1And it happened after these things, that Naboth the Jezreelite had a vineyard, which was in Jezreel, beside the palace of Ahab king of Samaria. 2And Ahab spoke to Naboth, saying, Give me your vineyard, that I may have it for a vegetable garden, because it is near my house; and I will give you for it a better vineyard than it: or, if it seems good to you, I will give you its worth in money. 3And Naboth said to Ahab, Yehovah forbid that I should give the inheritance of my fathers to you. 4And Ahab came into his house sullen and displeased because of the word which Naboth the Jezreelite had spoken to him; for he had said, I will not give you the inheritance of my fathers. And he lay down upon his bed, and turned away his face, and would eat no bread. 5But Jezebel his wife came to him, and said to him, Why is your spirit so sad, that you eat no bread? 6And 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 another vineyard for it: and he answered, I will not give you my vineyard. 7And Jezebel his wife said to him, Do you now govern the kingdom of Israel? arise, and eat bread, and let your heart be merry: I will give you the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite. 8So she wrote letters in Ahab’s name, and sealed them with his seal, and sent the letters to the elders and to the nobles who were in his city, and who lived with Naboth. 9And she wrote in the letters, saying, Proclaim a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people: 10and set two men, worthless fellows, before him, and let them bear witness against him, saying, You cursed God and the king. And then carry him out, and stone him to death. 11And the men of his city, even the elders and the nobles who lived in his city, did as Jezebel had sent to them, just as it was written in the letters which she had sent to them. 12They proclaimed a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people. 13And the two men, the worthless fellows, came in and sat before him: and the worthless fellows bore witness against him, even against Naboth, in the presence of the people, saying, Naboth cursed God and the king. Then they carried him out of the city, and stoned him to death with stones. 14Then they sent to Jezebel, saying, Naboth has been stoned, and is dead. 15And it happened, when Jezebel heard that Naboth had been stoned, and was dead, that 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. 16And it happened, when Ahab heard that Naboth was dead, that Ahab rose up to go down to the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite, to take possession of it. 17And the word of Yehovah came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying, 18Arise, go down to meet Ahab king of Israel, who dwells 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 Yehovah, Have you killed, and also taken possession? And you shall speak to him, saying, Thus says Yehovah, In the place where dogs licked the blood of Naboth shall dogs lick your blood, even yours. 20And 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 what is evil in the sight of Yehovah. 21Behold, I will bring evil upon you, and will utterly sweep you away and will cut off from Ahab every male, both the one shut up and the one left 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 for the provocation with which you have provoked me to anger, and have made Israel sin. 23And of Jezebel also Yehovah spoke, saying, The dogs shall eat Jezebel by the rampart of Jezreel. 24Anyone belonging to Ahab who dies in the city the dogs shall eat; and anyone who dies in the field the birds of the heavens shall eat. 25(But there was none like Ahab, who sold himself to do what was evil in the sight of Yehovah, whom Jezebel his wife stirred up. 26And he did very abominably in following idols, according to all that the Amorites did, whom Yehovah cast out before the children of Israel.) 27And it happened, when Ahab heard those words, that he tore his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his flesh, and fasted, and lay in sackcloth, and went about dejectedly. 28And the word of Yehovah came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying, 29Do you see how Ahab humbles himself before me? because he humbles himself before me, I will not bring the evil in his days; but in his son’s days I will bring the evil upon his house.