Dual Panel1And it came to pass after <0310> these things <01697>_, [that] Naboth <05022> the Jezreelite <03158> had a vineyard <03754>_, which [was] in Jezreel <03157>_, hard by <0681> the palace <01964> of Ahab <0256> king <04428> of Samaria <08111>_.
2And Ahab <0256> spake <01696> (8762) unto Naboth <05022>_, saying <0559> (8800)_, Give <05414> (8798) me thy vineyard <03754>_, that I may have it for a garden <01588> of herbs <03419>_, because it [is] near <07138> unto <0681> my house <01004>_: and I will give <05414> (8799) thee for it a better <02896> vineyard <03754> than it; [or], if it seem good <02896> to thee <05869>_, I will give <05414> (8799) thee the worth <04242> of it in money <03701>_. {seem...: Heb. be good in thine eyes}
3And Naboth <05022> said <0559> (8799) to Ahab <0256>_, The LORD <03068> forbid <02486> it me, that I should give <05414> (8800) the inheritance <05159> of my fathers <01> unto thee.
4And Ahab <0256> came <0935> (8799) into his house <01004> heavy <05620> and displeased <02198> because of the word <01697> which Naboth <05022> the Jezreelite <03158> had spoken <01696> (8765) to him: for he had said <0559> (8799)_, I will not give <05414> (8799) thee the inheritance <05159> of my fathers <01>_. And he laid him down <07901> (8799) upon his bed <04296>_, and turned away <05437> (8686) his face <06440>_, and would eat <0398> (8804) no bread <03899>_.
5But Jezebel <0348> his wife <0802> came <0935> (8799) to him, and said <01696> (8762) unto him, Why is thy spirit <07307> so sad <05620>_, that thou eatest <0398> (8802) no bread <03899>_?
6And he said <01696> (8762) unto her, Because I spake <01696> (8762) unto Naboth <05022> the Jezreelite <03158>_, and said <0559> (8799) unto him, Give <05414> (8798) me thy vineyard <03754> for money <03701>_; or else, if it please <02655> thee, I will give <05414> (8799) thee [another] vineyard <03754> for it: and he answered <0559> (8799)_, I will not give <05414> (8799) thee my vineyard <03754>_.
7And Jezebel <0348> his wife <0802> said <0559> (8799) unto him, Dost thou now govern <06213> (8799) the kingdom <04410> of Israel <03478>_? arise <06965> (8798)_, [and] eat <0398> (8798) bread <03899>_, and let thine heart <03820> be merry <03190> (8799)_: I will give <05414> (8799) thee the vineyard <03754> of Naboth <05022> the Jezreelite <03158>_.
8So she wrote <03789> (8799) letters <05612> in Ahab's <0256> name <08034>_, and sealed <02856> (8799) [them] with his seal <02368>_, and sent <07971> (8799) the letters <05612> unto the elders <02205> and to the nobles <02715> that [were] in his city <05892>_, dwelling <03427> (8802) with Naboth <05022>_.
9And she wrote <03789> (8799) in the letters <05612>_, saying <0559> (8800)_, Proclaim <07121> (8798) a fast <06685>_, and set <03427> (8685) Naboth <05022> on high <07218> among the people <05971>_: {on high...: Heb. in the top of the people}
10And set <03427> (8685) two <08147> men <0582>_, sons <01121> of Belial <01100>_, before him, to bear witness <05749> (8686) against him, saying <0559> (8800)_, Thou didst blaspheme <01288> (8765) God <0430> and the king <04428>_. And [then] carry him out <03318> (8689)_, and stone <05619> (8798) him, that he may die <04191> (8799)_.
11And the men <0582> of his city <05892>_, [even] the elders <02205> and the nobles <02715> who were the inhabitants <03427> (8802) in his city <05892>_, did <06213> (8799) as Jezebel <0348> had sent <07971> (8804) unto them, [and] as it [was] written <03789> (8803) in the letters <05612> which she had sent <07971> (8804) unto them.
12They proclaimed <07121> (8804) a fast <06685>_, and set <03427> (8689) Naboth <05022> on high <07218> among the people <05971>_.
13And there came <0935> (8799) in two <08147> men <0582>_, children <01121> of Belial <01100>_, and sat <03427> (8799) before him: and the men <0582> of Belial <01100> witnessed <05749> (8686) against him, [even] against Naboth <05022>_, in the presence of the people <05971>_, saying <0559> (8800)_, Naboth <05022> did blaspheme <01288> (8765) God <0430> and the king <04428>_. Then they carried him forth <03318> (8686) out <02351> of the city <05892>_, and stoned <05619> (8799) him with stones <068>_, that he died <04191> (8799)_.
14Then they sent <07971> (8799) to Jezebel <0348>_, saying <0559> (8800)_, Naboth <05022> is stoned <05619> (8795)_, and is dead <04191> (8799)_.
15And it came to pass, when Jezebel <0348> heard <08085> (8800) that Naboth <05022> was stoned <05619> (8795)_, and was dead <04191> (8799)_, that Jezebel <0348> said <0559> (8799) to Ahab <0256>_, Arise <06965> (8798)_, take possession <03423> (8798) of the vineyard <03754> of Naboth <05022> the Jezreelite <03158>_, which he refused <03985> (8765) to give <05414> (8800) thee for money <03701>_: for Naboth <05022> is not alive <02416>_, but dead <04191> (8804)_.
16And it came to pass, when Ahab <0256> heard <08085> (8800) that Naboth <05022> was dead <04191> (8804)_, that Ahab <0256> rose up <06965> (8799) to go down <03381> (8800) to the vineyard <03754> of Naboth <05022> the Jezreelite <03158>_, to take possession <03423> (8800) of it.
17And the word <01697> of the LORD <03068> came to Elijah <0452> the Tishbite <08664>_, saying <0559> (8800)_,
18Arise <06965> (8798)_, go down <03381> (8798) to meet <07125> (8800) Ahab <0256> king <04428> of Israel <03478>_, which [is] in Samaria <08111>_: behold, [he is] in the vineyard <03754> of Naboth <05022>_, whither he is gone down <03381> (8804) to possess <03423> (8800) it.
19And thou shalt speak <01696> (8765) unto him, saying <0559> (8800)_, Thus saith <0559> (8804) the LORD <03068>_, Hast thou killed <07523> (8804)_, and also taken possession <03423> (8804)_? And thou shalt speak <01696> (8765) unto him, saying <0559> (8800)_, Thus saith <0559> (8804) the LORD <03068>_, In the place <04725> where dogs <03611> licked <03952> (8804) the blood <01818> of Naboth <05022> shall dogs <03611> lick <03952> (8799) thy blood <01818>_, even thine.
20And Ahab <0256> said <0559> (8799) to Elijah <0452>_, Hast thou found <04672> (8804) me, O mine enemy <0341> (8802)_? And he answered <0559> (8799)_, I have found <04672> (8804) [thee]: because thou hast sold <04376> (8692) thyself to work <06213> (8800) evil <07451> in the sight <05869> of the LORD <03068>_.
21Behold, I will bring <0935> (8688) evil <07451> upon thee, and will take away <01197> (8765) thy posterity <0310>_, and will cut off <03772> (8689) from Ahab <0256> him that pisseth <08366> (8688) against the wall <07023>_, and him that is shut up <06113> (8803) and left <05800> (8803) in Israel <03478>_,
22And will make <05414> (8804) thine house <01004> like the house <01004> of Jeroboam <03379> the son <01121> of Nebat <05028>_, and like the house <01004> of Baasha <01201> the son <01121> of Ahijah <0281>_, for the provocation <03708> wherewith thou hast provoked [me] to anger <03707> (8689)_, and made Israel <03478> to sin <02398> (8686)_.
23And of Jezebel <0348> also spake <01696> (8765) the LORD <03068>_, saying <0559> (8800)_, The dogs <03611> shall eat <0398> (8799) Jezebel <0348> by the wall <02426> of Jezreel <03157>_. {wall: or, ditch}
24Him that dieth <04191> (8801) of Ahab <0256> in the city <05892> the dogs <03611> shall eat <0398> (8799)_; and him that dieth <04191> (8801) in the field <07704> shall the fowls <05775> of the air <08064> eat <0398> (8799)_.
25But there was none like unto Ahab <0256>_, which did sell <04376> (8694) himself to work <06213> (8800) wickedness <07451> in the sight <05869> of the LORD <03068>_, whom Jezebel <0348> his wife <0802> stirred up <05496> (8689)_. {stirred...: or, incited}
26And he did very <03966> abominably <08581> (8686) in following <03212> (8800) <0310> idols <01544>_, according to all [things] as did <06213> (8804) the Amorites <0567>_, whom the LORD <03068> cast out <03423> (8689) before <06440> the children <01121> of Israel <03478>_.
27And it came to pass, when Ahab <0256> heard <08085> (8800) those words <01697>_, that he rent <07167> (8799) his clothes <0899>_, and put <07760> (8799) sackcloth <08242> upon his flesh <01320>_, and fasted <06684> (8799)_, and lay <07901> (8799) in sackcloth <08242>_, and went <01980> (8762) softly <0328>_.
28And the word <01697> of the LORD <03068> came to Elijah <0452> the Tishbite <08664>_, saying <0559> (8800)_,
29Seest <07200> (8804) thou how Ahab <0256> humbleth <03665> (8738) himself before <06440> me? because <03282> he humbleth <03665> (8738) himself before <06440> me, I will not bring <0935> (8686) the evil <07451> in his days <03117>_: [but] in his son's <01121> days <03117> will I bring <0935> (8686) the evil <07451> upon his house <01004>_.