1 Kings 21 in plain modern English. New Ground English Translation.
After these events, there was a belonging to the right next to the palace of Ahab, king of Samaria.
Ahab said to Naboth, "Give me your vineyard so I can use it as a vegetable garden, since it's right next to my house. I'll give you a better vineyard in exchange — or if you prefer, I'll pay you whatever it's worth in silver."
But Naboth told Ahab, "Yahweh forbid that I should hand over to you what my down to me!"
So Ahab went back to his house, and because of what Naboth the Jezreelite had told him — "I will not give you what my ancestors passed down to me." He lay down on his bed, turned his face to the wall, and refused to eat.
His wife came to him and said, "Why are you so down that you won't even eat?"
He told her, "Because I spoke to Naboth the Jezreelite and said, 'Sell me your vineyard,' or 'If you prefer, I'll give you another vineyard in exchange.' But he said, 'I will not give you my vineyard.'"
Jezebel his wife said to him, "Is this how you as Get up, eat something, and cheer up. I'll get you the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite."
So she wrote letters in Ahab's name, them with and sent them to the elders and leading citizens who lived in Naboth's city.
In the letters, she wrote: "Announce a and give Naboth a of among the people."
"Then seat two across from him and have them testify against him, saying: 'You and the Then take him out and stone him to death."
So the men of his city — the elders and leading citizens who lived there — did exactly what Jezebel had instructed them in the letters she sent.
They announced a public fast and gave Naboth a seat of honor among the people.
Then two worthless men came in and sat across from These worthless men testified against Naboth in front of everyone, saying, "Naboth cursed God and the king!" So they dragged outside the city and to
Then they sent word to Jezebel: "Naboth has been stoned to death."
As soon as Jezebel heard that Naboth had been stoned to death, she said to Ahab, "Get up and take possession of the vineyard that Naboth the Jezreelite refused to sell you — because Naboth is no longer alive. He's dead."
When Ahab heard that Naboth was dead, he got up and went down to take possession of Naboth the Jezreelite's vineyard.
Then the of came to the
"Get up and go meet Ahab, king of Israel, who rules in Samaria. He's there now, in Naboth's vineyard — he's gone down to take it over."
"Say to him, 'This is what You murdered a man and now you're stealing his property?' Then tell him, 'This is what In the very spot where up Naboth's blood, will lick up your blood too.'"
Ahab said to Elijah, "So you've found me, my enemy!" Elijah answered, "I have found you — because you have to do what is in the of
"I am going to on you. I will sweep away your descendants and every in Ahab's line — whether slave or free in Israel."
"I will make your dynasty like the dynasty of of and like the dynasty of Baasha of Ahijah — because you have provoked me to anger and
And about Jezebel, Yahweh also says: "Dogs will Jezebel by the of
"Any of Ahab's family who dies in the city, dogs will eat. And any who dies in the open country, the will on."
There was never anyone like Ahab, who sold himself to do what was evil in the eyes of Yahweh, with his wife Jezebel on.
He acted in the most disgusting ways, going after just like the had done — the people Yahweh had driven out ahead of Israel.
When Ahab heard these words, he put on against skin, refused to eat, slept in and walked around in grief.
Then the word of Yahweh came to Elijah the Tishbite:
"Have you seen how Ahab has before me? Because he has before me, I will not bring the disaster during I will bring it on dynasty during