Verse 2
1 Kings 21:2
Young's Literal Translation
2
and Ahab speaketh unto Naboth, saying, 'Give to me thy vineyard, and it is to me for a garden of green herbs, for it [is] near by my house, and I give to thee in its stead a better vineyard than it; if good in thine eyes, I give to thee silver -- its price.'
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יְדַבֵּ֣ר אַחְאָ֣ב אֶל נָב֣וֹת לֵ/אמֹר֩ תְּנָ/ה לִּ֨/י אֶֽת כַּרְמְ/ךָ֜ וִֽ/יהִי לִ֣/י לְ/גַן יָרָ֗ק כִּ֣י ה֤וּא קָרוֹב֙ אֵ֣צֶל בֵּיתִ֔/י וְ/אֶתְּנָ֤ה לְ/ךָ֙ תַּחְתָּ֔י/ו כֶּ֖רֶם ט֣וֹב מִמֶּ֑/נּוּ אִ֚ם ט֣וֹב בְּ/עֵינֶ֔י/ךָ אֶתְּנָה לְ/ךָ֥ כֶ֖סֶף מְחִ֥יר זֶֽה
English Translation
And Ahab spoke to Naboth, saying, "Give me your vineyard, and it will be for me as a green garden, for it is near my house, and I will give you in its place a good vineyard, or if it seems good in your eyes, I will pay you its price in silver."
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Chapter 21 Context
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And it cometh to pass, after these things, a vineyard hath been to Naboth the Jezreelite, that [is]...
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and Ahab speaketh unto Naboth, saying, 'Give to me thy vineyard, and it is to me for a garden of gre...
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And Naboth saith unto Ahab, 'Far be it from me, by Jehovah, my giving the inheritance of my fathers...
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and Ahab cometh in unto his house, sulky and wroth, because of the word that Naboth the Jezreelite h...
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And Jezebel his wife cometh in unto him, and speaketh unto him, 'What [is] this? -- thy spirit sulky...
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And he saith unto her, 'Because I speak unto Naboth the Jezreelite, and say to him, Give to me thy v...
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And Jezebel his wife saith unto him, 'Thou now dost execute rule over Israel! rise, eat bread, and l...
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8
And she writeth letters in the name of Ahab, and sealeth with his seal, and sendeth the letters unto...
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and she writeth in the letters, saying, 'Proclaim a fast, and cause Naboth to sit at the head of the...
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and cause two men -- sons of worthlessness -- to sit over-against him, and they testify of him, sayi...
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And the men of his city, the elders and the freemen who are dwelling in his city, do as Jezebel hath...
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they have proclaimed a fast, and caused Naboth to sit at the head of the people,
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and two men -- sons of worthlessness -- come in, and sit over-against him, and the men of worthlessn...
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and they send unto Jezebel, saying, 'Naboth was stoned, and is dead.'
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And it cometh to pass, at Jezebel's hearing that Naboth hath been stoned, and is dead, that Jezebel...
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And it cometh to pass, at Ahab's hearing that Naboth is dead, that Ahab riseth to go down unto the v...
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And the word of Jehovah is unto Elijah the Tishbite, saying,
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'Rise, go down to meet Ahab king of Israel, who [is] in Samaria, -- lo, in the vineyard of Naboth, w...
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and thou hast spoken unto him, saying, Thus said Jehovah, Hast thou murdered, and also possessed? an...
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And Ahab saith unto Elijah, 'Hast thou found me, O mine enemy?' and he saith, 'I have found -- becau...
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lo, I am bringing in unto thee evil, and have taken away thy posterity, and cut off to Ahab those si...
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and given up thy house like the house of Jeroboam son of Nebat, and like the house of Baasha son of...
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'And also of Jezebel hath Jehovah spoken, saying, The dogs do eat Jezebel in the bulwark of Jezreel;
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him who dieth of Ahab in a city do the dogs eat, and him who dieth in a field do fowl of the heavens...
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surely there hath none been like Ahab, who sold himself to do the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah,...
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and he doth very abominably to go after the idols, according to all that the Amorite did whom Jehova...
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And it cometh to pass, at Ahab's hearing these words, that he rendeth his garments, and putteth sack...
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And the word of Jehovah is unto Elijah the Tishbite, saying,
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'Hast thou seen that Ahab hath been humbled before Me? because that he hath been humbled before Me,...
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