1 Kings Chapter 21
21:1 | And it came to pass after these things, [that] Naboth the Jezreelite had a vineyard, which [was] in Jezreel, hard by the palace of Ahab ![]() |
21:2 | And Ahab spake unto Naboth, saying, Give me thy vineyard, that I may have it for a garden of herbs, because it [is] near unto my ![]() ![]() |
21:3 | And Naboth said to Ahab, The LORD forbid it me, that I should give the inheritance of my fathers unto thee. |
21:4 | And Ahab came into his ![]() ![]() |
21:5 | But Jezebel his wife came to him, and said unto him, Why is thy ![]() ![]() |
21:6 | And he said unto her, Because I spake unto Naboth the Jezreelite, and said unto him, Give me thy vineyard for ![]() |
21:7 | And Jezebel his wife said unto him, Dost thou now govern the kingdom of ![]() ![]() |
21:8 | So she wrote letters in Ahab' 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. |
21:9 | And she wrote in the letters, saying, Proclaim a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people: |
21:10 | And set two men, sons of Belial, before him, to bear witness against him, saying, Thou didst blaspheme God and the ![]() |
21:11 | And the men of his city, [even] the elders and the nobles who were the inhabitants in his city, did as Jezebel had sent unto them, [and] as it [was] written in the letters which she had sent unto them. |
21:12 | They proclaimed a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people. |
21:13 | And there came in two men, children of Belial, and sat before him: and the men of Belial witnessed against him, [even] against Naboth, in the presence of the people, saying, Naboth did blaspheme God and the ![]() |
21:14 | Then they sent to Jezebel, saying, Naboth is stoned, and is dead. |
21:15 | And it came to pass, when Jezebel heard that Naboth was stoned, and was dead, that Jezebel said to Ahab, Arise, take possession of the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite, which he refused to give thee for ![]() |
21:16 | And it came to pass, when Ahab heard that Naboth was dead, that Ahab rose up to go down to the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite, to take possession of it. |
21:17 | And the word of the LORD came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying, |
21:18 | Arise, go down to meet Ahab ![]() ![]() |
21:19 | And thou shalt speak unto him, saying, Thus saith the LORD, Hast thou killed, and also taken 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 thy blood, even thine. |
21:20 | And Ahab said to Elijah, hast thou found me, O mine enemy? And he answered, I have found [thee]; because thou hast sold thyself to work ![]() |
21:21 | Behold, I will bring ![]() ![]() |
21:22 | And will make thine ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
21:23 | And of Jezebel also spake the LORD, saying, The dogs shall eat Jezebel by the wall of Jezreel. |
21:24 | Him that dieth of Ahab in the city the dogs shall eat; and him that dieth in the field shall the fowls of the air eat. |
21:25 | But there was none like unto Ahab, which did sell himself to work wickedness in the sight of the LORD, whom Jezebel his wife stirred up. |
21:26 | And he did very abominably in following idols, according to all [things] as did the Amorites, whom the LORD cast out before the children of ![]() |
21:27 | And it came to pass, when Ahab heard those words, that he rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his flesh, and fasted, and lay in sackcloth, and went softly. |
21:28 | And the word of the LORD came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying, |
21:29 | Seest thou how Ahab humbleth himself before me? because he humbleth himself before me, I will not bring the ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |