Verse 2
1 Kings 21:2
World Messianic Bible
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Ahab spoke to Naboth, saying, “Give me your vineyard, that I may have it for a garden of herbs, because it is near my house; and I will give you for it a better vineyard than it. Or, if it seems good to you, I will give you its worth in money.”
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
1
After these things, Naboth the Jezreelite had a vineyard, which was in Jezreel, next to the palace o...
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Ahab spoke to Naboth, saying, “Give me your vineyard, that I may have it for a garden of herbs, beca...
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Naboth said to Ahab, “May Yahweh forbid me, that I should give the inheritance of my fathers to you!...
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Ahab came into his house sullen and angry because of the word which Naboth the Jezreelite had spoken...
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But Jezebel his wife came to him, and said to him, “Why is your spirit so sad, that you eat no bread...
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He said to her, “Because I spoke to Naboth the Jezreelite, and said to him, ‘Give me your vineyard f...
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Jezebel his wife said to him, “Do you now govern the kingdom of Israel? Arise, and eat bread, and le...
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8
So she wrote letters in Ahab’s name, and sealed them with his seal, and sent the letters to the elde...
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9
She wrote in the letters, saying, “Proclaim a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people.
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10
Set two men, wicked fellows, before him, and let them testify against him, saying, ‘You cursed God (...
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11
The men of his city, even the elders and the nobles who lived in his city, did as Jezebel had instru...
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12
They proclaimed a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people.
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13
The two men, the wicked fellows, came in and sat before him. The wicked fellows testified against hi...
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14
Then they sent to Jezebel, saying, “Naboth has been stoned, and is dead.”
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When Jezebel heard that Naboth had been stoned, and was dead, Jezebel said to Ahab, “Arise, take pos...
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When Ahab heard that Naboth was dead, Ahab rose up to go down to the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreeli...
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17
Yahweh’s word came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying,
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18
“Arise, go down to meet Ahab king of Israel, who dwells in Samaria. Behold, he is in the vineyard of...
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19
You shall speak to him, saying, ‘Yahweh says, “Have you killed and also taken possession?”’ You shal...
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20
Ahab said to Elijah, “Have you found me, my enemy?”
He answered, “I have found you, because you have...
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21
Behold, I will bring evil on you, and will utterly sweep you away and will cut off from Ahab everyon...
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22
I will make your house like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and like the house of Baasha the...
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23
Yahweh also spoke of Jezebel, saying, “The dogs will eat Jezebel by the rampart of Jezreel.
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24
The dogs will eat he who dies of Ahab in the city; and the birds of the sky will eat he who dies in...
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25
But there was no one like Ahab, who sold himself to do that which was evil in Yahweh’s sight, whom J...
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He did very abominably in following idols, according to all that the Amorites did, whom Yahweh cast...
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When Ahab heard those words, he tore his clothes, and put sackcloth on his flesh, and fasted, and la...
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Yahweh’s word came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying,
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“See how Ahab humbles himself before me? Because he humbles himself before me, I will not bring the...
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