1
H310
It happened after
H1697
these things,
H5022
that Naboth
H3158
the Jezreelite
H3754
had a vineyard,
H3157
which was in Jezreel,
H681
hard by
H1964
the palace
H256
of Ahab
H4428
king
H8111
of Samaria.
2
H256
Ahab
H1696
spoke
H5022
to Naboth,
H559
saying,
H5414
"Give
H3754
me your vineyard,
H1588
that I may have it for a garden
H3419
of herbs,
H7138
because it is near
H681
to
H1004
my house;
H5414
and I will give
H2896
you for it a better
H3754
vineyard
H2896
than it. Or, if it seems good
H5869
to you,
H5414
I will give
H4242
you its worth
H3701
in money."
3
H5022
Naboth
H559
said
H256
to Ahab,
H3068
"May Yahweh
H2486
forbid
H5414
me, that I should give
H5159
the inheritance
H1
of my fathers to you!"
4
H256
Ahab
H935
came
H1004
into his house
H5620
sullen
H2198
and angry
H1697
because of the word
H5022
which Naboth
H3158
the Jezreelite
H1696
had spoken
H559
to him; for he had said,
H5414
"I will not give
H5159
you the inheritance
H1
of my fathers."
H7901
He laid himself down
H4296
on his bed,
H5437
and turned away
H6440
his face,
H398
and would eat
H3899
no bread.
5
H348
But Jezebel
H802
his wife
H935
came
H1696
to him, and said
H7307
to him, "Why is your spirit
H5620
so sad,
H398
that you eat
H3899
no bread?"
6
H1696
He said
H1696
to her, "Because I spoke
H5022
to Naboth
H3158
the Jezreelite,
H1696
and said
H5414
to him, ‘Give
H3754
me your vineyard
H3701
for money;
H2655
or else, if it pleases
H5414
you, I will give
H3754
you another vineyard
H559
for it.' He answered,
H5414
‘I will not give
H3754
you my vineyard.'"
7
H348
Jezebel
H802
his wife
H559
said
H6213
to him, "Do you now govern
H4410
the kingdom
H3478
of Israel?
H6965
Arise,
H398
and eat
H3899
bread,
H3820
and let your heart
H3190
be merry.
H5414
I will give
H3754
you the vineyard
H5022
of Naboth
H3158
the Jezreelite."
8
H3789
So she wrote
H5612
letters
H256
in Ahab's
H8034
name,
H2856
and sealed
H2368
them with his seal,
H7971
and sent
H5612
the letters
H2205
to the elders
H2715
and to the nobles
H5892
who were in his city,
H3427
who lived
H5022
with Naboth.
9
H3789
She wrote
H5612
in the letters,
H559
saying,
H7121
"Proclaim
H6685
a fast,
H3427
and set
H5022
Naboth
H7218
on high
H5971
among the people.
10
H3427
Set
H8147
two
H582
men,
H1100
base
H1121
fellows,
H5749
before him, and let them testify
H559
against him, saying,
H1288
‘You cursed
H430
God
H4428
and the king!'
H3318
Then carry him out,
H5619
and stone
H4191
him to death."
11
H582
The men
H5892
of his city,
H2205
even the elders
H2715
and the nobles
H3427
who lived
H5892
in his city,
H6213
did
H348
as Jezebel
H7971
had sent
H3789
to them, according as it was written
H5612
in the letters
H7971
which she had sent to them.
12
H7121
They proclaimed
H6685
a fast,
H3427
and set
H5022
Naboth
H7218
on high
H5971
among the people.
13
H8147
The two
H582
men,
H1100
the base
H1121
fellows,
H935
came
H3427
in and sat
H1100
before him. The base
H582
fellows
H5749
testified
H5022
against him, even against Naboth,
H5971
in the presence of the people,
H559
saying,
H5022
"Naboth
H1288
cursed
H430
God
H4428
and the king!"
H3318
Then they carried
H3318
him out
H5892
of the city,
H5619
and stoned
H4191
him to death
H68
with stones.
14
H7971
Then they sent
H348
to Jezebel,
H559
saying,
H5022
"Naboth
H5619
has been stoned,
H4191
and is dead."
15
H348
It happened, when Jezebel
H8085
heard
H5022
that Naboth
H5619
was stoned,
H4191
and was dead,
H348
that Jezebel
H559
said
H256
to Ahab,
H6965
"Arise,
H3423
take possession
H3754
of the vineyard
H5022
of Naboth
H3158
the Jezreelite,
H3985
which he refused
H5414
to give
H3701
you for money;
H5022
for Naboth
H2416
is not alive,
H4191
but dead."
16
H256
It happened, when Ahab
H8085
heard
H5022
that Naboth
H4191
was dead,
H256
that Ahab
H6965
rose up
H3381
to go down
H3754
to the vineyard
H5022
of Naboth
H3158
the Jezreelite,
H3423
to take possession of it.
18
H6965
"Arise,
H3381
go down
H7125
to meet
H256
Ahab
H4428
king
H3478
of Israel,
H8111
who dwells in Samaria.
H3754
Behold, he is in the vineyard
H5022
of Naboth,
H3381
where he has gone down
H3423
to take possession of it.
19
H1696
You shall speak
H559
to him, saying,
H559
‘Thus says
H3068
Yahweh,
H7523
"Have you killed
H3423
and also taken possession?"'
H1696
You shall speak
H559
to him, saying,
H559
‘Thus says
H3068
Yahweh,
H4725
"In the place
H3611
where dogs
H3952
licked
H1818
the blood
H5022
of Naboth,
H3611
dogs
H3952
will lick
H1818
your blood, even yours."'"
20
H256
Ahab
H559
said
H452
to Elijah,
H4672
"Have you found
H341
me, my enemy?"
H559
He answered,
H4672
"I have found
H4376
you, because you have sold
H6213
yourself to do
H7451
that which is evil
H5869
in the sight
H3068
of Yahweh.
21
H935
Behold, I will bring
H7451
evil
H310
on you, and will utterly
H1197
sweep you away
H3772
and will cut off
H256
from Ahab
H8366
everyone who urinates
H7023
against a wall,
H6113
and him who is shut up
H5800
and him who is left
H3478
at large in Israel.
22
H5414
I will make
H1004
your house
H1004
like the house
H3379
of Jeroboam
H1121
the son
H5028
of Nebat,
H1004
and like the house
H1201
of Baasha
H1121
the son
H281
of Ahijah
H3708
for the provocation
H3707
with which you have provoked me to anger,
H3478
and have made Israel
H2398
to sin."
23
H3068
Yahweh
H1696
also spoke
H348
of Jezebel,
H559
saying,
H3611
"The dogs
H398
shall eat
H348
Jezebel
H2426
by the rampart
H3157
of Jezreel.
24
H3611
The dogs
H398
will eat
H4191
he who dies
H256
of Ahab
H5892
in the city;
H5775
and the birds
H8064
of the sky
H398
will eat
H4191
he who dies
H7704
in the field."
25
H256
But there was none like Ahab,
H4376
who sold
H6213
himself to do
H7451
that which was evil
H5869
in the sight
H3068
of Yahweh,
H348
whom Jezebel
H802
his wife
H5496
stirred up.
26
H3966
He did very
H8581
abominably
H3212
in following
H1544
idols,
H567
according to all that the Amorites
H6213
did,
H3068
whom Yahweh
H3423
cast out
H6440
before
H1121
the children
H3478
of Israel.