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1 Kings 21:1-29 — Naboth's Vineyard

1Kgs.21.1-29

¹Now it happened after these things that Naboth the Jezreelite had a vineyard in Jezreel, next to the palace of Ahab king of Samaria . ²And Ahab spoke to Naboth, saying, “Give me your vineyard, so that it may become my vegetable garden, because it is close beside my house. And I will give you a better vineyard in its place; or if it is good in your eyes, I will give you its price in silver.” ³But Naboth said to Ahab, “The LORD forbid me from giving the inheritance of my fathers to you.” ⁴So Ahab went into his house sullen and angry because of the word that Naboth the Jezreelite had spoken to him, when he said, “I will not give you the inheritance of my fathers.” And he lay down on his bed, turned his face away, and would not eat food. ⁵But Jezebel his wife came to him and said to him, “Why is your spirit so sullen that you are not eating food?” ⁶He said to her, “Because I spoke to Naboth the Jezreelite and said to him, 'Give me your vineyard for silver; or if you desire, I will give you another vineyard in its place.' But he said, 'I will not give you my vineyard.'” ⁷Jezebel his wife said to him, “Is this how you govern the kingdom of Israel? Get up, eat food, and let your heart be cheerful. I will give you the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite.” ⁸So she wrote letters in Ahab's name, sealed them with his seal , and sent the letters to the elders and the nobles who were in his city, dwelling with Naboth. ⁹She wrote in the letters, saying, "Proclaim a fast, and seat Naboth at the head of the people. ¹⁰Then seat two scoundrels opposite him, and let them testify against him, saying, 'You have cursed God and the king.' Then take him out and stone him to death." ¹¹So the men of his city, the elders and the nobles who dwelt in his city, did just as Jezebel had sent word to them, just as it was written in the letters that she had sent to them. ¹²They proclaimed a fast and seated Naboth at the head of the people. ¹³And the two scoundrels came in and sat opposite him. And the scoundrels testified against him, against Naboth, before the people, saying, “Naboth cursed God and the king!” Then they took him outside the city and stoned him with stones, and he died. ¹⁴Then they sent word to Jezebel, saying, “Naboth has been stoned and is dead.” ¹⁵When Jezebel heard that Naboth had been stoned and was dead, Jezebel said to Ahab, “Get up, take possession of the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite, which he refused to give you for silver; for Naboth is not alive, but dead.” ¹⁶When Ahab heard that Naboth was dead, Ahab got up to go down to the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite, to take possession of it. ¹⁷Then the word of the LORD came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying, ¹⁸"Get up, 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. ¹⁹And 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!'" ²⁰Ahab said to Elijah, “Have you found me, O my enemy?” And he answered, "I have found you, because you have sold yourself to do what is evil in the sight of the LORD. ²¹'Behold, I will bring disaster upon you, and I will sweep you away, and I will cut off from Ahab every male , both bond and free in Israel. ²²And 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 to sin.' ²³And also concerning Jezebel the LORD has spoken, saying, 'The dogs will eat Jezebel by the wall of Jezreel.' ²⁴Anyone belonging to Ahab who dies in the city the dogs will eat, and anyone who dies in the field the birds of the heavens will eat." ²⁵(Surely there was no one like Ahab, who sold himself to do what was evil in the sight of the LORD, whom Jezebel his wife incited. ²⁶He acted very abominably in going after idols, according to all that the Amorites had done, whom the LORD drove out before the sons of Israel.) ²⁷When Ahab heard these words, he tore his clothes, put sackcloth on his flesh, and fasted. He lay in sackcloth and walked around meekly. ²⁸Then the word of the LORD came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying, ²⁹“Have you seen how Ahab has humbled himself before me? Because he has humbled himself before me, I will not bring the disaster in his days; but in the days of his son I will bring the disaster upon his house.”

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4/11/2026

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