Verse 1
1 Kings 21:1
New Living Translation
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Now there was a man named Naboth, from Jezreel, who owned a vineyard in Jezreel beside the palace of King Ahab of Samaria.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יְהִ֗י אַחַר֙ הַ/דְּבָרִ֣ים הָ/אֵ֔לֶּה כֶּ֧רֶם הָיָ֛ה לְ/נָב֥וֹת הַ/יִּזְרְעֵאלִ֖י אֲשֶׁ֣ר בְּ/יִזְרְעֶ֑אל אֵ֚צֶל הֵיכַ֣ל אַחְאָ֔ב מֶ֖לֶךְ שֹׁמְרֽוֹן
English Translation
And it happened after these words that there was a vineyard belonging to Naboth the Jezreelite, which was in Jezreel, beside the palace of Ahab king of Samaria.
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Chapter 21 Context
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Now there was a man named Naboth, from Jezreel, who owned a vineyard in Jezreel beside the palace of...
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One day Ahab said to Naboth, “Since your vineyard is so convenient to my palace, I would like to buy...
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But Naboth replied, “The LORD forbid that I should give you the inheritance that was passed down by...
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So Ahab went home angry and sullen because of Naboth’s answer. The king went to bed with his face to...
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“What’s the matter?” his wife Jezebel asked him. “What’s made you so upset that you’re not eating?”
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“I asked Naboth to sell me his vineyard or trade it, but he refused!” Ahab told her.
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“Are you the king of Israel or not?” Jezebel demanded. “Get up and eat something, and don’t worry ab...
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So she wrote letters in Ahab’s name, sealed them with his seal, and sent them to the elders and othe...
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In her letters she commanded: “Call the citizens together for a time of fasting, and give Naboth a p...
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And then seat two scoundrels across from him who will accuse him of cursing God (Elohim) and the kin...
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So the elders and other town leaders followed the instructions Jezebel had written in the letters.
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They called for a fast and put Naboth at a prominent place before the people.
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Then the two scoundrels came and sat down across from him. And they accused Naboth before all the pe...
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The town leaders then sent word to Jezebel, “Naboth has been stoned to death.”
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When Jezebel heard the news, she said to Ahab, “You know the vineyard Naboth wouldn’t sell you? Well...
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So Ahab immediately went down to the vineyard of Naboth to claim it.
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But the LORD said to Elijah,
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“Go down to meet King Ahab of Israel, who rules in Samaria. He will be at Naboth’s vineyard in Jezre...
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Give him this message: ‘This is what the LORD says: Wasn’t it enough that you killed Naboth? Must yo...
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“So, my enemy, you have found me!” Ahab exclaimed to Elijah. “Yes,” Elijah answered, “I have come be...
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21
So now the LORD says, ‘I will bring disaster on you and consume you. I will destroy every one of you...
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I am going to destroy your family as I did the family of Jeroboam son of Nebat and the family of Baa...
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“And regarding Jezebel, the LORD says, ‘Dogs will eat Jezebel’s body at the plot of land in Jezreel....
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“The members of Ahab’s family who die in the city will be eaten by dogs, and those who die in the fi...
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(No one else so completely sold himself to what was evil in the LORD’s sight as Ahab did under the i...
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His worst outrage was worshiping idols just as the Amorites had done — the people whom the LORD had...
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But when Ahab heard this message, he tore his clothing, dressed in burlap, and fasted. He even slept...
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Then another message from the LORD came to Elijah:
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“Do you see how Ahab has humbled himself before me? Because he has done this, I will not do what I p...
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