saying,
Proclaim a fast, and set Naboth among
the chief of the people,
10 And set two wicked men before him,
and let them witness against him, saying,
Thou didst blaspheme God and the king:
then carry him out, and stone him that he
may die.
11 And the men of his city , even the
elders and governors, which dwelt in his
city, did as Jezebel had sent unto them:
as it was written in the letters, which she
had sent unto them.
12 They proclaimed a fast, and set
Naboth among the chief of the people, 13
And there came two wicked men, and sat
before him: and the wicked men
witnessed against Naboth in the
presence of the people saying, Naboth
did blaspheme God and the king. Then
they carried him away out of the city,
and stoned him with stones, that he died.
14 Then they sent to Jezebel, saying,
Naboth is stoned and is dead. 15 And
when Jezebel heard that Naboth was
stoned and was dead, Jezebel said to
Ahab, Up , and take possession of the
vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite, which
he refused to give thee for money: for
Naboth is not alive, but is dead.
16 And when Ahab heard that Naboth
was dead, he rose to go down to the
vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite, to take
possession of it.
17 And the word of the Lord came unto
Elijah the Tishbite, saying, 18 Arise, go
down to meet Ahab king of Israel, which
is in Samaria. lo, he is in the vineyard of
Naboth, whither he is gone down to take
possession of it. 19 Therefore shalt thou
say unto him, Thus saith the Lord, Hast
thou killed, and also gotten possession?
And thou shalt speak unto him, saying,
Thus saith the Lord, In the place where
dogs licked the blood of Naboth, shall
dogs lick even thy blood also.
20 And Ahab said to Elijah, Hast thou
found me, O mine enemy? And he
answered, I have found thee: for thou
hast sold thyself to work wickedness in
the sight of the Lord.
21 Behold, I will bring evil upon thee,
and will take away thy posterity, and
will cut off from Ahab him that pisseth
against the wall, as well him that is shut
up, as him that is left in Israel,
22 And I will make thine house like the
house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and
like the house of Baasha the son of
Ahijah, for the provocation wherewith
thou hast provoked, and made Israel to
sin.
23 And also of Jezebel spake the Lord,
saying, The dogs shall eat Jezebel, by
the wall of Jezreel.
24 The dogs shall eat him of Ahab’s
stock, that dieth in the city: and him that
dieth in the fields, shall the fowls of the
air eat.
25 (But there was none like Ahab, who
did fell himself, to work wickedness in
the sight of the Lord: whom Jezebel his
wife provoked.
26 For he did exceeding abominably in
following idols, according to all that the
Amorites did, whom the Lord cast out
before the children of Israel.) 27 Now
when Ahab heard those words, he rent
his clothes, and put sackcloth upon him
and fasted, and lay in sackcloth and went
softly.
28 And the word of the Lord came to
Elijah the Tishbite, saying, 29 Seest thou
how Ahab is humbled before me?
Because he submitteth himself before
me, I will not bring that evil in his days ,
but in his son’s days will I bring evil
upon his house.