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Ahab
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| 1 Kings 21:1 |
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Now it came about after these things that Naboth
the Jezreelite had a vineyard which was in Jezreel beside the palace of Ahab king
of Samaria. |
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| 1 Kings 21:2 |
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Ahab spoke to Naboth, saying, "Give me your
vineyard, that I may have it for a vegetable garden because it is close beside
my house, and I will give you a better vineyard than it in its place; if you like,
I will give you the price of it in money." |
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| 1 Kings 21:3 |
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But Naboth said to Ahab, "The LORD forbid me
that I should give you the inheritance of my fathers." |
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| 1 Kings 21:4 |
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So Ahab came into his house sullen and vexed
because of the word which Naboth the Jezreelite had spoken to him; for he said,
"I will not give you the inheritance of my fathers." And he lay down on his bed
and turned away his face and ate no food. |
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| 1 Kings 21:5 |
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But Jezebel his wife came to him and said to
him, "How is it that your spirit is so sullen that you are not eating food?" |
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| 1 Kings 21:6 |
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So he said to her, "Because I spoke to Naboth
the Jezreelite and said to him, 'Give me your vineyard for money; or else, if
it pleases you, I will give you a vineyard in its place.' But he said, 'I will
not give you my vineyard.'" |
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| 1 Kings 21:7 |
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Jezebel his wife said to him, "Do you now reign
over Israel? Arise, eat bread, and let your heart be joyful; I will give you the
vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite." |
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| 1 Kings 21:8 |
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So she wrote letters in Ahab's name and sealed
them with his seal, and sent letters to the elders and to the nobles who were
living with Naboth in his city. |
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| 1 Kings 21:9 |
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Now she wrote in the letters, saying, "Proclaim
a fast and seat Naboth at the head of the people; |
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| 1 Kings 21:10 |
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and seat two worthless men before him, and let
them testify against him, saying, 'You cursed God and the king.' Then take him
out and stone him to death." |
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Jezebel's
Plot |
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| 1 Kings 21:11 |
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So the men of his city, the elders and the nobles
who lived in his city, did as Jezebel had sent word to them, just as it was written
in the letters which she had sent them. |
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| 1 Kings 21:12 |
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They proclaimed a fast and seated Naboth at
the head of the people. |
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| 1 Kings 21:13 |
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Then the two worthless men came in and sat before
him; and the worthless men testified against him, even against Naboth, before
the people, saying, "Naboth cursed God and the king." So they took him outside
the city and stoned him to death with stones. |
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| 1 Kings 21:14 |
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Then they sent word to Jezebel, saying, "Naboth
has been stoned and is dead." |
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| 1 Kings 21:15 |
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When Jezebel heard that Naboth had been stoned
and was dead, Jezebel said to Ahab, "Arise, take possession of the vineyard of
Naboth, the Jezreelite, which he refused to give you for money; for Naboth is
not alive, but dead." |
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| 1 Kings 21:16 |
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When Ahab heard that Naboth was dead, Ahab arose
to go down to the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite, to take possession of it. |
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| 1 Kings 21:17 |
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Then the word of the LORD came to Elijah the
Tishbite, saying, |
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| 1 Kings 21:18 |
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"Arise, go down to meet Ahab king of Israel,
who is in Samaria; behold, he is in the vineyard of Naboth where he has gone down
to take possession of it. |
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| 1 Kings 21:19 |
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You shall speak to him, saying, 'Thus says the
LORD, "Have you murdered and also taken possession?"' And you shall speak to him,
saying, 'Thus says the LORD, "In the place where the dogs licked up the blood
of Naboth the dogs will lick up your blood, even yours."'" |
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| 1 Kings 21:20 |
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Ahab said to Elijah, "Have you found me, O my
enemy?" And he answered, "I have found you, because you have sold yourself to
do evil in the sight of the LORD. |
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| 1 Kings 21:21 |
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Behold, I will bring evil upon you, and will
utterly sweep you away, and will cut off from Ahab every male, both bond and free
in Israel; |
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| 1 Kings 21:22 |
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and I will make your house like the house of
Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and like the house of Baasha the son of Ahijah, because
of the provocation with which you have provoked Me to anger, and because you have
made Israel sin. |
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| 1 Kings 21:23 |
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Of Jezebel also has the LORD spoken, saying,
'The dogs will eat Jezebel in the district of Jezreel.' |
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| 1 Kings 21:24 |
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The one belonging to Ahab, who dies in the city,
the dogs will eat, and the one who dies in the field the birds of heaven will
eat." |
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| 1 Kings 21:25 |
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Surely there was no one like Ahab who sold himself
to do evil in the sight of the LORD, because Jezebel his wife incited him. |
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| 1 Kings 21:26 |
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He acted very abominably in following idols,
according to all that the Amorites had done, whom the LORD cast out before the
sons of Israel. |
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| 1 Kings 21:27 |
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It came about when Ahab heard these words, that
he tore his clothes and put on sackcloth and fasted, and he lay in sackcloth and
went about despondently. |
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| 1 Kings 21:28 |
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Then the word of the LORD came to Elijah the
Tishbite, saying, |
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| 1 Kings 21:29 |
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"Do you see how Ahab has humbled himself before
Me? Because he has humbled himself before Me, I will not bring the evil in his
days, but I will bring the evil upon his house in his son's days." |
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