Dual Panel1After <0310> this <0428> the following episode <01697> took place <01961>. Naboth <05022> the Jezreelite <03158> owned <0834> a vineyard <03754> in Jezreel <03157> adjacent <0681> to the palace <01964> of King <04428> Ahab <0256> of Samaria <08111>.
2Ahab <0256> said <01696> to <0413> Naboth <05022>, “Give <05414> me your vineyard <03754> so I can make <01961> a vegetable <03419> garden <01588> out of it, for <03588> it <01931> is adjacent <07138> to <0681> my palace <01004>. I will give <05414> you an even better <02896> vineyard <03754> in its place <08478>, or if <0518> you prefer <05869> <02896>, I will pay <04242> <05414> you silver <03701> for it <02088>.”
3But Naboth <05022> replied <0559> to <0413> Ahab <0256>, “The Lord <03068> forbid <02486> that I should sell <05414> you my ancestral <01> inheritance <05159>.”
4So Ahab <0256> went <0935> into <0413> his palace <01004>, bitter <05620> and angry <02198> that <0834> Naboth <05022> the Jezreelite <03158> had said <0559>, “I will not <03808> sell <05414> to you my ancestral <01> inheritance <05159>.” He lay down <07901> on <05921> his bed <04296>, pouted <06440> <05437>, and would not <03808> eat <0398>.
5Then his wife <0802> Jezebel <0348> came <0935> in and said <01696> to <0413> him, “Why <04100> do you have a bitter <05620> attitude <07307> and refuse <0369> to eat <0398>?”
6He answered <01696> her <0413>, “While <03588> I was talking <01696> to <0413> Naboth <05022> the Jezreelite <03158>, I said <0559> to him, ‘Sell <05414> me your vineyard <03754> for silver <03701>, or <0176> if <0518> you <0859> prefer <02655>, I will give <05414> you another vineyard <03754> in its place <08478>.’ But he said <0559>, ‘I will not <03808> sell <05414> you my vineyard <03754>.’”
7His wife <0802> Jezebel <0348> said <0559> to <0413> him, “You <0859> are the king <04410> of <05921> Israel <03478>! Get up <06965>, eat <0398> some food <03899>, and have a good time <03820> <03190>. I <0589> will get <05414> the vineyard <03754> of Naboth <05022> the Jezreelite <03158> for you.”
8She wrote <03789> out orders, signed <05612> Ahab’s <0256> name <08034> to them, and sealed <02856> them with his seal <02368>. She then sent <07971> the orders <05612> to <0413> the leaders <02205> and to <0413> the nobles <02715> who <0834> lived <03427> in <0854> Naboth’s <05022> city <05892>.
9This is what she wrote <0559> <05612> <03789>: “Observe <07121> a time of fasting <06685> and seat <03427> Naboth <05022> in front <07218> of the people <05971>.
10Also seat <03427> two <08147> villains <01100> <01121> <0582> opposite <05048> him and have them testify <05749>, ‘You cursed <01288> God <0430> and the king <04428>.’ Then take <03318> him out <03318> and stone <05619> him to death <04191>.”
11The men <0376> of the city <05892>, the leaders <02205> and the nobles <02715> who <0834> lived <03427> there, followed <07971> the written <03789> orders <05612> Jezebel <0348> had sent <07971> them.
12They observed <07121> a time of fasting <06685> and put <03427> Naboth <05022> in front <07218> of the people <05971>.
13The two <08147> villains <01100> arrived <0935> and sat <03427> opposite <05048> him. Then the villains <01100> <0376> testified <05749> against Naboth <05022> right before <05048> the people <05971>, saying <0559>, “Naboth <05022> cursed <01288> God <0430> and the king <04428>.” So they dragged <03318> him outside <02351> the city <05892> and stoned <068> <05619> him to death <04191>.
14Then they reported <07971> to <0413> Jezebel <0348>, “Naboth <05022> has been stoned <05619> to death <04191>.”
15When <01961> Jezebel <0348> heard <08085> that <03588> Naboth <05022> had been stoned <05619> to death <04191>, she <0348> said <0559> to <0413> Ahab <0256>, “Get up <06965>, take possession <03423> of the vineyard <03754> Naboth <05022> the Jezreelite <03158> refused <03985> to sell <05414> you for silver <03701>, for <03588> Naboth <05022> is no longer <0369> alive <02416>; he’s dead <04191>.”
16When Ahab <0256> heard <08085> that <03588> Naboth <05022> was dead <04191>, he <0256> got up <06965> and went down <03381> to <0413> take possession <03423> of the vineyard <03754> of Naboth <05022> the Jezreelite <03158>.
17The Lord <03068> told <01697> Elijah <0452> the Tishbite <08664>:
18“Get up <06965>, go down <03381> and meet <07125> King <04428> Ahab <0256> of Israel <03478> who <0834> lives in Samaria <08111>. He is at the vineyard <03754> of Naboth <05022>; he has gone down <03381> there <08033> to take possession <03423> of it.
19Say <01696> to <0413> him, ‘This is what <03541> the Lord <03068> says <0559>: “Haven’t you committed murder <07523> and taken possession <03423> of the property of the deceased?”’ Then say <01696> to <0413> him, ‘This is what <03541> the Lord <03068> says <0559>: “In the spot <04725> where <0834> dogs <03611> licked up <03952> Naboth’s <05022> blood <01818> they <03611> will also <01571> lick <03952> up your <0859> blood <01818>– yes, yours!”’”
20When Elijah <0452> arrived, Ahab <0256> said <0559> to <0413> him, “So, you have found <04672> me, my enemy <0341>!” Elijah replied <0559>, “I have found <04672> you, because <03282> you are committed <04376> to doing <06213> evil <07451> in the sight <05869> of the Lord <03068>.
21The Lord says, ‘Look <02005>, I am ready to bring <0935> disaster <07451> on <0413> you. I will destroy <01197> you and cut off <03772> every last male <07023> <08366> belonging to Ahab <0256> in Israel <03478>, including even the weak <06113> and incapacitated <05800>.
22I will make <05414> your dynasty <01004> like those of Jeroboam <03379> son <01121> of Nebat <05028> and Baasha <01201> son <01121> of Ahijah <0281> because you angered <03707> me and made Israel <03478> sin <02398>.’
23The Lord <03068> says <01696> this about Jezebel <0348>, ‘Dogs <03611> will devour <0398> Jezebel <0348> by the outer wall of Jezreel <03157>.’
24As for Ahab’s <0256> family, dogs <03611> will eat <0398> the ones <04191> who die <04191> in the city <05892>, and the birds <05775> of the sky <08064> will eat <0398> the ones who die in the country <07704>.”
25(There had never <03808> been <01961> anyone like Ahab <0256>, who <0834> was firmly committed <04376> to doing <06213> evil <07451> in the sight <05869> of the Lord <03068>, urged on <05496> by his wife <0802> Jezebel <0348>.
26He was so <03966> wicked <08581> he worshiped <0310> <01980> the disgusting idols <01544>, just like <0834> the Amorites <0567> whom <0834> the Lord <03068> had driven out <03423> from before <06440> the Israelites <03478> <01121>.)
27When <01961> Ahab <0256> heard <08085> these <0428> words <01697>, he tore <07167> his clothes <0899>, put <07760> on <05921> sackcloth <08242>, and fasted <06684>. He slept <07901> in sackcloth <08242> and walked <01980> around dejected <0328>.
28The Lord <03068> said <0559> to <0413> Elijah <0452> the Tishbite <08664>,
29“Have you noticed <07200> how <03588> Ahab <0256> shows remorse <03665> before <06440> me? Because <03588> <03282> he shows remorse <03665> before <06440> me, I will not <03808> bring <0935> disaster <07451> on <05921> his dynasty <01004> during his lifetime <03117>, but during the reign <03117> of his son <01121>.”