Verse 13
1 Kings 21:13
Literal Standard Version
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and two men—sons of worthlessness—come in, and sit opposite him, and the men of worthlessness testify of him, even Naboth, before the people, saying, “Naboth blessed or cursed God (Elohim) and the king”; and they take him out to the outside of the city, and stone him with stones, and he dies;
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ֠/יָּבֹאוּ שְׁנֵ֨י הָ/אֲנָשִׁ֥ים בְּנֵֽי בְלִיַּעַל֮ וַ/יֵּשְׁב֣וּ נֶגְדּ/וֹ֒ וַ/יְעִדֻ/הוּ֩ אַנְשֵׁ֨י הַ/בְּלִיַּ֜עַל אֶת נָב֗וֹת נֶ֤גֶד הָ/עָם֙ לֵ/אמֹ֔ר בֵּרַ֥ךְ נָב֛וֹת אֱלֹהִ֖ים וָ/מֶ֑לֶךְ וַ/יֹּצִאֻ֨/הוּ֙ מִ/ח֣וּץ לָ/עִ֔יר וַ/יִּסְקְלֻ֥/הוּ בָ/אֲבָנִ֖ים וַ/יָּמֹֽת
English Translation
And two men, sons of Belial, came in and sat before him, and the men of Belial testified against Naboth in the presence of the people, saying, “Naboth has cursed God and the king.” So they took him outside the city and stoned him with stones, and he died.
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Chapter 21 Context
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And it comes to pass after these things, a vineyard has been to Naboth the Jezreelite, that is in Je...
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and Ahab speaks to Naboth, saying, “Give your vineyard to me, and it is for a garden of green herbs...
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And Naboth says to Ahab, “Far be it from me, by YHWH, my giving the inheritance of my fathers to you...
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and Ahab comes to his house, sulky and angry, because of the word that Naboth the Jezreelite has spo...
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And his wife Jezebel comes to him, and speaks to him, “Why is this that your spirit is sulky, and yo...
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And he says to her, “Because I speak to Naboth the Jezreelite, and say to him, Give your vineyard to...
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And his wife Jezebel says to him, “You now execute rule over Israel! Rise, eat bread, and let your h...
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And she writes letters in the name of Ahab, and seals with his seal, and sends the letters to the el...
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and she writes 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 opposite him, and they testify of him, saying, You ha...
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And the men of his city, the elderly and the nobles who are dwelling in his city, do as Jezebel has...
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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 opposite him, and the men of worthlessness testif...
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and they send to Jezebel, saying, “Naboth was stoned, and is dead.”
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And it comes to pass, at Jezebel’s hearing that Naboth has been stoned, and is dead, that Jezebel sa...
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And it comes to pass, at Ahab’s hearing that Naboth is dead, that Ahab rises to go down to the viney...
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And the word of YHWH is to Elijah the Tishbite, saying,
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“Rise, go down to meet Ahab king of Israel, who is in Samaria—behold, in the vineyard of Naboth, to...
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and you have spoken to him, saying, Thus said YHWH: Have you murdered, and also possessed? And you h...
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And Ahab says to Elijah, “Have you found me, O my enemy?” And he says, “I have found—because of your...
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behold, I am bringing calamity on you, and have taken away your posterity, and cut off from Ahab tho...
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and given up your house like the house of Jeroboam son of Nebat, and like the house of Baasha son of...
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And YHWH has also spoken of Jezebel, saying, The dogs eat Jezebel in the bulwark of Jezreel;
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the dogs eat him who dies of Ahab in a city, and the bird of the heavens eats him who dies in a fiel...
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surely there has been none like Ahab, who sold himself to do evil in the eyes of YHWH, whom his wife...
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and he does very abominably to go after the idols, according to all that the Amorite did whom YHWH d...
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And it comes to pass, at Ahab’s hearing these words, that he tears his garments, and puts sackcloth...
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And the word of YHWH is to Elijah the Tishbite, saying,
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“Have you seen that Ahab has been humbled before Me? Because that he has been humbled before Me, I d...
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