Verse 6
1 Kings 21:6
Bible in Basic English
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And he said to her, Because I was talking to Naboth the Jezreelite, and I said to him, Let me have your vine-garden for a price, or, if it is pleasing to you, I will give you another vine-garden for it: and he said, I will not give you my vine-garden.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יְדַבֵּ֣ר אֵלֶ֗י/הָ כִּֽי אֲ֠דַבֵּר אֶל נָב֨וֹת הַ/יִּזְרְעֵאלִ֜י וָ/אֹ֣מַר ל֗/וֹ תְּנָ/ה לִּ֤/י אֶֽת כַּרְמְ/ךָ֙ בְּ/כֶ֔סֶף א֚וֹ אִם חָפֵ֣ץ אַתָּ֔ה אֶתְּנָה לְ/ךָ֥ כֶ֖רֶם תַּחְתָּ֑י/ו וַ/יֹּ֕אמֶר לֹֽא אֶתֵּ֥ן לְ/ךָ֖ אֶת כַּרְמִֽ/י
English Translation
And he spoke to her, saying, "As I speak to Naboth the Jezreelite, I will say to him, 'Give me your vineyard for money, or if you prefer, I will give you another vineyard in its place.'" But he said, "I will not give you my vineyard."
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Chapter 21 Context
1
Now Naboth the Jezreelite had a vine-garden in Jezreel, near the house of Ahab, king of Samaria.
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And Ahab said to Naboth, Give me your vine-garden so that I may have it for a garden of sweet plants...
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But Naboth said to Ahab, By the Lord, far be it from me to give you the heritage of my fathers.
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So Ahab came into his house bitter and angry because Naboth the Jezreelite had said to him, I will n...
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But Jezebel, his wife, came to him and said, Why is your spirit so bitter that you have no desire fo...
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And he said to her, Because I was talking to Naboth the Jezreelite, and I said to him, Let me have y...
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Then Jezebel, his wife, said, Are you now the ruler of Israel? Get up, take food, and let your heart...
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So she sent a letter in Ahab's name, stamped with his stamp, to the responsible men and the chiefs w...
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And in the letter she said, Let a time of public sorrow be fixed, and put Naboth at the head of the...
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And get two good-for-nothing persons to come before him and give witness that he has been cursing Go...
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So the responsible men and the chiefs who were in authority in his town, did as Jezebel had said in...
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They gave orders for a day of public sorrow, and put Naboth at the head of the people.
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And the two good-for-nothing persons came in and took their seats before him and gave witness agains...
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And they sent word to Jezebel, saying, Naboth has been stoned and is dead.
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Then Jezebel, hearing that Naboth had been stoned and was dead, said to Ahab, Get up and take as you...
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So Ahab, hearing that Naboth was dead, went down to the vine-garden of Naboth the Jezreelite to take...
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And the word of the Lord came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying,
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Go down to Ahab, king of Israel, in Samaria; see, he is in the vine-garden of Naboth the Jezreelite,...
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Say to him, The Lord says, Have you put a man to death and taken his heritage? Then say to him, The...
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And Ahab said to Elijah, Have you come face to face with me, O my hater? And he said, I have come to...
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See, I will send evil on you and put an end to you completely, cutting off from Ahab every male chil...
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And I will make your family like the family of Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, and like the family of Ba...
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And of Jezebel the Lord said, Jezebel will become food for dogs in the heritage of Jezreel.
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Any man of the family of Ahab who comes to his death in the town will become food for the dogs; and...
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(There was no one like Ahab, who gave himself up to do evil in the eyes of the Lord, moved to it by...
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He did a very disgusting thing in going after false gods, doing all the things the Amorites did, who...
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Hearing these words, Ahab, in great grief, put haircloth on his flesh and went without food, sleepin...
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Then the word of the Lord came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying,
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Do you see how Ahab has made himself low before me? because he has made himself low before me, I wil...
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